Grip 101: Show your booms and grip hardware in action!

TMR Design wrote in post #12332657
I was going to write a mini-Review for the Avenger A0045CS but I think my ultra mini review is better suited in this thread.

Here it is....

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As you can see in the setup shot, the leveling leg was a must and until now I didn't own any stands with that feature. At this point, I won't be buying any stands for use on location that don't have a leveling leg.

I had the stand raised to about 12' and in another setup I had it up about 14' so I could stand on a ladder and shoot down on to steps.

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I had to read this part again! First time through I thought you meant you stood on a ladder at the location in the shot. I was gonna ask, what sort of levelling leg(s) does the ladder have? I assume the other location was more level - right?

Thanks for the review and the shot - that sort of information is invaluable to the rest of us!

Robert - We need to see the real subject shot now.

Where the hell is the "Like" button?

TMR Design wrote in post #12335513
I hope everyone realizes that Dave was kidding and that the building in the pic was a location I was shooting and not my home, studio or storage shed... lol

LOL

bobbyz wrote in post #12338986
Robert - We need to see the real subject shot now.

That setup was for some promotional shots for a band. I'll post a sample once the bands management has gone through them.

I've sometimes noticed that if you have directional wind, if you use the leveling leg to tip the stand a little in the opposing direction, that sometimes helps with stability. But only if the wind is truly blowing in one direction. I have similar stands, the A0040CS steel with leveling leg. I love them. Heavy, but it helps with the stability.

symbolphoto wrote in post #12339347
I've sometimes noticed that if you have directional wind, if you use the leveling leg to tip the stand a little in the opposing direction, that sometimes helps with stability. But only if the wind is truly blowing in one direction. I have similar stands, the A0040CS steel with leveling leg. I love them. Heavy, but it helps with the stability.

Yup. I've done that a few times and in the second setup that day the ground was very soft and I could see that the stand was going to tilt as the leveling leg dug its way into the dirt. I raised the leg and compensated for that and it worked great.

These stands are large and heavy and not at all for someone on the move or doing run and gun shooting. When you need height, stability and solid performance, nothing beats them.

Actually i haven't measured it, but their aluminum stands, which i also have, seem to have a smaller tripod footprint. Making them slightly less stable. Still fine for indoors, but i only bring the steel ones out now when i know i'll be encountering wind.

symbolphoto wrote in post #12340803
Actually i haven't measured it, but their aluminum stands, which i also have, seem to have a smaller tripod footprint. Making them slightly less stable. Still fine for indoors, but i only bring the steel ones out now when i know i'll be encountering wind.

Steel Rules!!!

This is a sample image from the shoot using the setup shown.

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Looking good. The place suits the band quite well.

TMR Design wrote in post #12355195

So they were finally granted parole?

Dave F.

The funniest thing about working with people that look like that is that the look is all part of the act. They're super nice, genuine people and they have jobs and families outside of the penal system.

Cool shot Rob, like the PP as well. What was the diffuser setup on the 69"?

Sheldon N wrote in post #12356238
Cool shot Rob, like the PP as well. What was the diffuser setup on the 69"?

Thanks Sheldon.

For that type of shot I don't use any deflectors or diffusion. Since I wasn't going for soft diffused light I had the light source at a working distance that gave me the most even lighting from left to right so that I wouldn't have to make exposure adjustments or do any D&B to even things out.