I have just ordered mine, waiting for delivery.
I ordered the separate components and will make it up myself.
2x suction cups - manfrotto
3x super clamps - manfrotto
1x ball head
2x 1.5m poles
1x sigma 10-20mm
3x 77mm Hoya ND filters
I already have the sigma 10-20, filters and poles just need to get the suction cups, clamps and ball head.
Could you keep me/others updated on your build?
Cheers
Lee.
I'm not sure about the lever type suction cups, so am looking at the pump types.
Plenty of prebuilt rigs: http://www.cameragrip.co.uk/acatalog/Camcorder_Suction_Mounts.html
either the SM8 or SM11 maybe?
expensive and don't offer a huge amount of reach sadly.
these are the puppies you need...
http://www.karlu.com/product_info.php?cPath=41_42_698&products_id=9440
superclamps are around £17 if I remember correctly.
Where did you get the ribbed pole from and did you use a magic arm as well?
I'm planning on using a 400d and 10-22 lens as it's the lightest combination.
expensive and don't offer a huge amount of reach sadly.
these are the puppies you need...
http://www.karlu.com/product_info.php?cPath=41_42_698&products_id=9440
superclamps are around £17 if I remember correctly.
2 x F1000 = £100
3 x superclamps = £42
1 x magic arm = £76
That's £238 without pole...
How do you get around the height adjust on the f1000/superclamp combo/
On the hague solution it has posts on the suction clamps allowing the height adjustment for if you mount on the roof/boot etc. Do you think that's needed/desirable fro additional angles ?
I would hold off the magic arm dude, unless you're happy to fork out that much at once As said, I don't have a magic arm but it's never hindered me to the point where I've been unable to photograph anything. It's a nice addition, just not a necessary one.
The height adjust can be done through good placement of the cups and position of spigots, the spigot on the cups can be moved semi-hemispherically (?), basically if you have the cup on a flat surface you can have the spigot pointing vertically, pointing horizontally away/towards you, or to the left and right, AND any position in between.
Soooo, with that in mind say you wanted to be a touch higher with you camera. you have the spigot laid flat on the cup furthest away and the spigot vertical on the closest cup, which give rise to a fairly broad range of shooting points, just from that single cup combination.
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