Misc. Ramblings

For all you budding Steven Speilbergs out there take a look at this guy's instructions on how to build the equivalent (he says) of a $1,500 SteadiCam_® for $15. As you videophiles out there already know, the SteadiCam_® rig is a portable stabilization platform used to hold movie/video cameras while moving. The rig smoothes out the natural up and down motion that occurs when walking. But as the sample videos show, it doesn't seem to do anything for left and right motion. In any case, if you want that smooth motion unedited tracking shot like the opening sequence to Robert Altman's "The Player", but don't have the moola, check it out.