Following this fantastic tutorial, I made myself a fluid head yesterday.
Here's the tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9B79bnJkE
Here's my test footage. The joints move very smoothly. Almost too smooth in fact, I'm not sure if I need to add some weight or just figure out a way to get everything tightened up a bunch more. What shakyness there is was entirely from my own hands. I think a more skilled person could follow the tutorial and have a GREAT fluid head. Mine just turned out a bit sloppy :/
All-in-all it's a huge improvement on my cheap $20 tripod that I have now, even if it isn't perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfm9pYSradM
So that's it. Any advice for tweaking would be greatly appreciated.
Here's the tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9B79bnJkE
Here's my test footage. The joints move very smoothly. Almost too smooth in fact, I'm not sure if I need to add some weight or just figure out a way to get everything tightened up a bunch more. What shakyness there is was entirely from my own hands. I think a more skilled person could follow the tutorial and have a GREAT fluid head. Mine just turned out a bit sloppy :/
All-in-all it's a huge improvement on my cheap $20 tripod that I have now, even if it isn't perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfm9pYSradM
So that's it. Any advice for tweaking would be greatly appreciated.