I had so much fun messing around with the Magiclantern firmware on my Mk3 last year that THIS year, I decided to start playing around with other camera components too.
Here is a link to my Mk3 shooting raw video on a MōVI-like camera gimbal that I assembled, and wired. Hoping to have lots more footage to share soon.
http://vimeo.com/93104878 (http://vimeo.com/93104878)
nice! where you get the parts for the Camera Gimbal? how long did it take to build?
I got them from all over the place, mostly eBay... shipping was a slow slow nightmare. It took me a while cause I first had to learn how to solder circuit boards, and do electrical wiring... which I had no clue about when I started working on it.
how much you think you paid total?
Less than the cost of the Mk3, but over-all I didn't keep track that well. I had lots of little supplies that I needed (IE - a soldering iron, hex keys, wires, etc) that any one who does electrical projects would have.
I must say that's incredible. Such smooth motion. Do you have a starting point for making something like that? (You know like the blueprints!).
Primarily I want to make DIY a motorised slider/dolly system. I have some limited knowledge of electronics. But I am finding the engineering part the most difficult.
There aren't really any blueprints. There is, however, a wealth of free knowledge - much like what you find on here - in the RC community forums about how to build these suckers.
If you're used to navigating this site to learn about hacking you're camera, it should be a breeze.