On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:44:36 -0500, John Fields
wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:26:19 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:
Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can
get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs.
...Jim Thompson
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a standoff doesn't buy you much.
How about a bracket to offset the camera by 90 degrees?
+---------------+
CAM | +-------------+ TRIPOD
\ | | | | /
+--| | +-+-+
| | | |
+--| | |
| +-+ |
| |
/ \ /|\
COPY
JF
The "head" _will_ rotate a full 90°, but the tripod legs are in the
view. But perhaps your approach would be better. I suspect a counter
weight will be needed as well.
Or maybe make a stand...
______CAMERA_____
/\ [_______} /\
/ \ O / \
/ \ / \
;-)
...Jim Thompson
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