How do you get an 8x10 to get a worms-eye view?

[Kimberly Anderson]

Dan's got it.

[kirkmacatangay]

Dan, Thanks for the response. Interesting idea but one that I am not likely to use. Even at 90 degrees the camera is still quite far from the ground. I do not have a bottom center post screw.

Ari, A shovel to dig me a hole. I like it but too much effort. I do have a semi-cheap tripod that does the splits but I do not trust it enough to put an 8x10 on top.

Kirk

[Dan Fromm]

Kirk, is your 8x10 a monorail? If it is, you can put the tripod mounting block at the end of the rail ...

[Andrew O'Neill]

I have a sand bag that I made from the leg of an old pair of jeans. Put the camera on the bag, compose on your belly. The sand bag keeps the camera in position.

[kirkmacatangay]

Hi Dan, I am currently using a Calumet Green Monster.

Andrew, Sand bag or the like seems to the best option right now. Maybe a few towels to help stablize the position would be the best at this point. I will have to just try it out.

Kirk

[Dan Fromm]

Kirk, thanks for the reply. So much for that idea.

For curiosity, how low is low? Interpretations vary considerably, mine goes to an extreme.

[Sevo]

If "worms eye" really means millimetres above ground, nothing short of a trench or a periscopic relay lens will do - mirrors still place you at least half the format height above ground...

[kirkmacatangay]

Dan,

I was thinking the len is at most 6" off the ground. Or basically as low as low can be but stable for foccusing and inserting the holder.

Kirk

[Dan Fromm]

If "worms eye" really means millimetres above ground, nothing short of a trench or a periscopic relay lens will do - mirrors still place you at least half the format height above ground...

I could be mistaken, but I think you are. Please explain further. Remember that the lens sees a cone of rays ...

[Dan Fromm]

Dan,

I was thinking the len is at most 6" off the ground. Or basically as low as low can be but stable for foccusing and inserting the holder.

Kirk

Hmm. Have you set your camera on a nice soft rug, put something as far in front of it as the subject would be in the field, and tried to focus and compose? If you haven't try the exercise.

If you don't have a reflex finder -- is there one for the C-1? -- I see you, in my mind's eye, prostrate and very uncomfortable.

Cheers,

Dan