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Archive 2009 · What legs to get to hold laptop

  
 
Michael White
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p.1 #1 · What legs to get to hold laptop


I have a bogen platform for holding a laptop. It came with a super clamp and a background light-stand and a super-arm. I am looking for a set of legs that will hold my laptop while I am shooting either tethered or not. I may get the bogen arm that will hold several heads and a laptop like what Joe McNalley uses in his videos. I just need a sturdy set of legs for this use. I could upgrade my set of legs I am using now and get something better and save these for it but I am not in the market for new main legs just some cheap legs that will not fall over with my laptop on top of them.


Jul 11, 2009 at 04:38 PM
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p.1 #2 · What legs to get to hold laptop


I used a couple of ancient Bogen 3021 legs for all sorts of things. Is that strong enough?

EBH



Jul 11, 2009 at 04:44 PM
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p.1 #3 · What legs to get to hold laptop


Michael,

I rigged my laptop to my Gitzo Basalt. That way, when I moved my tripod, everything came along. I placed the clamp on the metal part of the tripod.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/328637138_e6b9c644e7_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/328636894_fcabfac7d1_b.jpg
Alternatively, I found that this worked too.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/328636804_f3e490c7da_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/328636739_d277441576_b.jpg



Jul 12, 2009 at 08:31 AM
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p.1 #4 · What legs to get to hold laptop


Lou, what's the name of that clamp/laptop table system? I was looking to do something like this but didn't find anything like that.


Jul 12, 2009 at 09:49 AM
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p.1 #5 · What legs to get to hold laptop


It does look like this one:

Manfrotto 183 ALUMINIUM TABLE FOR PROJECTORS



Jul 12, 2009 at 03:07 PM
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p.1 #6 · What legs to get to hold laptop


victorXT wrote:
It does look like this one:

Manfrotto 183 ALUMINIUM TABLE FOR PROJECTORS


That's correct, however, I needed to add a big washer on the bottom, which I did not have. So I found an old pizza cutter, popped out the round blade, and made sure the screw thread ont the super clamp extension arm passed through.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/328679995_16cf4fb827_b.jpg



Jul 12, 2009 at 03:48 PM
Chris Noyes
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p.1 #7 · What legs to get to hold laptop


What's the name of the clamp and support arm?


Jul 12, 2009 at 07:45 PM
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p.1 #8 · What legs to get to hold laptop


Chris Noyes wrote:
What's the name of the clamp and support arm?


I believe its this one.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546371-REG/Manfrotto_by_Bogen_Imaging_035_035_Super_Clamp_without.html#features

and the extension arm with stud:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/546373-REG/Manfrotto_by_Bogen_Imaging_042_042_Extension_Arm_with.html

You will need a large flat washer to secure the table to the stud.





Jul 12, 2009 at 09:04 PM
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p.1 #9 · What legs to get to hold laptop


Thanks a bunch Lou!


Jul 12, 2009 at 09:19 PM





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