[Do It Whenever?] wanted to join the arms race, building his own camera rig for smooth, swooping shots. The rig consists of a series of 3D printed axes all joined together into a 6-axis motion rig.
A 3D-printed chassis was developed to hold an action camera and twin torches, held together with plastic zip ties. These are attached to the pull rope, and if the camera becomes jammed ...
A Steadicam is a self-balancing camera rig which is attached by a harness to the camera operator. When a Steadicam operator moves, the camera moves with them creating a smooth gliding motion.
The camera's mechanical arm can pivot 60 degrees The entire camera rig weighs just 250 milligrams, which is about a tenth of the weight of a playing card. While the sensor itself is low resolution ...