In case your dreams of changing into a global-class director were crushed the day you realised that the footage from your iPhone 4 was too shaky to be viewable, then chin up, buddy: here’s a bit project which can solve that problem for only $30.
Make has posted a video how-to from photographer Spencer Watson that shows you methods to create a budget iPhone 4 steadicam so that it will perfectly compliment your budget iPhone zombie romance film.
The steadicam has a three-axis gimble, with a counterweight at the bottom, and is made out of bits of PVC pipe, a skateboard bearing, some washers, some aluminium bars, a phone cup holder thingy, and a Nerf gun handle. It also looks surprisingly easy to make, and the demo shots (embedded below the how-to) certainly look steadier than they otherwise would.
In short, once you don’t mind looking like a doofus carrying this thing around, it may possibly improve your videos. Just not as much as a real video camera would.
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