[LargeFormat] Getting a View Camera Down Low

[Karl Wolz]

Depending on which Gitzo, you can pull out the center column and use the
camera upside down or you can replace the center column and head with a flat
plate (larger Gitzo models).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Hein" <flambeau@pctcnet.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Getting a View Camera Down Low


> I want to take some pictures of Indian Pipes, a saprophitic plant that
grows
> maybe 6" tall on the forest floor.  I have used 35mm in the past and it
> isn't a problem getting low enough...I have used a little pocket field
> tripod similar to Leica tabletop but only much lower, getting the lens
about
> 2" off the ground.  How to do the same with a view camera?  I have a Gitzo
> that permits the legs to go flat, but with the head and all I am still too
> high.  The forest floor is usually not flat like a studio floor, so some
> adjustment is necessary.  Anybody help me out here with some good way to
get
> my camera down low...I do not want to look down on the plant, I want to be
> on the same plane.
>
> Dan
>
>
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