[PLUG-AV] Amazon purchase update

[James Bromberger]

On 17/02/2011 4:18 PM, Nick Bannon wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:51:02PM +0800, James Bromberger wrote:
>> We do need to track down some tripods. Anyone (of the 7 of us on this
>> list) got any leads? Any retailers to recommend or avoid? Any ideas of
>> the good versus the bad. "Fluid" versus "fluid drag". 3 segment versus
>> 4. Wheel/castor attaching dolly?
> I have an extremely cheap tripod, ones of similar quality can be had at
> Officeworks for $15? Won't be very smooth, of course, but I'm inclined to
> start with those and get the equipment plugged in and the software started.

Mostly fine. For the majority of the motion that a camera will do, we
should try and co-ordinate that such movement happens when camera is not
the live feed, but there will need to be some degree of tracking the
presenter. But heck, $15 does us to start with.

>
> Of course - if we're planning to _make_ mounting or packing systems
> and need a few parts, no need to be stingy about that, that's some fun
> parallel-project-ism. Nice to have something physical to ponder at this
> coming Artifactory gathering.
Yes - such as dolly tracks, gimble joins, booms, etc. Where can we get a
camera mount from? Is it a standard thread bolt we can use?


  James


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