DIY Camcorder

Pretty darn clever idea here. A home brewed camcorder! It actually looks pretty darn nice in the photos. While it may lack some of the features of factory built rigs, it comes in at a fraction of the price.

Interestingly, this sort of modular design is the new trend in higher end cameras. Take the Red One camera for example. The camera itself is just the imaging unit, and it too can live on a frame with a deck, or hard drive capture system. It's just one example of a commercial modular system that we'll be seeing much more of in the future.