Extending the 055XPROB of 1 meter (~ 3 feet)?

Hello, I have 055XPROB and 498RC2.
As you can see from my signature my equipment is very light weighted.
I don't have any heavy lens.

Using 055XPROB and 498RC2 I can put my camera at an height of about 2 meters (about 6.5 feet)

I wish to put my camera about at 3 meters (10 feet) mostly to avoid some bridge fencing when trying to shoot panorama from a different point of view.

055XPROB and 498RC2 can support very heavy equipment!
I would use them with very light equipment (i.e. 450D with 50mm prime) but I want to reach a bigger height.
I don't want to buy a second tripod I believe that "physics" can allow me to do this... I would sacrifice weight for length...

Is there any available 1 meter (~ 3 feet) tripod extender?

Am I crazy?

twostopsdown wrote in post #15435075

Alternativley, perhaps the Tree-pod (Zhezhi) tripod from Fishbone ..... never used it, but that's what Mr Google suggested as one option.

Well nice joke, but as I stated in my post, I don't intend to change my tripod.
My tripod and head are very strong... and they can handle lot of weight.
I just need some extra height.
I think a 30$ solution can do the trick...

Am I the only one?

No need to change your tripod for my first option.

More seriously though, as I said. If you can find a jib/crane (and no, a "jib/crane" is not what is pictured above !) that is compatible with your tripod, then that's what you need.

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zulutown wrote in post #15435095
Well nice joke, but as I stated in my post, I don't intend to change my tripod.
My tripod and head are very strong... and they can handle lot of weight.
I just need some extra height.
I think a 30$ solution can do the trick...

Am I the only one?

Do you have an example of this $30 solution?

-Home Depot
-3 ft 1"diameter tube
-Drill a hole on each end and tap it
-Find the correct size screws for the camera and find a screw that that size and cut the head off then loc-tite one end to the tube and let it dry

Now you have a 3 ft pole/tube that you can mount your camera on. not sure how stable that will be but it will be $30 or less.

Or buy 3 wooden box that is 3ft tall and put it under each leg.

RHChan84 wrote in post #15435644
Find the correct size screws for the camera and find a screw that that size and cut the head off then loc-tite one end to the tube and let it dry

The correct size is ¼" 20TPI (turns per inch) Whitworth or UNC - they are interchangeable for our purposes. The more commonly available 6mm bolt will not work. The diameter is very similar but it is a completely different thread pitch and would jam. OP may have difficulty finding the correct bolt in Milano; despite being a historic British thread size and pattern, they are becoming increasingly difficult to get even here in the UK so elsewhere in Europe is likely to be problematic.

However, the arrangement suggested wouldn't be very stable anyhow - an inverted pendulum is created - so I wouldn't bother even looking!

... who do, however, use considerably heavier equipment with the stabilty which comes with that weight.

Whortleberry wrote in post #15436064
However, the arrangement suggested wouldn't be very stable anyhow - an inverted pendulum is created - so I wouldn't bother even looking!
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Nope, won't be stable but for $30 or less, this is probably one of a few options that I can think of.

zulutown wrote in post #15435062
Hello, I have 055XPROB and 498RC2.
As you can see from my signature my equipment is very light weighted.
I don't have any heavy lens.

Using 055XPROB and 498RC2 I can put my camera at an height of about 2 meters (about 6.5 feet)

I wish to put my camera about at 3 meters (10 feet) mostly to avoid some bridge fencing when trying to shoot panorama from a different point of view.

055XPROB and 498RC2 can support very heavy equipment!
I would use them with very light equipment (i.e. 450D with 50mm prime) but I want to reach a bigger height.
I don't want to buy a second tripod I believe that "physics" can allow me to do this... I would sacrifice weight for length...

Is there any available 1 meter (~ 3 feet) tripod extender?

Am I crazy?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no practical way to extend the legs of the 055XProB tripod. If you found 1M extenders for the legs, the resulting tripod would be one very flimsy package.

Even though the 055XProB/498RC2 is a truly great tripod for what it is, it cannot "support very heavy equipment" and keep that equipment stable. It's limited to about 1/3 of the "max weight" rating while keeping the camera/lens truly stable.

twostopsdown wrote in post #15435075

Now that's funny.


Seriously what about pulling the old step ladder out of the garage and using an IS lens.

I think I've found one thing that might be used.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Extension_Colum​n_for.html

http://www.manfrotto.i​t …-treppiedi-da-tavolo-nero

zulutown wrote in post #15438205
I think I've found one thing that might be used.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Extension_Colum​n_for.html

http://www.manfrotto.i​t …-treppiedi-da-tavolo-nero

But it's only 25cm long, not going to help much!

The only feasible way of adding more height to the tripod is to use scaffolding under it, a couple of saw horses would work. Any "tripod extender" that you come up with would be too unstable to use without guy wiring it down.

Here is a Manfrotto piece that might work.
I have one, but have not used it to extend the tripod upward.

http://www.manfrotto.i​t …ripro-con-2-attacchi-nero

dmward wrote in post #15439239
Here is a Manfrotto piece that might work.
I have one, but have not used it to extend the tripod upward.

http://www.manfrotto.i​t …ripro-con-2-attacchi-nero

Still not tall enough though. 055 fully extended (no head) = 178.5cm. 055 fully extended with 498RC2 head = 190cm. 131DB repro arm = 60cm.
Hence the total achievable (disregarding removal of one end of the 131DB to fasten it vertically instead of using the central attachment) would be 250cm or 50cm (21") short of the goal. A step-ladder (as suggested) or one of those triangular window-cleaner's ladders might be more realistic and actually achievable Probably be more stable too

"Very heavy" is highly subjective ........ old fogies who trained with 5x4" metal bodied Sinar and had to hump a dozen double darkslides and a couple of lenses on panels plus a solid tripod may consider any modern kit to be lightweight. On the other hand, those brought up on P&S might consider anything larger to be 'heavy'. As the decades flash by, I find myself more and more in the second camp - roll on the day of the hover-phone with FF 100Mb sensor which simply follows me around . Just gotta live that long!