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Freefly Movi is a Cinematic Gimbal for Your Smartphone

I'm loving this miniaturized steadicam system for iPhones (or any mobile phone really) called the Movi. The only downside here seems to be that the unit forces you to only record in their native app. And if I know anything about start-ups and their native apps, they can't be trusted to stay around very long (Lytro, anybody?). The unit costs $300 and will ship in mid 2018.

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This is how you mount a 16mm Bolex film camera on a drone and gimbal

Wow. I'm pretty sure 99% of my readers won't care about this. But this is amazing! Look at how RCTESTFLIGHT mounted a 16mm film camera onto the side of a car and to a drone to get moving images of a man on a bicycle in the desert. Impressive!

The 16mm Bolex film camera is completely mechanical and uses no electricity. Not exactly sure why they decided on this camera over another, but I guess they proved it worked.

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