DIY Equipment

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Why is everything related to Camera's marked up a Bazzillion percent? I looked for a good solution for one of my DIY interests, and couldn't find exactly what I wanted, especially for the price I wanted to pay. In fact there are very very little solutions for this type of camera related interest. Sorry i'm being very vague, but sincerely I have to be.

Since I couldn't find exactly what I needed, i went back to the guys who are working on the Spider Trax Dolly project and had something else 'custom made'. It's a very versatile little 'whos-a-ma-widget' adapter, that can save you money on a variety of different DIY projects by adapting camera to umm existing 'thingies'. Even though I doubt there are even a handful of people who would be interested in it, I thought i'd have them run off a few hundred. You'll see these hitting the Internet soon, consider it my investment to the DSLR community.

More information soon, stay tuned.

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Probably the best rail for a DIY slider, I believe this would be the same as a Glidetrack, is the Linear Guide rail from Igus. Normally used for Robotics, these precision machined aluminum rails use Dry bearings to slide. No greasy bearings. A.K.A. ZaZa slider, you can find more information here https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=145701

After reading a few threads and checking out the ZaZa slider group over at Vimeo.com, I decided to build my own. This post is really late because I had already ordered this item about half a year ago, but finally decided to finish it with a Fluid Head. It pretty much just sat waiting for this last piece. It's a work in progress, i'll probably change from one Tripod to 2 (1 each side) for more stability. I'll use Quick Release plates on each end to break it down faster. Oh well, here's my first run.

[Update] After the popularity of this DIY Project, the company IGUS now sells the complete kit and some predrilled. Here's the link to grab possibly the cheapest high quality DSLR Video Camera slider: Igus DIY Slider Kits

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