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Syrp’s new Slingshot is a motion control zipline that lets you dolly your camera for hundreds of feet
Sep 14, 2016
John Aldred
Creating super long slider or dolly shots is something many timelapse photographers and filmmakers dream about doing. For some, hyperlapse techniques and a lot of…
How to build a large DIY Track Dolly under $50
Sep 7, 2016
John Aldred
DIY dollies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes using a variety of tricks and technology. Sometimes, though, you just have to go back to…
DIY your old train set into a motion control timelapse dolly
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
This is one of those unique repurposing projects that would have never occurred to me. Having never owned a train set in my life, why…
How to create beautiful slow motion slider shots
Jul 20, 2016
John Aldred
At some point or another, most of us that shoot video have to create a clip sliding past, or moving around some kind of static…
Build a DIY remote control robot 360º camera dolly out of an old wheelchair
Jul 7, 2016
John Aldred
If there was ever any doubt that Indy Mogul were back in full force, this should help to belay those fears. In the latest episode of…
The “First Universal Panning Tool” lets you pan the camera with virtually any slider on the market
Jun 17, 2016
John Aldred
Adding camera movements to your video or timelapse footage is one of the simplest ways to add some more interest in your footage, bump up…
Build your own motorized custom camera slider from scratch for around $75
May 23, 2016
John Aldred
Camera sliders are one of the easiest ways to add interesting motion to your timelapse and video sequences, but many of the commercial options are…
Meet Hercules, the world’s smallest programmable motorised camera dolly for video and timelapse
Apr 21, 2016
John Aldred
As visual creators, if and when we begin on that journey from stills to motion, one of the first things we learn is the power of a…
The C-PAN camera guide arm is a jib, slider and curve all rolled into one
Apr 16, 2016
Udi Tirosh
I have to admit that the jib market is not an innovative market, I mean the mechanical basics have been laid down years ago and…
How to make a professional camera slider for less than $50
Dec 15, 2015
Gannon Burgett
In case our name didn’t tip you off, we love DIY projects. Even more so, we love when DIY projects turn out to be just…