MoCo Pan mount

[PavementPilot]

This is a MoCo Pan mount for time lapse photography. In time lapse, you need to move slowly when panning, tiltling, or crawling. I have reduced the gearing for 112:1 motor to turntable.

I would like to get slower, and that may come on future builds. I was also trying to incorporate tilt, but my Nikon D3100 with battery grip and both batteries, and lens is too heavy. I may design it still and use my Blackberry 9700 or Nikon Coolpix L18 with it. I decided to use this still of control and motor mount to avoid having a trailing cable.

I havent started shooting with this rig yet, as I just finished building, blueprinting, and programming it.

MoCoPanLXF.zip

[Fuzzylegobricks]

Thats really cool! I think I may use this for my movies.

[Brickend]

Nice idea. Could you get it to tilt if the structure took greater advantage of counterbalancing?

Lowering the COG of the device should reduce camera wobble as well.

[PavementPilot]

When I get some more parts and pieces. I only have the stock 8547 set with the addon set to allow building the 8527 models. I am thinking of TT's for the tilt on both sides. My D3100 with grip, 2 batteries, and 18-55mm lens weighs just a hair over 1 kg. I can currently adjust COG by changing the camera deck a few pin holes depending on if I have the 18-55mm lens or the 50mm. I used the Brick as counterbalance. If I make a tilt, then the Brick will not be mounted behind the camera. I will have the intervalometer mounted with the camera, and the Brick mounted on the main body. This way I avoid cable drag.

[DLuders]

@ PavementPilot: Have you seen Philo's (Phillippe Hurbain's) Lego Panaramic Photography accessories? He likes Panoramic Photography too.

Edited April 23, 2011 by DLuders

[PavementPilot]

I have seen Philo's work, but I like pan and crawl time lapse.