I use an A clamp from Home Depot. The big green ones already have a hole in the handles. Put a 1/4-20 bolt through the hole with a nut and washer and put your ball head on that. Costs about $2.
It's very similar to a Justin Clamp that costs $25. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Other alternative is a 'Vise-Grip' pliers with a bolt or two braised onto > them. > You then put a small ball head on the bolt and the Vise-Grip onto anything. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the input! I think I may have come up with the best option -- a >> sort of reverse monopod. >> >> A 1/4" bolt through a length of lightweight chain. Run the bolt through one >> end of the chain (making sure the link is smaller than the head of the bolt) >> -- screw into the camera, step on the other end of the chain and pull it >> tight while shooting. >> >> It'll provide a fair amount of stability, and when not being used, can be >> carried in a pocket. >> >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert >> http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ <http://polipix.posterous.com/> >> Contact Me Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbert>Flickr >> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/>Twitter >> <http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert> >> >> --- @ WiseStamp Signature >> <http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhb&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install>. >> Get it now >> <http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhb&site=www.wisestamp.com/email-install> >> On 11/22/2010 3:05 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >>> >>> On 23 November 2010 07:16, DagT<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I usually start by walk around or looking at the subject, trying to find >>>> out what caught my interest, visualizing how the picture could be, and then >>>> start photographing. Even then I tend to take few pictures, sometimes only >>>> one. No tripod, even when using large format, because it removes the >>>> flexibility and slows down the reactions. >>> >>> I realised many years ago though inspection of my slides at high mag >>> that tripods apart from often reducing the amount of often useful >>> experimentation in composition aren't the be all and end all to obtain >>> optimal sharpness either, especially when working with WA lenses in >>> good light. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
