[LargeFormat] Shooting Down from the Studio Ceiling

[john frost]

I was going to suggest a hole in the upstairs floor, but I shan't, as
Robert might pick up on that idea.

I do like Clive's idea.....

john (:>) dashing in Duckabush.....

Clive Warren wrote:
> 
> At 15:20 18/01/2003 +0800, rstein wrote:
> >      I need to shoot straight down with my 4 x 5 Linhof E monorail from up
> >near the ceiling of my studio - the models will be sprawled out on the floor
> >under the camera.
> >
> >     I need to suspend the E adequately - and stop vibration as it works -
> >and adequately view the focussing and framing as we move the models about. I
> >do have a rightangle finder for the E that will let me get my eye up there
> >but how do I get my eye up there whilst suspended over the model?
> >
> >     The ceiling is only 10-11 feet high.
> 
> Dear Uncle Dick,
> 
> A couple of thoughts...... There are side booms available from your
> favorite pro equipment suppliers that will do the job of holding the
> camera. You will need to drill a few holes in the wall though.
> 
> As for looking through the ground glass, presumably this will be only for
> composition as you will have the focus all worked out, although you will
> still need to get up there to insert holders and pull slides etc. The
> solution that immediately springs to mind is to use one of the current crop
> of cheap miniature cameras pointed at the GG (could be a radio job) and a
> monitor screen placed somewhere comfortable so that you can swing the boom
> around and/or adjust the rotation of the camera on the boom until the
> composition is as you like it on the screen. You could use a camcorder but
> that may be a little too much hassle to rig up due to the weight. A small
> camera with a wide (plastic) lens could be held in position with some tape
> and they have humongous depth of field........
> 
> Cheers,
>             Clive
> 
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