Egg timer, Rotisserie, and a GoPro HD Camera. It's not a riddle, but that's what Vimeo member Tony Rodriguez used as the recipe for making this DIY Motion Controlled Panning Timelapse rig. Not the first time i've seen a GoPro on a simple Egg Timer, but this I believe is the first time i've seen it put onto a Motion Controlled Slider. The whole setup is a Go Pro 960 mounted on an egg timer and a homemade dolly (igus slider) and using a Battery Rotisserie Grill Motor that moves 2.5 RPM (revolutions per minute). A few images of the rig (below), but if you need more information you can holla at Tony here: https://vimeo.com/18331363
Checked around eBay and this might the same battery operated motor being used. Very clever use of this motor, and i'm sure this will drum up new DIY ideas to use this in other projects:
Rotisserie Battery Powered Grill Motor
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eman
It is fabules, very good
mark
@Emm.. ok, thanks.. I couldn't tell that in the video.. it looked like all the shots were taken from a single (rotating) point
Emm
Post author@Mark - The camera is taking pictures every few seconds. The rotisserie motor is dragging the camera across a slider, so POV is different for every photo.
mark
Not sure I understand why the egg timer AND rotisserie.. ?? all you're doing is spinning the camera around on an axis, right? isn't it redundant to have the rotating egg timer on top of a rotating rotisserie?
Doug Weatherbee
Not sure if this post made it to you so I'm re-posting:
Check igus adapted with a hand crank. If the opposite end from the hand crank had the grill motor attached to the pulley shaft you could have a igus slider with both a hand crank and automated pull motor.
https://kokomonstrum.com/pages/diy_belt-driven_igus_camera_slider_like_pocketdolly_9.asp#
Tommy RodrÃguez
The disco ball motor was one of my first thought and certainly is the cheapest, at the end decided to use the Rotisserie because I felt it was easier to mount to the igus slider, and looks cool.
Emm
Post author@Pete - wow, that's pretty clever. Not too expensive either: Disco Ball Motor 2 RPM holds up to 25 lbs.
Pete Smith
A cheaper alternative to the Rotisserie might be a disco ball motor; looking on ebay they range in speed from 2-6 RPM, most running from a single AA battery.
stephendiaz
SO COOL! i just bought a motor, 20 bucks! you can't beat that!
gautch
Looking at the pictures i can almost see how the rotisserie pulls the slider. Is there a change we can get bigger pictures?
Serge
Tommy runs the cinemacuteo also know as vimeo.com/filmschool
Awesome dude. Will write him and see if he can get a DIY video going.