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An Inexpensive, DIY Automated Dolly for Smartphone Video Capture

Quick to build, and uses an egg timer for motion

By Rain Noe - December 17, 2018

in DIY | Photography

We've seen a fair amount of dolly hacks for smartphones, but this has to be the lowest-cost one yet. COOPH, a/k/a the Cooperative of Photography, uses a toy car, a piece of plexi for the "track" and a simple egg timer to provide the motive force:

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We imagine you could get fancy with it by using pulleys to adjust the speed.

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Why not just buy a Osmo Pocket?

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