This DIY GorillaPod 3K Is Designed to Handle Your Beefy Full-Frame DSLR | No Film School

If you haven't seen the awesome things DIYCameraGuy can do with Nite Ize Gear Ties, you should really get up to speed on his DIY tutorials. He has not only utilized these durable wire ties to make a DIY microphone shot mount but also a DIY GorillaPod, and neither one requires any hardware to put together. This time around, though, his latest tutorial aims to replicate a GorillaPod 3K, a flexible tripod just like the original but with added support for bigger, heavier DSLRs, and all you'll need is two Gear Ties. Find out how to put it together in the video below:

Okay, here are the supplies you'll need:

(x1) 64" Nite Ize Gear Tie: $6
(x1) 64" Nite Ize Mega Twist Gear Tie: $12
(x1) 3/8" -16 carriage bolt
(x1) washer (optional)
Ball head ($20-$60)

If you already have a ball head that you use with your camera, then those Gear Ties are really the only supplies you'll need. If you don't have one, they range in price depending on the build quality, but you can usually find a good one for around $30 to $40.

Now, the GorillaPod 3K is so named because it has a 3kg carrying capacity (6.6lbs), meaning that it can handle larger full-frame DSLRs along with a lens and other accessories. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that this DIY alternative can do the same. The DIYCameraGuy says that it can "hold up a massive camera" like the Canon 1D C, but before you take this thing out for a spin with your big and beautiful shooter, you might want to do a little testing to make sure it won't bend or fold up on you.

Source: DIYCameraGuy

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What's the Hype With 'Interstellar' Revisiting Cinemas After a Decade in 70mm IMAX?

Here's Why You Need to Revisit 'Interstellar' in 70mm IMAX

Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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