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Posted by nobody special on 04/10/06 15:41
I'm not Warren Miller, but he perhaps means the camera cradles or cages
we use for the "low-carry" position on things like steadicams and
booms, I think, which convert the threaded screw hole on the camera
bottom into a similar deal for top-mounting. You know, for the "dog's
eye view" POV shots. This would be good to fly the camera along an inch
off the ground next to the skateboard wheels. The camera's weight
concentrated at the bottom of a hand-held pole or monopod thus
converted has a lot if inertia and gives a fairly stable picture if you
keep the lens wide and a light grip on the top of the suspension pole.
But one mistake and boom, you have a Polo mallet and a broken lens.
I think most camcorders have a threaded insert in the top of the carry
handle which normally fits a camera light. I would not risk suspending
the camera from that insert, as it wasn't designed for that kind of
tension/shear situation load wise, and will give put unexpectedly at
some point. Safer to cage the camera, and this is something you could
make for yourself with inexpensive perforated steel strapping from a
hardware store and regular grip/hand tools. The most exotic shop item
you would need would be a bench vise to help bend the strapping steel.
The whole thing could bolt together for simplicity.
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