Helicopter Parts Make For Amazing DIY Camera Stabilization

Iddo Genuth writes "Videographer Tom Antos developed an advanced DIY camera stabilizer which can hold almost any DSLR or mirrorless camera steady for video photography. Although this surely isn't as sophisticated (and super expensive) as the professional MVI M10 handheld 3-axis digital stabilized camera gimbal, its still quite impressive especially when you consider it only costs a few hundred dollars rather then tens of thousands — that is if you feel like building it yourself." Antos' design takes advantage of stabilized gimbal systems made for hanging cameras on remote-controlled helicopters, and does a very impressive job for its price.

Comments

Re:get a new word for what they describe

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Gimbal my arse

That shouldn't be a problem, I've managed to locate a suitable attachment point for the fixture right in the middle of it.

Re:Or mount it on an owl.

[wvmarle]

Get a smaller camera... or a bigger owl.