Hi guys and (gals)
I've been watching this thread for a few weeks and love the stuff in it. I've been wanting to build a rig for about 2 years now but couldn't really justify the cost being a 3rd year photography undergrad. I do quite a lot of automotive photography, mostly light painting but over the past month I've been collecting bits to put a rig together and all in it's only cost me around £140!
Got x2 241 manfrotto cups on ebay for £25 a piece, 2 calumet super clamps for £28 in the sale, a manfrotto magic arm & camera bracket for £70 and I had one superclamp already lying around. Currently using a 60D and sigma 10-20mm with a polarising filter.
For the pole I was originally looking into aluminium tubing, but was always worried about the weight. It wasn't until late in this thread I saw the carbon poles on offer from Gareth. I realised they were the same poles used for industrial window cleaning equipment which I just so happened to have in my garden thanks to my Dad. Although this one isn't carbon it's fairly sturdy and a good length. I decided to go out today for the first time and give it all a go!
I'm quite impressed with the pole, there is some flex but if the cups are in the right place it's more than usable. Quite windy and dull today so got some side to side motion and really need a few ND filters as even ISO 100, F22, 1.5" shutter w/ polariser was a little blown out!
The edit is rough, the composition/location was a test but I'm happy with it for a first go!
Lupo Rig Shot by
MattSmithh, on Flickr
and some pictures of the rig...