Just a thought, you may have tried it already. Several years back, I built a jib with very similar mechanics. Something I learned was to use a "solid core" throttle cable" because its push\pull ability is stronger and eliminates the jerkys. I figured if thats what its designed to do for cars then it would for a Jib. Its usually more expensive, but much, much better at long lengths over 10 ft. And rarely wear out! BTW great work on this, quite honestly with cnc parts it looks more like slick industrial art piece than a camera jib. :)
I waited for a long time for this video :-D Congratulations. Superb job. I made a jib inspired by yours... I did lube the wires (white grease) and that increased significantly the result (remove the kind of "tic" in the image). Again superb job. Marc
***** Well no. I'm thinking of "reducing" the lenght of the jib to make it more "convenient". Most of my videos are woodturning videos and school video. A long jib is a pain actually. But I appreciated the effect. Marc
hi, can I get the Adobe Illustrator design file? because i want to make this for my church and i happen to be in the multimedia department, i am very grateful if you want to help me ...
Best job sir. I Was last 2 years thought about This Technique but it not Posible. Can U help me this Project for india a lot up Order hear. Get me reply plz sir.
Hi, that was a job well done building that jib. It looks completely professional and it captures great shots. My only question is, was it actually cost effective to build? I mean vs buying an already made one. Anyway thanks for sharing and once again "Good job".
+Derrick Washington Thanks for your comments. It cost me approx £300 to build the jib. Yes, I could have bough a jib for less but I doubt very much it would have included a pan and tilt system, tripod and monitor. Plus, the sense of achievement designing and building my own jib from scratch to what I think is a professional standard is a great feeling!
If you mean jerky as in laggy, then it's RU-vid. If you mean some parts show signs of distortion then that's the stabilisation in post which I mention at the start of the video. It's also more than possible that I didn't use the correct shutter speed for the frame rate, but I didn't know about that stuff back then!
