Copy Stand

fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
edited March 29, 2004 in Accessories
Any recommendations for a relatively inexpensive copy stand?
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2004
    If anyone else is like me, and has never heard of a copy stand, here's what it is.

    Fish, what do you plan to shoot with it? Macro stuff?
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2004
    I guess $72 ain't bad.
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 29, 2004
    wxwax wrote:
    If anyone else is like me, and has never heard of a copy stand, here's what it is.
    Cool link Waxy - Maybe we could set up a permanent place on dgrin to store great links for digital Photograph.....

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2004
    pathfinder wrote:
    Cool link Waxy - Maybe we could set up a permanent place on dgrin to store great links for digital Photograph.....

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    That's not a bad idea. My Bookmarks are starting to overflow.
    Sid.
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2004
    wxwax wrote:

    Fish, what do you plan to shoot with it? Macro stuff?
    Exactly. Flat stuff, specifically, like coins, currency, old photographs, etc. It's a real hassle setting up the tripod to do that.

    The $72 job you posted is essentially the right idea, but I wouldn't mind coughing up a few more clams for something a leetle more sophisticated. I'd love to be able to use my pan/tilt tripod head on it with the spirit levels, and the arm should be geared to make it easy to get to 1:1. With a narrow DOF, it's critical that the focal plane is absolutely parallel to the subject, and incremental height adjustments should be precise.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 29, 2004
    fish wrote:
    Exactly. Flat stuff, specifically, like coins, currency, old photographs, etc. It's a real hassle setting up the tripod to do that.

    The $72 job you posted is essentially the right idea, but I wouldn't mind coughing up a few more clams for something a leetle more sophisticated. I'd love to be able to use my pan/tilt tripod head on it with the spirit levels, and the arm should be geared to make it easy to get to 1:1. With a narrow DOF, it's critical that the focal plane is absolutely parallel to the subject, and incremental height adjustments should be precise.
    You will be wanting a focusing rail next - It is for you to meet www.reallyrightstuff.com They have first rate stuff for tripods and macro work.

    A copy stand can be a big help, but they take up a lot of space when you are not using them DAMHIK --- Sometimes you can just use a tripod with the macro and a focusing rail and tape the flat printer matter on the wall - Use windowlight or reflectors for illumination - tungsten lighting gets hot when you are standing over it....
    Pathfinder - www.pathfinder.smugmug.com

    Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
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