Best I've seen for this is a Benbo tripod - uses a 'bent-bolt' coupling for
the tripod legs and a cross arm with a ball joint on it. I haven't got one
(yet) but, from what I've seen, it'll get you into anywhere. Waterproof
legs too.
AndrewF
>I use a Bogan Super Clamp (B&H Catalog # BO2909), along with a Bogen Dbl
>ball joint HD w/camera platform/QR, (B&H Catalog # BO2916QR). This setup
>will clamp on most anything. I clamp it to the leg of my tripod most of
>the time. Works really well.
>GeoW
>
>
>On 18 Apr 2001, at 17:07, Scott Gomez wrote:
>
>> OK, I'm playing around with macro shots (its time to take a stab at
>> the TOPE) and besides the fact that getting enough light on a given
>> subject is a major exercise in and of itself, I can deal with it. I've
>> run into something else that's making me crazy.
>>
>> How do those of you that shoot a fair amount of macro cope with
>> getting a 'stable platform'? While I can see that for static
>> items--like coins, household objects and the like--it would not be all
>> that difficult, pictures 'out & about' are a challenge.
>>
>> I've got a tripod (not the best, I'll admit, it's only a Slik) but
>> mounting the camera on the tube beneath it isn't all that useful, as
>> then everything is upside down. Not to mention that changing positions
>> much at all means moving the whole blasted assembly around.
>>
>> Anybody have a more creative solution for getting down close to the
>> ground (preferably with the camera body right side up)?
>>
>> ---
>> Scott Gomez
>>
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