Any way of mounting a camera...

[foodpoison]

Is there any way of mounting my camera onto the top of my tripod vertically?

Canon 350D and a Hama Star 63 tripod.
Thanks.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I know some tripods come with heads that turn 90degrees to the side to allow for portrait shots. As you are asking I am guessing yours doesn't. Though looking at a picture on the net it looks like it has the little thing you un-screw to turn the head to the side, so maybe I am getting the wrong end of the stick.

 

[robmiller]

You can unscrew the top of the head and rotate it 90° on that tripod, I've seen them before. I wouldn't trust it with a heavy body/lens, though; it's flimsy enough as it is, and even flimsier in a portrait orientation.

 

[Marcel]

Do you mean to take the shot in portrait orientation, or pointing right down at the ground?

 

[foodpoison]

sorry, portrait orientation.
And yeah, I just wondered if there was an adapter that attaches to the camera, because I wouldn't trust the tripod with the head tilted 90 degrees.

 

[inaneredstripe]

www.bobrigby.com saw these recently. pretty sturdy if not pretty.

 

[inaneredstripe]

sorry , click on "unique to bob rigby in the uk"

 

[Steep]

Mount a ball and socket head onto your existing head? I do that with my monopod, using the b&s from my tripod.