At some moments of photography, there is a need to statically fix the camera, in order to avoid unnecessary shaking and vibrations, as well as in the conditions of studio, subject shooting. You need a tripod, but not all amateurs have the opportunity to purchase it. And then there is only one thing left - to make a tripod with your own hands. The same problem arose before me when I wanted to carry out subject shooting. My advantage was that I had the opportunity to use different materials, as well as a welding machine. The assembly technology was borrowed from Screw-Shpuntik - from what was at hand, without the use of turning. As a result of simple actions, such an accessory was born.
Of the main features was the screw itself for attaching the camera to the tripod. Here I had to use a mounting head from an existing mini tripod with plastic legs. As a result of this design, another tripod has appeared, specially designed for winter shooting. The base remained metal, and wood was used as legs. The tripod turned out to be quite light and tall, which was a plus in deep snow conditions.
The main part of both tripods is an interchangeable control head, which I rearrange within a few seconds, depending on the upcoming shooting.
P.S. Later on site Aliexpress looked after an inexpensive, lightweight, compact tripod
with acceptable performance at a low price
ordered it 25 February… Registration on the site is not difficult - … aMarch 25 I have already received the tripod in the mail. Delivery was within 4 weeks.
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This tripod is suitable for both video and still cameras. It folds up conveniently for easy storage. You can easily make a tripod with your own hands. How exactly, you will learn in the above and described master class.
materials
Before you start, make sure you have:
- boards made of durable wood with a thickness of about 1 cm;
- screws;
- steel bars;
- black plastic cases from pens, 3 pcs.;
- nails;
- black marker;
- aluminum plate;
- mounting bolt from bicycle brakes;
- stain or varnish for wood;
- screwdrivers;
- rulers and compasses;
- hammer;
- hand saw;
- sandpaper;
- drills;
- bolts, nuts and washers.
Steel bars can be taken from an old printer. In this case, it was an HP device. The tubes must be removed and cut into pieces 12 cm long.
Step 1. On the board, draw a circle with a radius of 3 cm. Then draw another one, but with a radius of 5 cm. The center of the two figures should coincide.
Step 2. Break the circles into three parts by drawing radii. In the interval between the small and large circle, stepping back 1 cm on both sides of the drawn radii, draw one more line.
Step 3. Attach another thinner board to the marking board. On it, draw a small rectangle 2 cm wide. Step back another 5 cm from it and draw a straight line across the board.
Step 4. Cut out the details of the future tripod, according to the markup. Sand them down.
Step 5. Drill threaded holes for the screws in the places where the parts of the tripod are fastened with a drill. Work very carefully. Assemble the prepared parts of the product together.
Step 6. Cut the pen cases into two parts: large and small. Fasten them to opposite ends of the steel rod.
Step 7. Paint the wooden part of the tripod with wood paint or stain, varnish. Leave everything until the coating is completely dry.
Step 8. Attach the prepared steel rods to the underside of the wooden fasteners. Make markings for the bolts, drill holes for them and assemble the entire structure.
Step 9. Take a 3 x 6 cm aluminum plate and bend it into a "U" shape. Drill one hole each from the sides and the top of the plate. Make another one at the top of the tripod. Using a bicycle brake mount, bolt, nuts and washers, assemble the structure shown in the photo.
While on a business trip, it was necessary to prepare a photo report on the results of the work. But here's the problem, the room is large, there is not enough natural light, there is no artificial light and there will not be, and the flash of the camera does not illuminate further than 4 meters. There is only one way out - to install the camera on a tripod and take the desired pictures with a slow shutter speed. An impromptu camera tripod was assembled by hand in about ten minutes from a plastic bottle filled with nails and a video camera mounting screw. Recently, in field conditions, a tripod for night shooting was repeated.
How to make a photo tripod with your own hands
1. Assembling a critical mass of components. PET bottle. Standard screw with inch thread for mounting photo and video equipment. A screw from the casing of old Soviet film cameras is very suitable. The groove on the screw between the thread and the cap will allow it to be conveniently fixed on the cork. Depending on the length of the screw, washers will be required if necessary, in my case there are only two pieces.
2. We drill a hole in the plastic bottle cap with a diameter of 4.3 mm. I drilled with a 4mm drill, and then increased the diameter of the hole with it.
3. We screw the screw into the hole in the cover from the outside, cutting the thread. If the screw passes freely into the hole, this is acceptable, but in field conditions this is fraught with the loss of the main fastener.
4. Unscrew the screw. We put the washers inside the cover and screw the screw from the inside.
5. We fasten the cover to the standard hole for mounting the camera. If it is not possible to attach tightly, washers must be added.
Head assembly
6. We take a bottle, to make it heavier, we put sand or small stones inside 1/2 or 2/3, in extreme cases, you can pour water, the heavier the bottle, the more stable the tripod will be.
7. We close the bottle with a cap with an attached camera - the tripod is ready.
The bottle can be attached to trees and other vertical objects with rubber bands.
