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              Martin Roberts Builds A Crane

              Martin needed a light weight camera crane that could fit in a backpack, setup in under two minutes, and hold a DSLR. This sounds too good to be true right? Well it was, so I built one by hand.


              Light Camera Crane – Build from Martin Roberts on Vimeo.

              August 22, 2010
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              • http://glank.net Grant Lankford

                This is really cool. I built a camera slider and am working on a rig now. It’s funny, I used all of those tools and materials too. Aluminum, drill press, and thread tap makes one solid piece of equipment!

              • http://n/a Peter

                Do you have any pictures of the whole crane? I am interested in making one.

              • Daniel-Udtst

                The idea of the wheel as the pivot point is so simple its genius.

              • TopShot

                Totally SICK!!

                The talent base on fstoppers never fails to BLOW me away.

                Besides being an engineering marvel, the vid is first cabin!

                WELL DONE!!

              • http://www.konfral.com Konfral

                Top marks for engineering and craftsmanship!
                The video itself is very well sot, too.

              • http://www.bmcphotography.info Brian

                I hope he’s willing to distribute the plans. Not everyone has access to all the tools, but may do.

              • redmeatgood

                Nice work.

              • Kev

                Great job!

              • http://www.dirty-pages.de Florian

                Hm. The Video looks pretty good but is also useless. Nice pictures of machinery but you don’t get an idea of how everything works :(

              • Rabo K.

                Great video! Loved the quality of the movie.

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