Woodworking Video Equipment

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I’ve been having fun making the woodworking videos. I finally ordered a Knock-off GoPro from Amazon so I can start getting some footage from different angles. It comes in this afternoon and I can’t wait to try it out this weekend.

I also spent some time recently to put Magic Lantern onto my Canon 60D. It will still only get about 15 minutes per clip. I’ll have to change how I shoot footage so that I actually setup each shot instead of just putting the camera in the corner.

One of the things I’ll want to build is a different camera dolly/holder. The tripod I have is cheap and cumbersome. It takes up too much floor space in the garage when using it. I think I’m going to try to make some type of monopod on wheels that I can mount a ball head onto. I haven’t figured out how I’ll get different heights. Alternatively, I could just try to figure out how to mount the monopod I have onto a stand with wheels.

So much engineering to do. So little time.

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Have you seen Jay Bates’ concrete bucket solution? He’s got enormous space, but that seems pretty practical, at least for his style of videos.

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I have not. I’ll take a look.

I was thinking something more like this, but possibly with wheels. Not sure I really need to roll it around, but it’d be nice if I want to try to do a dolly type shot

 

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