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Browsing Archive: June, 2017

Yes I really did this...

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, June 3, 2017,


What you're looking at is the repair I made to my old Miller DS-20 tripod. See, when the plastic release latches start cracking after six years of daily use and you're faced with the prospect of coughing up R25K for a new tripod...you just drill holes in that baby and fix it with R10 worth of screws from your local hardware store! So far it works great :)
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Libec AP-5 Quick Release Adapter

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, June 3, 2017,


If like me you shoot with more than one camera during a shoot you know what a pain it is to swop cameras on tripods and other support systems between takes - usually to move your primary camera from a tripod to a shoulder mount or slider requires filming to stop while your assistant runs back to the van to fetch the tools. Unscrewing camera plates wastes time and also wears out the mounting screws and thread holes of your equipment over time.

The obvious solution is to use the same type of ca...

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