Peak Design’s Slide is a camera strap that tries to rise above the glut of cheap, frustrating tethers that come bundled with your camera. How does it do that? It uses a combination of seductive ...

A camera slider is a popular and simple project — just a linear slide, a stepper, and some sort of controller. Adding tilt and pan axes ups the complexity until you’ve got three motors, a controller, ...

Perfecting the camera strap is tough. Photographers are demanding: in an ideal world, they want a strap one that offers quick length adjustment, a fast and easy method of disconnecting from the camera ...

I have to admit to occasionally doing something that's perhaps a little dorky. If I'm listening to particularly moody music, I'll sometimes close one eye, then simulate a tracking shot or a crane shot ...

This smooth camera slider can be paired with an optional motor to raise your time-lapse game or add a flexible, lightweight tool to your filmmaking repertoire. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop ...

You can buy motorized camera sliders off-the-shelf, but they’re pretty costly. Alternatively, you can make one yourself, and it’s not even that hard if you’re kitted out with a 3D printer. [Creative ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One key to keeping viewers engaged in your story is creative camera movement. Dollies, cranes, ...

Smartphones are literally all you need to make solid web video these days, it's just so valuable to have a HD camera with you at all times. And you can take it up a level with the Muwi, a cheap, ...

Starting off as a spotty youth who worked in Currys, he moved to the BBC (after getting a degree) where he was an editorial wrangler. A stint writing for Top Gear and co-presenting Sky One's Gadget ...

One film technique that separates the pros from the amateurs is the tracking or dolly shot. With a tracking shot, the camera moves along a track, providing a sense of motion that isn't possible with a ...

(Replay) Why do we keep moving sideways? The camera slider has become a mainstay for indie and low-budget productions, but, argues Roland Denning, it may not be a fit for many situations, especially ...