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video DIY Motorized Pan/Tilt/Dolly HDSLR Video Mount (Camera Slider)
This is an ongoing and unfinished project.
UPDATES TO FOLLOW
2 Sets of Roller Blades (16 wheels/32 ball bearings) from Goodwill
www.flickr.com/photos/bradjustinen/5882721666/in/photostream
Aluminum angle
All thread
nuts/washers
Meade motorized telescope arm
Some sort of metal rail
I usually move the dolly by hand but for time lapse or slow movement I use a parallax continuous rotation servo that winds fishing line through a pulley attached to the dolly and onto a small spindle. I control the servo via a Traxxas (for a remote control car) controller and receiver. The Traxxas controller has a potentiometer on it that allows speed control of the servo in both directions. An easier option would be a rotisserie motor - I found one at Goodwill but didn't wind up using it cause I wanted to go wireless.
Give credit where credit is due, this project is a remix of these two projects:
DIY video & timelaps electrical dolly
http://vimeo.com/9179128
DIY Inexpensive Camera Slider
http://www.vimeo.com/15891760
UPDATES TO FOLLOW
2 Sets of Roller Blades (16 wheels/32 ball bearings) from Goodwill
www.flickr.com/photos/bradjustinen/5882721666/in/photostream
Aluminum angle
All thread
nuts/washers
Meade motorized telescope arm
Some sort of metal rail
I usually move the dolly by hand but for time lapse or slow movement I use a parallax continuous rotation servo that winds fishing line through a pulley attached to the dolly and onto a small spindle. I control the servo via a Traxxas (for a remote control car) controller and receiver. The Traxxas controller has a potentiometer on it that allows speed control of the servo in both directions. An easier option would be a rotisserie motor - I found one at Goodwill but didn't wind up using it cause I wanted to go wireless.
Give credit where credit is due, this project is a remix of these two projects:
DIY video & timelaps electrical dolly
http://vimeo.com/9179128
DIY Inexpensive Camera Slider
http://www.vimeo.com/15891760
Unfortunately, I am not mechanically oriented.
Do you think it will hold a camera like the Panasonic DV100A?
Thanks.
pls send me price maurobazzani@yahoo.it
regards
Mauro
Is there any way that you could do a quick video w/ some detailed shots of the
"parallax continuous rotation servo that winds fishing line through a pulley attached to the dolly and onto a small spindle." and "the servo via a Traxxas (for a remote control car) controller and receiver." also how you attached the camera mount to the motorized arm.
Thx B