Francesco Glavina Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) What is the best way to rotate the camera on lens axis smoothly (and cheap)? I tried with tripod head rigged to position the camera on the pan control knob, and it work, but it's not clean, because of the camera weight(and it's a 5D). Do you have suggestions? Thanks Edited December 29, 2017 by Francesco Glavina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaron Berman Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 heavy-duty steel L bracket from hardware store - mount the camera lens to the sky on it, and your tripod plate to the other side of the L. Lay your tripod on a table/platform/box of some kind and strap it down so the head is hanging off the end a short amount. Use the pan axis of your tripod to spin around the lens - adjust the fore/aft slide on your tripod plate to center the lens on the center of the sticks. Real "improvised" but cheap and effective with a lightweight camera like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akos Baranya Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) You could rent a Lambda head for this task as well. On a recent job production rented a letus helix (or something similar) for because they needed this effect on a steadicam. Edited January 17, 2018 by Akos Baranya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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