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From: Archimedes' Lever on 27 Mar 2010 00:13 On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:18:53 -0500, hal-usenet(a)ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net (Hal Murray) wrote: > >>>Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can >>>get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs. > >>Mine doesn't have that lower leg support like yours, though, it's just >>three legs with a pole down the middle and leg flair is 'stopped' by >>the central hinge. > >Some tripots let you take the central pole out and stick it >back in upside down. Then you place the legs straddling the >target and ... > >If you can't do that, it might work to make one leg (much) >longer so the tripod is tipped on its side holding the camera >out away from the two close in legs. You would probably >have to place a weight on the long leg to keep it from tipping >over. Good advice on using a std tripod for this type of shot.
From: Jim Thompson on 27 Mar 2010 12:18 On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:03:50 -0700, Peter Bennett <peterbb(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote: >On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:26:19 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:05:48 -0700, Jim Thompson >><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >> >>>Trying to take close-ups of chips, is there some kind of stand/tripod >>>to hold a camera pointing downward onto a desk surface? >>> >>>What do you call it/where do you get it? >>> >>> ...Jim Thompson >> >>Duh! I should get out what I have... >> >>http://analog-innovations.com/SED/CopyStand_UseTriPod.jpg >> >>before I worry :-) >> >>Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can >>get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs. >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >Could you put the object-to-be photographed on a board supported at an >angle - then you wouldn't have to point the camera straight down - and >you could select the angle to keep the tripod legs out of the picture. That would work for those pieces that didn't want to slide. What I'm looking into is a cheap head that will attach to the bottom of the pole slide. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: ian field on 27 Mar 2010 14:19 "Hal Murray" <hal-usenet(a)ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net> wrote in message news:KuednWXSsvnALDDWnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d(a)megapath.net... > >>>Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can >>>get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs. > >>Mine doesn't have that lower leg support like yours, though, it's just >>three legs with a pole down the middle and leg flair is 'stopped' by >>the central hinge. > > Some tripots let you take the central pole out and stick it > back in upside down. Then you place the legs straddling the > target and ... > > If you can't do that, it might work to make one leg (much) > longer so the tripod is tipped on its side holding the camera > out away from the two close in legs. You would probably > have to place a weight on the long leg to keep it from tipping > over. A strip cut from a sheet of roofing lead could be wrapped around one of the legs as a weight, or better still lead flashing for roofing can be bought with self adhesive coating on the back and should be available in smaller quantities.
From: Ken Lowe on 27 Mar 2010 16:14 On 3/27/2010 10:46 AM, Jim Thompson wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:18:53 -0500, > hal-usenet(a)ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net (Hal Murray) wrote: > >> >>>> Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can >>>> get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs. >> >>> Mine doesn't have that lower leg support like yours, though, it's just >>> three legs with a pole down the middle and leg flair is 'stopped' by >>> the central hinge. >> >> Some tripots let you take the central pole out and stick it >> back in upside down. Then you place the legs straddling the >> target and ... > > Good suggestion. But the central pole won't come out :-( > > But it might work to get another tripod head and figure out how to > mount it to the pole slide. > >> >> If you can't do that, it might work to make one leg (much) >> longer so the tripod is tipped on its side holding the camera >> out away from the two close in legs. You would probably >> have to place a weight on the long leg to keep it from tipping >> over. > > That's a good possibility. > > ...Jim Thompson I haven't looked at tripods for a few years, but the heads of the ones I used in the past would unscrew from the top of the mast and reattach at the bottom. See if yours is threaded -- mine has a 1/4-20x3/8 stud. Lock the mast and give the pan/tilt handle a good counter-clockwise whack. I suppose newer stuff might omit this feature to save a few pennies, but you might get lucky. Ken
From: whit3rd on 27 Mar 2010 17:33
On Mar 27, 9:18 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>>Trying to take close-ups of chips, is there some kind of stand/tripod > >>>to hold a camera pointing downward onto a desk surface? > >>Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can > >>get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs. > What I'm looking into is a cheap head that will attach to the bottom > of the pole slide. Think outside the box; a ceiling-mounted mirror over a desk, just use a long lens and aim up. Photoshop has no problem with reversal, and the depth of field is better than in a 'closeup' arrangement. |