How to Make a cheap DIY camera slider for your film

Film and television cinematographers love sliding camera shots, especially since ER made them a standard device for television dramas. A professional sliding camera setup is expensive though. Why not make one yourself? This video will show you how to turn $20 into a high-quality filmmaking tool that you can use to give your films some very professional-looking shots. Now get out there and follow that gurney with the camera!

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I have a question: I'm from Iraq .. And something mythical and legendary to get this camera. But I wonder .. What kind of bar of this camera? Is it magnetic or digital HD??? Please

I made a cheap camera slider for my DSLR using both plumbing and electrical PVC for the track, a $4 plastic cutting board for the trolly and eight skateboard wheels. Four for the top and four on the inside as guides.

Smooth as silk. Even motorized it using an old 16mm zoom lens motor I had laying around. It rocks! Visit this site to see just how I did it.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-eos-crop-sensor-hd/523216-yet-another-slider-my-60d.html

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