Sand bags are cheap insurance, why not use them? Have some small (10#) ones, too--they come in handy as counterweights for booms and tripods.
Sand bags are cheap insurance, why not use them? Have some small (10#) ones, too--they come in handy as counterweights for booms and tripods.
Not sure to whom you speak
I have 2 of these bought used with cast iron weights
Manfrotto 085BS Heavy-Duty Boom and Stand (Black)
I also have 2 Arkay Studio stands, used, paid little
Tin Can
I like the Avenger stands, but I think the one I was looking at is probably a bit out of my monetary range if I'm being honest, and they don't really come up used here (in Switzerland). I'm hoping to make do with a regular Manfrotto (126BSU) I think, as I can get that reasonably cheaply. Hopefully it'll do the job.
Personally, I prefer to clamp a boom weight, like https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...ce_Weight.html , to a stand instead of using sandbags. The latter often leak.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Tin Can
Sandbags just drape over one leg or the strut of the stand, best if neither end of the bag actually touches the ground. Multiple bags can be used if the light is heavy, has a large softbox or on a boom. I usually place the bag on a leg that is on the opposite side of the way the light is pointing. Sandbags are used if you have large reflectors or flags on a stand, too.
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