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Steven Davis · March 21st, 2007, 02:27 PM

Well, I have an idea, and if it works would give me a great shot. Anyone ever shot from a tree. Yes, I mean up in it. I had a thought about having a mounted video head attached to a branch, but I dont' have a spare 501 head.

So I'm wondering, what would be the best way to shoot from a tree.

I want the height, call it a natural crane.

Jim Montgomery · March 21st, 2007, 04:25 PM

For $800 or so you can get a clamp on camera support. They use them in all the hunting shows. If interested I can dig up the link

Jim

Gabriel Yeager · March 21st, 2007, 05:03 PM

I would say get a SLR-Zoom-lens Gorilla Pod made by Joby. They are really cool! They have these sorta sticky legs that rap around things and you can put a wide variety of heads on it. I would recommend it.

~Gabriel

Andy Graham · March 21st, 2007, 05:09 PM

Yeah i've shot from a tree, although i can't say i do it often enough to warrent spending $800.

My suggestion, look into building scaffolding, they use similar clamps to join sections of scaffolding and are a hell of a lot cheaper than $800.

This link shows a typical scaffolding clamp which you could modify.

http://etrade.daegu.go.kr/co/d/dongj...CA00411272.jpg

And this is a more video orientated example of whats out there around $100

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DN

This was just a 2 second google search.

Andy.

Meryem Ersoz · March 21st, 2007, 07:04 PM

put a Bogen Super Clamp on a 3-way head. about $90, Clamp is $30 + whatever you want to spend on the head. it's a bomber combo.

March 21st, 2007, 02:27 PM	#1
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	Alright tree climbers... Well, I have an idea, and if it works would give me a great shot. Anyone ever shot from a tree. Yes, I mean up in it. I had a thought about having a mounted video head attached to a branch, but I dont' have a spare 501 head. So I'm wondering, what would be the best way to shoot from a tree. I want the height, call it a natural crane. __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?

March 21st, 2007, 05:03 PM	#3
Gabriel Yeager Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, NorthWest USA Posts: 788	I would say get a SLR-Zoom-lens Gorilla Pod made by Joby. They are really cool! They have these sorta sticky legs that rap around things and you can put a wide variety of heads on it. I would recommend it. ~Gabriel __________________ Gabriel Photography

March 21st, 2007, 05:09 PM	#4
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	Yeah i've shot from a tree, although i can't say i do it often enough to warrent spending $800. My suggestion, look into building scaffolding, they use similar clamps to join sections of scaffolding and are a hell of a lot cheaper than $800. This link shows a typical scaffolding clamp which you could modify. http://etrade.daegu.go.kr/co/d/dongj...CA00411272.jpg And this is a more video orientated example of whats out there around $100 http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DN This was just a 2 second google search. Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

March 21st, 2007, 04:25 PM	#2
Jim Montgomery Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vero Beach Posts: 392	For $800 or so you can get a clamp on camera support. They use them in all the hunting shows. If interested I can dig up the link Jim

March 21st, 2007, 07:04 PM	#5
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	put a Bogen Super Clamp on a 3-way head. about $90, Clamp is $30 + whatever you want to spend on the head. it's a bomber combo.