Justin Brown
June 25th, 2010, 04:04 PM
Just wanted to share a littel experiment I did that you can implement into your workflow, especially if you are on a tight budget like me. I have taken an ironing board and made it into a homemade "rail" system. If you get something smooth to slide across the top (in my case a large white balance card or piece of smooth metal) it will slide across the top surface with the camera a you will get beautiful smooth results. And the great thing is that it's extremely light and it's a built in tripod for the dolly shots. Now it can be wobbly without stabilizing the camera well and there are limitations to the angles you can get. Try it out and let me know what you think. I am going to test this out this weekend for some nature shots with my letus extreme and hopefully post some test shots. It's not a fancy dolly system, but for some nice slow "rail" type shots, you can't beat it, especially for the price.