Richard HZ Loc: Indiana, US

I am searching to buy a good quality copy stand for doc copy and macro work. I am thinking to buy Kaiser 205512. Does anyone have experience of using this purticular one? Any suggestions for other copy stand? Any place you may suggest to buy copy stand? I always buy camera gears from B&H, Adorama and check Amazon.com too. Thanks for help in advance!

Dik

That's an awful lot of money for what it does!

I recommend you buy a used darkroom enlarger, remove the enlarger head, bolt on a Manfrotto 410 geared tripod head, with an extension to center the lens over the baseboard.

Besler 45MCRX is a common 4x5 enlarger with motorized elevation, and can be had cheap.
Durst M700, 800, and many other models have readily detachable enlarger heads, leaving a 3/8" tripod screw to which you can attach your extension and geared head.
I have converted a floor-standing Durst 4x5 to copy work, the head is mounted on a horizontal 2" tube which I replaced with a 24"x2"x1/2" wall aluminum tube. A piece of 3/8" all thread, and some heavy washers, mount the geared head to the tube.
The big Durst is spring-load counterbalanced, so I hung enough barbell weights on the back end of the tube to balance everything.
It took about 30# if I remember correctly, fortunately the weights are cheap and have 2"+ holes.
A Zig-Align mirror alignment system is used to adjust for perfect parallelism.

Lighting is another consideration, I assume Kaiser offers equally overpriced lighting setups; you can do much better using any number of different lighting soultions.

wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

That's a lot of money for a copy stand. Two things that are necessary for copy stands are sturdiness and even lighting if you are going to copy documents, adjustable lighting for micro work. I assume you will be using a digital camera with a micro lens so you might want to check out the Albinar High Load 28" unit. It will support up to 10 lbs of camera and lens and Amazon sales it for $180.

Dik

I see from your selection of the 48" model, that you are interested in shooting fairly large originals.
If you would like to tell us more about what you plan to shoot, I'll suggest some light options.

Richard HZ Loc: Indiana, US

Thanks for the response and suggestion! I will check into it.
Thanks!

Richard HZ Loc: Indiana, US

Thanks for the suggestion! I will see whether the quick release is good/strong enough for my camera of Nikon D800 with battery pack or Nikon D4S. I used to have Manfrotto tripod but the head with quick release is not strong enough so I bought Gitzo tripod. I will check review and see if I can find info about the camera used with the stand. Thanks for the info again!

Richard HZ Loc: Indiana, US

I copy the letter size most of time and some macro work too. Occasionally, I copy big geological map, which is about twice of letter size. I think that I can put the map on the wall and use tripod. So smaller copy stand can work. Thanks again for your help!

Dik

The big Durst I converted sports a D800E. The quick release on the 410 head is fine for your cameras and any lens you'd use.
Was your previous Manfrotto QR the big one like on the geared head?
Manfrotto also has larger geared heads, but they'd be overkill, put the money in lighting.

AZ Image Tech Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

I saw this on the Craig's list here in Phoenix, it's a smokin deal.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/pho/4800635233.html

Dik

Did you get it?
If you don't, I might!

Dik

The guy still has it, but for local sale only.

AZ Image Tech Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

I sent him an email, have not herd back from him yet.

Dik

Maybe:

http://www.amazon.com/Mustek-A3-2400S-11-7-Inch-16-5-Inch/dp/B009LHWGLY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1420831004&sr=8-7&keywords=11+x+17+flatbed+scanner

rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)

That one should hold up a tank !!!