How to make a snorricam

After checking out the instructable by Cartermarquis on how to make a snorricam I decided to go out and make my own. I made a few changes to his design that in my opinion make several improvements. If your wondering what a snorricam is, here is the wikipedia article or better yet, just see it below in action. These are some of the first videos I made using my new rig.

 

Sorry that many of my images are blurry, I was really snapping pictures quickly while doing the project and I wasn't paying too much attention.

Step 1: Tools and materials

Since this is a project that can be easily made with any number of materials you might have lying around, I'll just let you guys know what I worked with.

Tools
- Jigsaw
- Drill and drill press
- Sandpaper
- Framing square
- Tape measure

Materials
- 1 meter long aluminum picket. Normally used as part of an outdoor deck railing.
- 3 pieces of light wood of various sizes. I took apart a box that used to contain 6 bottles of wine.
- Several different nuts, bolts, washers and L-Brackets.
- One large L-Bracket to hold the camera.
- Straps or "webbing"
- A clip for closing the belt portion
- Rubber washer for protecting the camera from getting scratched
- A bolt of the right size to hold your camera in place
- Needle and thread

Comments

[admin]

This is a great Instructable, but you need to add a main image of the final project to the intro step. Please do that and leave me a message when you have so that we can publish your work. Thanks!

[wmurphy5]

About how much weight do you think a rig like this could hold? I love your design much more than others, but want to mount a heavier camera to it.

[hiphopsuperman]

Its actually funny you mention mounting a heavier camera to it. I just filmed the following video using a Canon 50d and 7d with a fish eye lens. It held up pretty good actually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9yoK-9NTU

Best of luck and let me know if you end up building it.

[Laylasita]

How did you hide the strings that attach the snorricam onto you, I mean, in the vid,it's not visible, did you just remove the strings that come over your shoulders and left the ones around your waist or?

[hiphopsuperman]

No, I leave the strap son, the are simply hidden under my shirt.

[Laylasita]

I thought so :)

[e18films]

 howdy guy great tutorial what type of cam did you use 

[hiphopsuperman]

I just use a simple point and shoot fujifilm camera. What i like about it though is that i can film in widescreen.

[marple200]

I think I need to make one of these.
I like how the picket is mounted low on the board.
Great job.

[hiphopsuperman]

Thanks for the props. I mounted the picket low on the board so I could get quite wide shots.

[kgplumb]

 Where did you buy the 1 meter long aluminum picket?

[hiphopsuperman]

Home Depot, im sure you could find it in any hardware store.

[Cartermarquis]

Nice! I like the use of the aluminum picket, and your rig definitely looks smaller/lighter/more comfortable than mine. What camera do you use with it? Do you wish you had built a back plate? Maybe its not needed for your light rig/camera.

[hiphopsuperman]

Thanks for the kind words. I just use a fuji f810 point and shoot camera for my videos. Its old and cheap but gets the job done! As for the back plate, I decided against it to keep my design simple. I'm glad I went without it. It is very adjustable but also very comfertable. It basicly feals like wearing a backpack backwards.