Timeline for What do I need to make my own camera stand with a 40" horizontal arm?
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| Sep 1, 2014 at 0:32 | vote | accept | Omne | ||
| Aug 4, 2014 at 19:05 | comment | added | Caleb | The folks at 8020.net make some very chunky, very rigid aluminum extrusions that are easy to bolt together. It'd be a great starting point. | |
| Aug 4, 2014 at 14:55 | answer | added | user28116 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 3:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhotos/status/491422980078329856 | ||
| Jul 20, 2014 at 17:20 | history | edited | mattdm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2014 at 15:58 | comment | added | Omne | That crane seems to be helpful and the price is great. I updated the question, I added a video of a photographer using a stand similar to what I need, it seems strong enough for a longer arm, what do you think? | |
| Jul 20, 2014 at 15:54 | history | edited | Omne | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2014 at 3:07 | comment | added | obelia | Maybe a camera jib: amazon.com/ProAm-USA-Orion-DVC200-Camera/dp/B002UPRCMC | |
| Jul 19, 2014 at 1:17 | comment | added | Jeroen Kransen | Some microphone stands are pretty tall. Would that be stable enough for your use case? | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 23:20 | answer | added | Jasmine | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 22:40 | history | edited | Omne |
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| Jul 18, 2014 at 22:13 | comment | added | Omne | @JeroenKransen It's got to have some stability! but I'm going to shoot tethered via PC. | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 22:11 | comment | added | Omne | @obelia A bridge needs a lot of space, and moving it up and down would be much harder. | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 18:19 | comment | added | Jeroen Kransen | Do you also need the stability for long exposures that most of us use tripods for? Or is it just meant to keep the camera in place? | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 17:58 | comment | added | obelia | A 40" horizontal arm is going to be very unstable unless it's very massive. It'd be much easier engineering if you could support the horizontal arm from both sides (making it a bridge,not an arm). | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 17:43 | history | asked | Omne | CC BY-SA 3.0 |