[LargeFormat] Majestic Tripods (was Re: Biggest is Best Maybe?)
Les Newcomer
largeformat@f32.net
Sun Jun 29 10:52:24 2003
On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 08:48 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> My largest is an ancient Saltzman tripod camera stand. This has the
> same geared head the well known monopole studio stands have. Its
> capacity is way beyond any still camera I can imagine. I can sit on
> it. While it was made for location shooting its not exactly light.
> Saltzman also made a side arm and a dolly for it.
>
> Richard Knoppow
>
I once mounted a 4x4 piece of plywood to a Saltzman and used it for
table top photography. If I wanted to tweak the perspective of the
shot slightly, I just got the assistant to run under it and adjust the
geared head.
Les