£150 Camera Slider? Pah!

Thought I'd have a go at making a slider today.

Found these old skateboard trucks/wheels, and spent about 30 seconds taping a ruler to them. It just about supported the weight of the 7D.

Here's the first go I had with it...

http://vimeo.com/13555​152
(vimeo has made the video more jittery annoyingly...watch it on html5 player!)

And the immense contraption itself...

Haha wow, thats hilarious.

How do you balance the camera on that??

I'd call it a roller or mini-dolly -- maybe it should be named the beneroller!?!

Regards,
Jim

Looks pretty smooth on Vimeo...ingenious!

whitesell wrote in post #10585953
How do you balance the camera on that??

I'd call it a roller or mini-dolly -- maybe it should be named the beneroller!?!

Regards,
Jim

Yeah actually it is more of a dolly

Oh I just plopped the camera on the top and pulled/pushed it back and forth!

For something that obviously looks so rough, the results came out really smooth.