Comments on: Gimbal camera stabilizer

By: pixnorth

pixnorth — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:39:04 +0000

Here’s a DIY tripod head:

By: european

european — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:20:09 +0000

“Not available in your country due to copyright restrictions…”

Why on earth do people put country based copyright restrictions on the videos they upload on Youtube?! Do they only want Americans to see them and not show them to us evil unpatriotic atheists from Europe? Silly I say.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:05:53 +0000

at least with all these copyright restrictions hopefully people will quit putting shitty music in the background of their videos

By: uzzer

uzzer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:52:17 +0000

People who cannot watch for copyright reason still able to download from http://keepvid.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FnXB0ncUQLn4

By: Doctor Allen

Doctor Allen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:35:12 +0000

I built one of these last year, with a few changes. You control tilt by keeping one thumb pressed against the central pole; that’s necessary just to keep it from turning right or left, so your hands are naturally in position.

I hold my arms down and to the side, at waist level, as a real steadicam operator would. Having such a long central pole (so the camera itself hovers around eye level) may hurt stability, but I see no other way. It would be nice to mount some kind of arm on the gimble–maybe a combination snorri/steadicam.

By: MrX

MrX — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:46:54 +0000

@Wwhat At least they could show up the option to MUTE the fscking sound. Really.

It is annoying that I can’t see the damn video just because of the sound.

Today youtube will receive a email about it, I encourage you guys (who can’t see the video too) to do the same.

By: entropia

entropia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:55:13 +0000

@Ced-2k
neither google translator nor yahoo/altavista babel fish work as proxy for youtube videos. also free us proxies are S-L-O-W, and it’s pointless to try to watch a video that way.

fuckings to who ever decided to use some copyright lame music on the background of the video.

i didn’t even want to see it in the first place, blaaah.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:39:43 +0000

Someone should tell that idiot to remove country restrictions in youtube.

Such limited videos should not be allowed here.

By: mungewell

mungewell — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:23:54 +0000

Why is the camera above the gimble?

If it were lower then the weight of the camera would help contribute the centralising mass….
Mungewell.

By: byron

byron — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:32:41 +0000

LOOK OUT FOR GIMBAL LOCK!!

By: JB

JB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:30:59 +0000

@wwhat: that’s why i said “image stabilization doesn’t help much with the tiny cams”. I like my new HD camcorder, just hate the tiny format. Believe it or not, I miss the big size of my full size vhs camcorder (which still works fine after 20 years) Tiny cams shake too much, even with i.s. on. the old “dinosaur” camcorder doesn’t have i.s. and doesn’t really need it when you prop it on your shoulder.

and yes, I did look at the video. I’ll be building one for my camera. Again, great hack!

By: Wwhat

Wwhat — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:28:14 +0000

@jb
No amount of anti shake in the camera can compensate, or compare to the smoothness of such a device, look at the video (if sony lets you) and see the difference.

@nubie
Indeed I too did not pay attention to all the comments, thanks for pointing it out, the newer one is interesting in its own right.

By: tinyhands

tinyhands — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:46:02 +0000

Instead of weights underneath the gimbal, 3 gyros on different axes would be better.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:07 +0000

cool hack. necessary now that camcorders are getting ridiculously small. image stabilization doesn’t help much with the tiny cams.

I never needed something like this with my old vhs camcorder. big enough to prop on my shoulder ;)

By: nubie

nubie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:25:25 +0000

You guys should check out what wongsta is saying:

“You linked to the 1st version of the steadicam, he’s made 5 of these, the newest one being much smaller…although with a differnt gimbal:

http://www.yb2normal.com/diysteadicam5.html

Posted at 3:39 am on Jul 16th, 2009 by Wongsta”

Using a pre-made gimbal in the form of a U-Joint for a model car is a good idea. They are cheap at the hobby shog and one package will make two of these camera mounts for $4-$5

http://www.google.com/products?q=traxxas+drive+shaft&hl=en&scoring=p&sa=N&lnk=next&start=30

Keep on hacking (if you know any friends that bash Traxxas I am sure they may have free spares that are broken for them, but work fine for this.)

Cool hack, combine with a kidney belt and a pantomime arm and you could get some wicked shots in.