Got an idea about making myself a camera glide runner / camera slider / mini camera dolly or something similar for my Canon 7d when using video. For those of you who don’t know a camera slider (or whatever you wanna call it) is a relatively simple system whereby you can pull or push the camera along some rails or something equivalently smooth to create a professional-looking motion scene. These scenes will often last for only a couple of seconds, but they are really nice fill-in scenes, particularly when using a shallow DoF on a dSLR body.
For a better understanding check this video out, most of which was filmed on a camera slider from the awesome blog The Edit Man
Albeit the above video was (as far as I’m aware) shot on a professional camera slider.
What I intend to do is make my own one. A DIY camera slider 
Why? Because camera sliders are damn expensive! I’ve drawn a little crappy diagram to help explain what I am hoping to achieve here. To be honest, looking at it on screen now I doubt anyone else will be able to understand what the hell this all means, but it makes sense to me. And don’t worry – you can be rest assured if this does work then pictures/videos to show how I’ve made it will be found on this blog-right-here!
Stay tuned for part 2 where I will hopefully build and create my own camera slider. Using mainly wood and collyflowers…!
nylon sliders and rails from a desk drawer works a treat
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Yes indeed Al, I’ve used a pair of desk drawer rails! Photos of my slider coming soon – but it works pretty well check my last post