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    Build an advanced DIY motion control slider for timelapse and stop motion animation
    Mar 13, 2017 John Aldred

    Since initially discovering the Arduino, Eduard Puertas has spent a lot of time experimenting with it. It’s all an attempt to make his working life…

    How to make a motorised camera slider with an Arduino and a stepper motor for $75
    Mar 2, 2017 John Aldred

    Despite the proliferation of sliders, motorised ones are still quite expensive. Without motors, they’ve dropped to ridiculously low prices. But it’s really not that difficult…

    How to convert a floor dolly into a DIY tripod track dolly
    Jan 30, 2017 John Aldred

    Floor dollies are fantastic tools for giving your camera some motion when shooting video. The problem with them, though, is that you need a perfectly…

    This modular motion control slider fits in your backpack and can be reconfigured 30 different ways
    Dec 22, 2016 John Aldred

    Sliders and motion control go together like bangers and mash. Or perhaps peanut butter & jelly for my American friends. Unless you just want a…

    How to convert a table top dolly into a computerized time lapse monster
    Dec 13, 2016 James Wallace

    I have a really wonderful Cognisys Slider controlled by a Stackshot 3D. The Stackshot 3D is a very easy system to set up, program and…

    Edelkrone adds motors and motion control from your phone to the SliderONE
    Nov 18, 2016 John Aldred

    Edelkrone’s popular SliderONE is a pretty elegant and well made slider. Introduced at the end of 2015, the SliderONE is perhaps a little on the short…

    This $99 device will motorize any slider
    Oct 1, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    There are some pricy (and awesome) motorized slider solutions out there (we quite like the Syrp Genie), but they are all kinda expensive. Anything with…

    The C-Pan arm is both a jib and a slider with no tracks
    Sep 25, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    Jibs and sliders have been here for a while and we have seen how the the industry is adjusting from big need-3-crew tools to pocket…

    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…