Jim Thompson
wrote in
:

Trying to take close-ups of chips, is there some kind of
stand/tripod to hold a camera pointing downward onto a desk
surface?

What do you call it/where do you get it?

...Jim Thompson

Many of the tripods I've used allow you to move the tilt/pan
head from the top of the elevation post to the bottom. This
places the camera in a position that works great for shooting
straight down at an object, like a copy stand, I've also found
that, when shooting at extreme close-ups, pushing the trigger
can vibrate the camera and blur the image. I use the timed
trigger to eliminate that.

Ken