Photographing in the water
Finally, I was going to make some kind of device that allows you to fix the camera in a position convenient for video shooting. There are no problems with the photo, but in the production of video filming, there is not enough third hand and that's it. You have to stick to those around you " ... well, take a minute while I'm here ...”, or to fence some kind of temporary device from a regular three-legged mini tripod, various stands and adhesive tape fixing it all. So, next time, in order to make a video, perhaps with something interesting for others, there is simply no moral and volitional effort. Judging by itself, the number of videos produced is far less than half of what could be done for the benefit of society.
I decided to start “from the stove”, more precisely from the camera, from the node to which it will be directly attached. I “saw” this detail in a plastic bar from a video cassette. I cut out the supporting part for the bottom of the f / apparatus, in it there is a hole for the mounting screw and “lugs” for fastening to the next node.
This next node, by chance, turned out to be a fastening element from an external antenna of an old radio, which has three fixed positions. The glued plastic parts were additionally reinforced with miniature self-tapping screws with washers.
Between themselves, the installation site of the f / camera and the unit that changes its fixed tilt connected with the help of a long M4 screw and a nut located inside such a convenient and pretty “twist”, with which you can also fix the set tilt position of the f / camera.
For fixing the camera itself, a suitable screw was very successfully found. Its thread is not metric, but inch, equal to 1/4 inch, this is very close to the M6 thread (6.35 mm). A rubber stop was tightly planted on the screw - the handle. Something remotely resembling a small clamp came up to the role of the attachment point of the bracket to something (for example, a table top) (or you could just take this one ready-made).
In the “clamp”, a smaller threaded hole was exceptionally suitable for the necessary connection with an existing structure. So all that remained to be done with it was to give, with the help of nitrolac, a strict black color. To organize the clamp, a piece of brass with an M10 thread came in handy, in which I drilled a hole with a diameter of 3 mm for the lever. The rubber piston from the medical syringe took its place at the end of the screw.
Finished tripod - bracket assembly. The rubber part at the end of the clamping screw is necessary to avoid damage to the surface of the furniture when using the finished device.
Well, that's all with the camera. You can take pictures at any time videos.
Tripod - the bracket is installed at the end of the shelf made of laminated chipboard. Camera lens in a vertical position - ready to shoot a video message (sorry not Cicero) :-)
Camera lens in a horizontal position. This is already for shooting any process of amateur radio activity. How it was possible to assemble a very necessary thing at times, literally “out of nothing”, or rather from what lies in the corners and boxes of any more or less creative person told Babay from Barnaula.
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Very often, when taking photographs or video shooting, you have to resort to such a device as a tripod! This device is very convenient in that it can be folded very easily and does not take up much space when stored. Currently, this device for photo and video equipment can be purchased without any problems at any major electronics store. You can also create a tripod with your own hands. This article will explain in detail and step by step how to create a tripod with your own hands!
Necessary tools and materials for creating a tripod with your own hands:
- screws;
- boards made of durable wood, the thickness of which should be about 1 centimeter;
- steel bars;
- nails;
- black marker
- black plastic cases from pens (3 pieces);
- hammer;
- drill;
- compasses and ruler;
- aluminum plate;
- stain or varnish for wood;
- sandpaper;
- screwdriver;
— a bolt fixing from bicycle brakes;
- hand saw;
- bolts, washers and nuts.
Steel bars can, for example, be used from an old printer. In this particular example, steel bars from an HP printer were used. The tubes will need to be removed and cut into pieces 12 centimeters long.
First stage.
First, you will need to draw a circle with a radius of 3 centimeters on the surface of the board. After that, you should draw another circle, but with a radius of 5 centimeters. In this case, you need to remember that the center of the two figures must match!
Second phase.
Then, it will be necessary to break the circles into three parts and draw the radii. Then, in the interval between the large and small circle, you will need to step back one centimeter on both sides of the drawn radii, and draw one more line.
Third stage.
At the next stage of work, you will need to attach another thinner board to the marking board. On this board, you will need to draw a small rectangle 2 centimeters wide. Then, from this rectangle, you will need to retreat another 5 centimeters, and then draw a straight line across the board.
Fourth stage.
At the next stage of work, it will be necessary, according to the markup, to cut out all the details of the future tripod. Then the cut parts will need to be sanded.
Fifth stage.
In places where the parts of the tripod are attached, using a drill, you will need to drill threaded holes for the screws. Remember that you will need to work very, very carefully! Then you will need to assemble all the prepared parts of the product together.
Sixth stage.
At the next stage of work, you should take the cases from the pens and cut them into two parts, namely into large and small. These parts should be fixed at different ends of the steel rod.
Seventh stage.
Then, the wooden part of the tripod should be painted with wood paint or varnished or stained. Then this painted structure should be left until the coating is completely dry.
Eighth stage.
After that, the prepared steel rods will need to be attached to the underside of the wooden fasteners. Then you should make markings for the bolts, drill holes for them, after which, you will need to assemble the entire structure.
Ninth stage.
At the next stage of work, you should take an aluminum plate measuring 3 * 6 centimeters and bend it in the shape of the letter "U". In the upper part of the plate, as well as on its sides, one hole will need to be drilled. Another hole should be made at the top of the tripod. Then you will need to assemble the structure (as shown in the photo below) by using fasteners from the bicycle brake system, bolts, nuts and washers.
