Blind.In.Texas
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I had some time,I mean space, after cleaning the garage. I built myself a camera stand from things I never throw away. Hey, you never know when you are going to need, want, something.
I used a porcelain over metal camping plate as the base. I drilled a half inch hole in the center and used a piece of all-thread eighteen inches long. I put a nut and then a washer through the plate hole and a nut and washer under the plate. I slid on a piece of 3/4 inch conduit, just under eighteen inches, then a washer and nut. Tightened to fit. The top is assembled from a type of conduit strap. At the center of the strap I drilled a 1/4 inch hole slid in a 1/4 x 20 bolt and nutted the outside. A 1/4 x 20 should fit just about any camera's tripod mounting hole.
The plate assembly was made using a sawed piece of 2 x 4 and the top plate from a vertically standing, three sided DVD tower. Two sheet rock screws and 1/4 inch washers were used to to secure the plate. A 3/8 x 1 3/4 u-bolt. This allows me to raise or lower the plate , at will, to a stationary camera. Using the cameras two-second timer allows plenty of time for stabilizing the entire contraption. I just hope will is out of the way.
I even shook the whole thing while a photo was in progress. It takes remarkably stable pictures even with motion. The plate is slightly bent. Once that is worked out it will not move at all.
The DVD tower has now become black half inch curtain rods:}
I used a porcelain over metal camping plate as the base. I drilled a half inch hole in the center and used a piece of all-thread eighteen inches long. I put a nut and then a washer through the plate hole and a nut and washer under the plate. I slid on a piece of 3/4 inch conduit, just under eighteen inches, then a washer and nut. Tightened to fit. The top is assembled from a type of conduit strap. At the center of the strap I drilled a 1/4 inch hole slid in a 1/4 x 20 bolt and nutted the outside. A 1/4 x 20 should fit just about any camera's tripod mounting hole.
The plate assembly was made using a sawed piece of 2 x 4 and the top plate from a vertically standing, three sided DVD tower. Two sheet rock screws and 1/4 inch washers were used to to secure the plate. A 3/8 x 1 3/4 u-bolt. This allows me to raise or lower the plate , at will, to a stationary camera. Using the cameras two-second timer allows plenty of time for stabilizing the entire contraption. I just hope will is out of the way.
I even shook the whole thing while a photo was in progress. It takes remarkably stable pictures even with motion. The plate is slightly bent. Once that is worked out it will not move at all.
The DVD tower has now become black half inch curtain rods:}
......from now on 
....Why I otta!!! jk.......I will be starting a new line of homemade do it yerselfers....
