I'm looking for a way to get my camera up to about 10 feet, stabilized. One option would be something like Frank is using in post #17 here:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...l=1#post717229
Does anyone know the make and model of that tripod (in the first image)? I think it is a Gitzo...
...someone was selling one here a few years back, and I'm kicking myself for not purchasing it. Are there other options, like some sort of clamp on a fairly solid ladder?
Gee it just so happens that I just posted an ad for a 118" tall Gitzo in the classifieds....
I hope Frank didn't fall off that ladder. Hell of a great guy, he's missed....
A local studio does very large group pictures in one of our parks with with an 8x10 camera
on a hefty tripod with its legs stuck into long aluminum pipes. The photographer stands on
a ladder at least 12 feet from the ground.
Orchard ladders are plentiful out west on craigslist. Or buy one new for a couple hundred bucks.
I built an 11ft pod using schedule 40 aluminum pipe. There are pics posted here somewhere.
About 8 years ago I had to get my 4x5 up about 10 or so feet high and I used my Bogen tripod, the one with cine double upper legs with leg extensions. I don't remember the model number of the tripod but it had removable feet which allowed the use of accessory leg extensions. Between the leg extensions and extending the center column, I was able to get it up about 10 feet. I'm a fan of Gitzo tripods but didn't have one at the time but it was affordable.
Best,
Photojeep
Thanks for the ideas, folks. After Vinny said he had posted a photo somewhere I did the search that I should have done rather than starting a new thread. There were a number of interesting ides plus a very funny photo posted by Merg Ross.
If it's a one time deal then rent a scissors lift.
Careful Otto, you start another interminable 'bring-back-Frank-thread'...Originally Posted by Otto Seaman
J
It's an aluminum Gitzo all right. Series 5 Tele-Studex Giant, Model 390, like mine, 5-section legs, #525 3-way pan-tilt head. Other possible use: axle support for a jacked-up SUV.
The 161MkII is the tallest Manfrotto. Just a bit shorter than the 10' you quoted.
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
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