[LargeFormat] Ladders and Cameras

[Brock Nanson]

Can't say I've shot LF from a real ladder, but I have had setup positions
high enough to use a step ladder.  I found an aluminum two step model that I
originally bought for 35mm work... The first step is as per normal, but the
second step is more of a platform.  The 'rung' is almost square and the
stepladder incorporates a leaning bar at the top, as well as a tray.  I've
seen some employees in stores using similar ones.  Gives you that extra bit
of height for a new perspective and is really nice to work with...
lightweight, stable, compact.

Brock

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Ladders and Cameras


> At 7:59 am -0700 2/2/02, Karl Wolz wrote:
> >I know a guy in Phoenix who is doing this and also swimming pool
> >installations (we have a ton of them here).  He finally broke down and
> >bought a Hasselblad ArcBody for the speed and volume.  He stands on top
of a
> >ladder and mounts the camera on the ladder also.  He seems to always use
> >pretty wide lenses.
>
>
> EMail from my ISP has just come back on line after a very effective
> denial of service attack - took 'em out for 12 hours!
>
> What Kark had to say about ladders set me off on a train of thought
> as I often find myself perched up in some rather unusual positions -
> although perhaps not  as unusual as some of you; thinking about the
> water department acrobatics!
>
> A ladder would be a very useful device to keep in the back of the car
> - hey only photographers can do this and get away with it....  The
> interesting aspect of this is whether to use a tall tripod or the
> ladder to mount the camera. Can a ladder really be made stable enough
> to take a LF camera? Shutter speeds would probably need to be
> relatively high to make it feasible.
>
> The most wacky solution goes up on the f32 web site if you can supply
> photographic proof :-)
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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