This smooth camera slider can be paired with an optional motor to raise your time-lapse game or add a flexible, lightweight tool to your filmmaking repertoire. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop ...

We don't cover a ton of pro-level camera gear here at Engadget (though it's far from unheard of). But, a cool gadget is a cool gadget whatever it's for -- and this new motorized slider system from ...

Anyone who uses a DSLR or video camera to create videos and requires the camera to move along a straight plane to provide further creativity whilst filming may be interested in a new system created by ...

Trost Motion (www.trostmostion.com) today announced they have partnered with DitoGear™ (www.ditogear.com) to combine precision motion control systems with Trost Motion’s family of cinematic camera ...

Photographers searching for an easy way to add motion to their video, by moving the camera or animating objects, may be interested in a new movement kit pulled the RGKit Play. Complete with its own ...

Cinetics is back with their fourth Kickstarter project, and this time the startup is crafting a “dream motion kit.” The Lynx, launched on Kickstarter earlier this week, is a Bluetooth-enabled camera ...

Billed as the world's smartest and most portable 4-axis motion control system, Edelkrone's new slider control system looks like a very interesting piece of gear to keep an eye out for when it ships ...

A camera slider is a popular and simple project — just a linear slide, a stepper, and some sort of controller. Adding tilt and pan axes ups the complexity until you’ve got three motors, a controller, ...

We’ve all seen those smooth panning shots, which combined with some public domain beats, are a hallmark of the modern YouTube tech video. Recreating that style in ...

Since this evolved from a much simpler slider system, I stuck with that control mechanism for the time being: it's a two-part system, with an Arduino Uno (really a SparkFun Redboard) controlling the ...

Tracking shots are a cinematic hallmark, but pulling them off generally requires — unsurprisingly — a track of some kind for smooth motion. And motorized tracks are pretty expensive, making them a ...

While there is certainly no shortage of DIY photography projects out there, this has got to be one of the most impressive ones we’ve seen yet. Inspired by the robotic cameras that filmed the Death ...