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Build Your Own Steadicam

Posted by michael on from the also-useful-for-mugger-whacking dept.

John Jorsett writes "Always wanted to film one of those cool 'walking' sequences, where the camera stays rock-steady as you trudge along? Well, so did Johnny Chung Lee, except he didn't want to lay out major cash for a professional Steadicam rig, so he built his own for $14. He further claims you can do it in about 20 minutes if you know what you're doing. What more could a cheap, impatient Spielberg wannabe ask for?"

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  1. Easy Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "What more could a cheap, impatient Spielberg wannabe ask for?"

    Talent.

  2. oh, that's easy... by kaan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "What more could a cheap, impatient Spielberg wannabe ask for?"

    how about this?

    "extra bandwidth to handle the impending server doom after somebody posted my page on /."

    (in all fairness, his site loaded pretty quickly for me, but given the voracious behavior of /. readers, I'm sure it won't take long to bring his server to its knees.)