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DIY Camera Crane

by murray484 on March 12, 2010

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Intro: DIY Camera Crane

Just something I built this week. You can find more information about it here and how I built it here: http://colvins.ca/?p=44

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1. Crane at it's highest point 1. Central pivot point

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1. Sheet metal braket

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1. Sheet metal braket 1. Camera on crane

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1. 7 inch lcd monitor
2. Bucket of weights

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tranoxx says: Dec 6, 2010. 5:51 PM REPLY

About how much did this cost?

murray484 says: Dec 7, 2010. 3:54 AM REPLY

It cost about $10 for the lumber and $5 for the nuts and bolts. I had the stand already from a set of broken work lights, and I got the sheet metal from
school. If you are creative with the parts that you use, you could easily do it for under $20.

poot woot says: Mar 12, 2010. 1:28 PM REPLY

p.s. its calls a boom but that my friend is awesome !

mg0930mg says: Oct 24, 2010. 9:46 AM REPLY

It's a camera crane or jib. A boom refers to a boom mic, which is actually a shotgun mic, on a boom pole.

thatkidwithayoyo says: Mar 12, 2010. 6:02 PM REPLY

Actually, it's called a jib.

poot woot says: Mar 13, 2010. 5:03 AM REPLY

oh :\

demolitionNerd says: May 5, 2010. 6:34 PM REPLY

This looks like a modified version of the jib that indymogul made a while back.

dompower says: Mar 31, 2010. 5:24 AM REPLY

Hi,
Removing the top screw is not a good idea...
In camera Jibs, camera is maintained to keep targeting postions when they are raised or lowered.
The purpose of the two screws (two axles) in the pivot is to avoid the angular sifts of the camera while the camera raised or lowered.

Dominic
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theRIAA says: Mar 12, 2010. 9:20 AM REPLY

If you remove the top bolt from the pivot your can bend the camera up and down by moving the screen.

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