The Best DIY Camera Ring Stabilizer...?

@ Gadget Show Live 14 with Ciseco

After seeing the price of commercially available camera ring stabilizers, and noticing how crude and flimsy some of the other diy options were, I decided to make a brand new version of camera stabilization ring with my own Boonana J twist, and may even be the first person in the world to do this... certainly to this standard anyways =)

This is a ring that will give you improved stabilization over the majority of diy options out there, due to its solid construction, high quality materials, and the increased diameter of the stabilization ring, making it mathematically more stable than commercial options.
It offers a very comprehensive and sturdy platform that you can trust to support your expensive camera equipment safely, all whilst giving plenty of scope for bolting on accessories like lighting, screens, mics, and balancing weights to complete your video recording arsenal.

Best of all, this only cost £7 to make, and saved £43- £293 when compared to commercial options! =D

Recently we attended the Gadget Show Live 2014 @ the Birmingham NEC with the Boonana J ring stabilizer. This was combined with one of our kindly donated cameras to capture footage of the event and anything that caught our eyes.

GoPro Staff with the Boonana J Steady Cam

What we hadn't anticipated was the attention this stabilizer would get - talk about a conversation starter!

With interest from a wide range of attending companies such as the GoPro team, Cooler Master, Western Digital, Ciseco (who specialize in arduino and Raspberry PI development / expansion boards and took the photo above), amongst many other companies, and including almost every passer by, not to mention the ones holding cameras!



GoPro Staff with the Boonana J Steady Cam




 We can officially say that not only does this device perform, but when built to this standard will also be a bit of a show stopper =D









To build one of these yourself, check out the videos below, and if you do make one, be sure to reference where you found it - In fact, why not tweet or facebook a pic of yours to us, we'd love to see them! =)


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Part 2



Part 3



Part 4