Nope. Maybe in a few years after the house "hopefully" empties out a little.
Honey has dibs on one room for her scrapbooking & crafts so I'll have wait on the other room. We have complementary hobbies, I take the pictures and she puts them in wonderfully decorated albums.
or my DIY adapter to use dual strobes on my G9 & Canon underwater housing which get fired via fibre optic cables. Material costs were about $1.00 but I'd say I had an hour or so of time invested. I'm still using this for my underwater photography.
Jim I'll assume it's to protect your cameras from the elements rather than to go diving in the COLD waters there. Having learned to swim in Greenwood & area I used to think 60-64 F water was warm but I know better now.
Hi Larry, it's for skin diving in the mighty North Atlantic. Our surface water temps are often around 20C in August and September, with onshore winds. Also, I sometimes use it (RX100 + enclosure) for kayaking when I don't want to bring bigger stuff.
Wish I could show my wheelchair pod cludge but it's packed away and I've no one to bring it down from the rafters. It acts as a bridge across my lap and allows a ballhead or gimbal head to be attached to it's adjustable center plate, then moved from side to side, and locked down when I need the stability of a tripod.
This beastie consists of five pieces of 'purchased' gear...links are at the end of this post.
- two handlebar mounts, one on each of my armrests, attached to the bar in front of the armrest
- two adjustable center posts from a 'pair' of tabletop tripods, screwed into the handlebar mounts
- one 24" long video slider/rail system, attached to the adjustable center posts.
With a 250lb. wheelchair, yes it's powered, it makes for a pretty heavy/stable StillFingerzPod
It took a year to find and source all the parts, but all finally came together. Adjustments are from left to right on the horizontal axis and then vertically via the 'twist' adjustment of the center posts. There is a bubble level on the slider mount that helps a ton. Usually an Acratech GP Ballhead is used, it's sturdy enough for a gripped 40D w/300 f4L plus 1.4X T/C.
I've not tried really long exposures yet, it's not easy sitting still but for now it works well with 1 or 2 second exposures. I'm hoping to replace this rig when a 6D or other WiFi enabled body joins my kit, then a tripod just might work.
Apologies for no images, you'll have to use your imaginations until I can get things together. Here's my parts list, the center posts I'm using are from the Tech-Trek T-Pod, it disassembles quite easily.
Mike Sowsun wrote:
It has no real practical use, but my modified 70-200mm 2.8 IS Mk I thermos coffee mug is a "conversation piece".
Ebay Coffee Mug http://www.proworld.com.au/images/product/large/canon-70-200-coffee-mug.jpg
I cut off the fake rear end and cap, and screwed on a lens mount and rear element from an old EF 35-70mm lens. I also added a red alignment dot and some weight inside the barrel.
It now looks and feels like the original and can be securely mounted to any EOS camera.
Wish I could show my wheelchair pod cludge but it's packed away and I've no one to bring it down from the rafters. It acts as a bridge across my lap and allows a ballhead or gimbal head to be attached to it's adjustable center plate, then moved from side to side, and locked down when I need the stability of a tripod.
This beastie consists of five pieces of 'purchased' gear...links are at the end of this post.
- two handlebar mounts, one on each of my armrests, attached to the bar in front of the armrest
- two adjustable center posts from a 'pair' of tabletop tripods, screwed into the handlebar mounts
- one 24" long video slider/rail system, attached to the adjustable center posts.
With a 250lb. wheelchair, yes it's powered, it makes for a pretty heavy/stable StillFingerzPod
It took a year to find and source all the parts, but all finally came together. Adjustments are from left to right on the horizontal axis and then vertically via the 'twist' adjustment of the center posts. There is a bubble level on the slider mount that helps a ton. Usually an Acratech GP Ballhead is used, it's sturdy enough for a gripped 40D w/300 f4L plus 1.4X T/C.
I've not tried really long exposures yet, it's not easy sitting still but for now it works well with 1 or 2 second exposures. I'm hoping to replace this rig when a 6D or other WiFi enabled body joins my kit, then a tripod just might work.
Apologies for no images, you'll have to use your imaginations until I can get things together. Here's my parts list, the center posts I'm using are from the Tech-Trek T-Pod, it disassembles quite easily.
OMG award: Shared by Jim Colwel, Snopchenko and Mike Sowsun.
Ghetto gear award: Shared by Liquidstone, Phantom Medic, Cicopo and Petkal.
Handiwork award: Shared by Sperraglia and Don Clary.
Trash recycling & environmental conservation award: Shared by Photonadave, Jim Colwell and Ben Egbert.
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Thank you all for your ingenious and useful contributions.
Yes, your gear-centered photography style clearly belongs to the venerable Russian school of film and visual arts which could be traced to the origins defined by that seminal gears celebratory work by Eisenstein's "Броненосец Потемкин".
Maybe in a few years after the house "hopefully" empties out a little. 
