Having just come from watching films at an independent film festival, I got the urge to write about this project. A camera dolly is a specialized piece of film equipment that looks like a little car. The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and camera assistant usually ride on it to operate the camera. The dolly is operated by a dolly grip who is a dedicated technician trained in its use.

If you want professional-looking equipment on the cheap, then just follow this step-by-step instruction on the pdf file up for download. Who knows this may be your first step to becoming the greatest filmmaker of all time.

Download: [How to Make a Camera Dolly]

This would appeal to alot of you who are in the market for a clamp that will fix itself to any graspable object, without having to spend huge bucks in order to do so. This simple yet effective tutorial only incorporates the use of a cheap metal tripod (guessing it doesn't have to be metal) and a single hand grip clamp.

Firstly buy your parts, you will need a small portable tripod, and secondly, a strong grip DIY clamp. The clamp will have to be made out of plastic due to the drilling, but also make sure that it is super strong, otherwise you risk dropping your camera.

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You know that a bottle cap can magically turn a bottle into a tripod. But the problem is you're too lazy to make one, or you just simply don't have the skills. Well, help is on the way. OSN has developed the CP 5 Mini Camera Pod that can easily attach to bottles with 28.5 to 30.5 mm diameter. As it is a multi-purpose pod, it clamps into any flat surface such as a car window, book, or binder.

So you can finally take those night shots and self-portraits with ease. The CP 5 Mini Camera Pod can be used on digital or compact cameras.

If you've ever looked into expanding your kit with a new lens, or accessory, you've undoubtedly felt overwhelmed at first.  There are so many choices out there, which are the good ones?  Is a half-stop (aperture) worth $300?  What's with all the 18-80mm IS USM L mumbo-jumbo? 

Well the good folks at SLR Gear are here to make your purchasing easier.  They will explain all the lenses, what they're best for, which cameras they will work on, price, and so forth.  Hopefully after spending some time there, you'll be comfortable researching your next purchase and know your money is being spent well.

The inventors of the Mini Tripod are banking on the idea that consumers are going to believe this.

The Mini Tripod looks promising, with or without the velcro strap and the vinyl feet (removing them meant I could see the basic structure of the mini tripod). It's a modified version of the UltraPod I, since its feet are relatively shorter and this weighs lighter.

This is being marketed as the tripod to have if you're a photographer constantly on the move. The Mini Tripod can be placed on almost any surface (take note:  ALMOST) like on the ground, on tree branches and on railings using the Velcro strap included in the package.

It's definitely smaller when you compare it to the other tripods available now. However, the price on this thing is around $15.

I personally don't see the need for a tripod that sticks to anything, but apparently there is plenty of need.  GorillaPod looks like a pretty versatile option, for mounting to/around/on anything you can find.  Of course the necessary element for the GorillaPod to succeed would be to have something to actually attach it to.  But as long as there's something there for it to hang on, your pictures should turn out great, and get you out from behind the view finder.

National Geographic and Gruppo Manfrotto teamed up and gave birth to a new line of tripods (also heads, monopods and gear bags) ideal for hardcore professional photographers as well as amateurs who just want to look like hardcore professional photographers.

The NG tripod family was field-tested by National Geographic photographers and engineered to withstand the most extreme environments. They are also very useful in fending off angry wild animals pissed off at having their mating rituals rudely interrupted by nosy photographers.

The family includes the NGET1, the world’s only fully automatic tripod with a patented column mechanism designed for low-angle macro photography. On the other hand, the carbon fiber and magnesium NGET2 is extremely lightweight and portable so it won’t weigh down a photographer running from the pointy end of a raging rhino.

While we can't guarantee it will stick to everything, the MonsterPod looks to be quite the "Digital Camera" Tripod accessory. This small tripod boasts the unique ability to attach to almost anything. With its "Patent Pending Viscoelastic Morphing Polymer Base" that attaches to an object with only a slight mount of pressure, advertised to "attach to over 1000 different surfaces and counting". Also not to miss, the MonsterPod also comes with a rather eccentric guarantee. "MonsterPod is so positive that it will double the pictures with you in them, they will guarantee it for 30 days! That's right, if you do not double the number of pictures you normally take of yourself alone, with a a friend, or with you and your family "they" will refund all of your money and shipping too!" I also couldn't hold back a laugh when i noticed that "tourist ready", and "patent pending" happened to be among the list of features. This looks like it could be a handy product for some, but a bizarre and inapplicable product for others, however nothing sticks out quite like a digital camera hanging off the side of a tree.