Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-03 Thread steve harley
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, at 17:24, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Larry has suggested a ball head as those typically have a slit that allow to tilt the camera by 90 degrees. That is a possibility, but: 1. I would be overpaying for the functionality I don't need. (Or maybe I am not looking at the right ball

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Too busy for me. In a past life I had a stroboframe flash bracket. It was a lot of hardware with minimal benefit. In the photo of this device I see a cork surface where the base attaches to the camera. Cork doesn't grip. You need a soft rubber-like surface. Too many minuses. Paul via phone >

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-03 Thread rdell
> From pdml-boun...@pdml.net Sun Oct 02 20:23:39 2016 > Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 16:22:27 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > From: Ken Waller > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > L brackets for camera bodies are normally associated with a quick release > plate and receiver.

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread Ken Waller
this message ! A lens with a collar would be quicker to reorient from landscape to portrait and wouldn't lead to an offset camera body that you'd get with a ballhead. -Original Message- >From: Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org >Subject: Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick or

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread Stanley Halpin
I didn’t watch the video very far. I suspect the allen wrench you refer to is to adjust the Universal to your particular camera body, a one-time process. I find it quite fast and simple to flip from horizontal to vertical with an L-bracket using a tripod. Unclamp, flip, set in place, clamp.

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry, yes, but a ball head requires tightening. Think of a flash bracket: it doesn't. A flip is much easier and quicker. And then, if you are completely leveled (shooting up or down), you'd still need some tilt from the head but in the orthogonal direction (forward rocking as opposed to

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: I am surprised why I cannot find a bracket that allows such quick flipping. I'd expect it would be useful to sport photographers, for those sports where you'd want both portrait and landscape shots, and switch between the two. But maybe those people use two cameras each

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Many thanks to all who responded. I have several followup questions. 1. L-brackets (acratech). I am confused, maybe I am just slow... but it seems to me that flipping between the two orientations is not quick. I watched this video, and toward the end, it shows that an alan wrench is needed

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-02 Thread P.J. Alling
There are some pan heads with plates that flip 90 degrees, (or anywhere in between, though I don't see the point really, if you want that get a ball head), but the good ones are more expensive than the average ball head, and the not good ones you don't want. On 10/1/2016 7:24 PM, Igor

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread John
You might take a look at this one. https://www.manfrotto.us/monopod-tilt-top-swivel-tilt-head-with-rc-plate-200pl-14 On 10/1/2016 7:24 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All, I asked this question in a different thread, - but it might not be seen there, so, I would ask it in its own thread. I

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Richard Dell
I use and leave a Stroboframe 300-115 Vertaflip PHD Camera Platform mounted to the heavy duty tripod I carry in the car . Might be a bit much for a monopod .. I've been aiming to getting L brackets to use more portably. On 10/1/2016 7:24 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All, I asked this

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Acratech.net Universal L Bracket: http://www.acratech.net/l-brackets-and-nodal-rails/universal-l-bracket/ It requires you have an Arca-Swiss type camera or lens plate for whatever item you want to mount, and an Arca-Swiss type QR clamp for whatever support you plan to use. Of course, they sell

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Stanley Halpin
Two thoughts, well, three or four… 1. L-bracket. Swiss-Acre mount used on a bullhead that uses a clamp rather than a screw-down system to secure the lens. Really Right Stuff? Not cheap. 2. Use lenses with tripod collars. 3. I’ve used cheap ball heads on monopods. Fageddaboutit. (sp?) Kirk does

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Ken Waller
Check out "L" brackets. They're normally associated with arca Swiss type quick release plates but I've seen some with screw mount capability for direct attachment to a tripod or monopod. -Original Message- >From: Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> >Subject:

Re: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All, I asked this question in a different thread, - but it might not be seen there, so, I would ask it in its own thread. I am considering buying a monopod and some type of device that allows quick and easy flipping between horizontal and vertical positions. Larry

Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

2016-10-01 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hi All, I asked this question in a different thread, - but it might not be seen there, so, I would ask it in its own thread. I am considering buying a monopod and some type of device that allows quick and easy flipping between horizontal and vertical positions. Larry has suggested a ball