Homemade Camera & FX Gear

Listed below are a number of projects you can build yourself to help with your video shooting chores.

Poor Man's Lamp Dimmer (George Odell's great little light dimmer project)
Hands Free Camera Mount, PVC circular mount, camera jib arm,etc - various projects
Camcorder Shoulder Support (gain shoulder-mount stability for your handheld camcorder - by Marv Frankel)
Slide Lightbox (build a slide lightbox)
Tally Light Indicator
Mountain Bike Helmit Mount (for camera)
Bike Camera Mount (mounts to actual bike)
XL1 Stabilizer (build a stabilizer rig for your Canon XL1 camera)
Stabilizer (build a stabilizer rig for your DV camera) *
Glidecam (yet another DIY stabilizer) #
$14 Steadicam
Camera Dolly v2 (another variation) #
Barndoors (build barn-doors for a worklight) *
Chinese Lantern (George Odell's Chinese Lantern, great for soft lighting)
Vehicle Camera Mounts #
Motorcycle Mount (for small camera) *
Attach a Video Camera to a Telescope
Cooling Box For Smoke Machine (make fog that hugs the ground)
Camera Boom (a pole cam style rig for your camera)#

* note that these projects come from the TRV900 Users website, go there for the latest projects and general good tips and tricks not just for that camera but also for DV cameras in general.

# note that these projects come from the No Budget SFX website.