To make your own steadycam is quite easy and can be quite cheap. The following websites have comprehensive guides to making your own steadycam.
Check out the the following websites:
https://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/steady/steady.htmlhttp://www.videouniversity.com/xlstablz.htm
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Comments
Jessica Winkler
“My friend has a quick (not the best but it works) solution for stablizing camera. Get a long peice of yarn (drag on the floor long!) and tie it to a stable part of the camera. Then just step on it and pull up tight, on the camera while filming im not exactly sure how well this works while walking.But its a good substitute if your doing something like a pan shot and you can adjust it to your likeing.
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Will
For ultra low budgets or those with little mechanical skill, try putting the camera on a tripod with the legs unextended. Then, carry the tripod by the legs, placing the pan arm on your shoulder. This method does a pretty good job of stabilising the camera’s movement.
Jason B
www.Steadycam-Pro.com This site has by far the best home-built steadycam deign on the web. check it out.
Dan
I tried to make my own steadicam and it didn’t quit work out for me. So I searched around and stumbled across the Cam caddie scorpion. I bought one, and I really like it. It gets great shots.
Dan