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I'd suggest you put the camera off to the side a bit rather than
overhead. After all, if you were painting or drawing using an easel, you'd just put the camera on a tripod positioned behind you and off to one side. That same kind of perspective ought to work for desktop work as well. If you need longer legs on the tripod, well, this is why God made PVC pipe. Get the size that just accepts the tripod legs, Drill holes in the pipe at various points, and stick a nail through the one where you want the tripod leg to bottom out. Or if you insist on doing the overhead thing, PVC will also be useful in building whatever scaffold is needed. Not totally rigid, but ok if you don't bump it, and it will be light and cheap. |
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Sandman wrote:
Yeah, great setup. I'm assuming you are working from opposite the stand, and that the resulting images would be slightly tilted? Can be corrected in software easily. BugBear |
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Sandman wrote: So I want to make a timelapse movie of me drawing, and I will be drawing on paper on a table. I have a DSLR and I was wondering if you knew about a good way to mount it above the paper? I have two tripods and putting them on the table may be a bit cumbersome but it's possible, but I don't seem to be able to zoom out/move the camera far up enough without seeing the tripod in frame. Not a huge problem per se, but I would prefer a mounting solution that works without seeing it of course. Any ideas? Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I have done some time lapses myself, if you're interested: http://home.comcast.net/~mhmyers/tl/tl.html -- m-m Photo Gallery: http://www.mhmyers.com |
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M-M says...
Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. Yes indeed. Here's a timelapse of drawing on an easel. Freehand. Pen & ink. http://vimeo.com/6369624 |
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, M-M wrote: So I want to make a timelapse movie of me drawing, and I will be drawing on paper on a table. I have a DSLR and I was wondering if you knew about a good way to mount it above the paper? I have two tripods and putting them on the table may be a bit cumbersome but it's possible, but I don't seem to be able to zoom out/move the camera far up enough without seeing the tripod in frame. Not a huge problem per se, but I would prefer a mounting solution that works without seeing it of course. Any ideas? Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I can't draw on an easel, I paint on one though. But drawing has to be done horizontally I have done some time lapses myself, if you're interested: http://home.comcast.net/~mhmyers/tl/tl.html -- Sandman[.net] |
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Sandman wrote: Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I can't draw on an easel, I paint on one though. But drawing has to be done horizontally You do realize that a tripod can be reversed so the head hangs from the bottom? -- m-m Photo Gallery: http://www.mhmyers.com |
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, M-M wrote: In article , Sandman wrote: Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I can't draw on an easel, I paint on one though. But drawing has to be done horizontally You do realize that a tripod can be reversed so the head hangs from the bottom? Sort of like this: http://protog.com.au/images/WT-531-t...erse-mount.jpg -- m-m Photo Gallery: http://www.mhmyers.com |
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, M-M wrote: In article , Sandman wrote: Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I can't draw on an easel, I paint on one though. But drawing has to be done horizontally You do realize that a tripod can be reversed so the head hangs from the bottom? I didn't know that, nor does every tripod allow for that )I have one that doesn't), and Pete Irwin told me about it and my mind was blown! I will try to solve it that way Thanks anyway! -- Sandman[.net] |
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"Sandman" wrote in message ... In article , M-M wrote: In article , Sandman wrote: Why not use an easel for the drawing so the drawing is vertical? Then you only need a standard tripod for the camera. I can't draw on an easel, I paint on one though. But drawing has to be done horizontally You do realize that a tripod can be reversed so the head hangs from the bottom? I didn't know that, nor does every tripod allow for that )I have one that doesn't), and Pete Irwin told me about it and my mind was blown! I will try to solve it that way Thanks anyway! -- Sandman[.net] The engineer in me says microphone stand with boom arm. You'd have to find some way to convert from the microphone holder threads to the 1/4-20 (?) threads for the camera mount. Also, probably have to counterweight the end of the boom opposite the camera for stability as a camera would be heavier than a mic......??? /glenn |
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