that was pretty steady, nice work

Bought some nylon rope, wire cable, and rubber shrink wrap for the wire at a hardware store. I had some black fabric (you can buy it at hobby lobby if you don't have any) and i cut out different patterns using a template that I drew up. Then I took the fabric to a seamstress and told her how I wanted it put together (showed her a picture of a cinesaddle and told her to replicate it). For the stirrups, a put the rubber shrink wrap around the wire, cut the wire into 12" pieces and bent it into the shape that I wanted using plyers. That is pretty much the whole process, and yes, it cost about $50.

Oh yea...you need to tell the seamstress to put a zipper on the bag so you can fill it with the micro styrofoam beads.

Go for it. Before this one i did a test with a small duffel bag and it worked perfectly (as long as you fill it with some microbeads.

wow so that's the mount, eh? very interesting. the shots are steady enough.. guess the bean bag helps absorb the vibrations pretty well. We're using "the cleat" (suction cup) and another mount call the 'cruise cam'. both are solid but pass on some vibration -- some of it is good for action shots... but yours is very smooth esp. the driver shot. nice!

Looks really good, the shots are really super steady, not bad for $50.

What kind of a camera are you using? It looks like a Panasonic that we use at school...

this is great! what a great idea to get stable camera work , some of the best Ive seen

Mark Furches - You are the Man - Thank You for your posting. So simple but so effective, I'm off to make my bean bag :)

Revolution! You rock; thanks for all of the photos, too. No way anyone will pay $350+ after seeing your rig.

Does it look something like this:

abelcine.com/store/product.php?productid=20293&cat=688&page=1

Because they're selling it for $25.