Low Angle Shooting Platform
Apr 22, 2020 07:24:54 #
Apr 22, 2020 07:27:55 #
tommy2
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
I need one too so when looking around for parts I'm wondering what the wing nut in the last photo is a part of - some sort of ring clamp? Very good option of being able to set the camera height with the dowel resting on the floor.
Apr 22, 2020 07:32:47 #
Apr 22, 2020 07:38:41 #
Apr 22, 2020 07:49:53 #
Very clever idea. If you used an untapered dowel, you would have infinite height adjustment.
Apr 22, 2020 08:03:55 #
Apr 22, 2020 08:06:34 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
aphelps wrote:
After 8 back surgeries including full fusion of al... (show quote)
It is a wonderful example of Yankee ingenuity. I like my TILT screen which basically does the same thing, thank you Nikon and Sony.
Apr 22, 2020 08:27:12 #
I have been racking my brain to devise just such a device - thank you!
I see you are using a wing nut to tighten the clamping - just how does the clamping work? Do you think it will hold Nikon's D850?
I see you are using a wing nut to tighten the clamping - just how does the clamping work? Do you think it will hold Nikon's D850?
Apr 22, 2020 08:40:37 #
I love your simple but useful DIY.
Could you post a picture with your camera mounted?
How do you focus and frame your shot?
Could you post a picture with your camera mounted?
How do you focus and frame your shot?
Apr 22, 2020 09:24:35 #
Nice idea where there is a will there is a way. Oh you forgot some gear for it...like a rack-n-pinon the lower gear attached to the platform and a larger gear with a handle attached at the top now you don't have to move just crank on the handle and elevate to the desired position, no muss or fuss.....
Apr 22, 2020 09:40:54 #
aphelps
Loc: Central Ohio
kpmac wrote:
Nice invention. I hang my cameras. My tripod is reversible.
That will work as lomg as you have a fully articulated lcd screen. Unfortunately mine does not.
Apr 22, 2020 09:52:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Very clever idea. If you used an untapered dowel, you would have infinite height adjustment.
I was thinking the same thing and then two thoughts came up;
1) Is it tapered or was the shot taken with a wide angle lens at a weird angle. (I still think it is tapered)
2) What if it tapered the other way? With the fatter part at the bottom, there would be no in-shot slippage.
Apr 22, 2020 09:53:19 #
Apr 22, 2020 09:57:02 #
aphelps wrote:
After 8 back surgeries including full fusion of al... (show quote)
Nice! I'm likely to build a rig similar to that. It will have a gimbal-like swivel on top, and a weight on the bottom, so it becomes a poor man's Steadycam for video recording. I have a video head for my tripod which would work perfectly for this.
I have a Lumix GH4, which has a fully articulating OLED touch screen. It would work perfectly on a rig such as that. I love its ease of use on a copy stand and slide duplicating rig. I don't have to lean over it or ever look through a viewfinder if I don't want to.
I use the Panasonic Image App on my iPhone to trip the shutter on my GH4. It's a wireless remote setup I can use to control practically everything on the camera. When the GH4 is set to electronic shutter mode, there is NO vibration or shutter shock.
Apr 22, 2020 10:09:34 #
Great for shooting small wildflowers emerging right now. Show us some shots if you can get out to shoot.
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