stand that points camera on the ground.

[urameatball]

are there stands that point the camera straight down onto the ground? Like for taking picture of a piece of paper laying flat on the ground, I want to be on top of it to take a picture. Problem is, I can use the LCD screen and stretch my arm out over the piece of paper, which gives me lots of camera shake, or I stand right next to the piece of paper and photoshop my feet out of the picture.

any ideas?

 

[motcon]

a tripod with head that accomodates or a copy stand.

http://www.marietta.edu/~mcshaffd/macro/copy.html
http://www.cameras-scanners-flaar.o...agrammdigital/Colex_ReproScan_repro_stand.htm

there are very cheap copy stands on the market; that is just what i turned up on a quick google search.

 

[MDowdey]

yep, copy stand. thats what i was gonna say!


their nice and you could prolly make one yourself!

md

 

[ksmattfish]

Bogen makes a tripod head that allows both vertical and horizontal attachment of the tripod post. Very handy for field work.

 

[Jeff Canes]

On some tripod the center post is removable and can be flip 180 deg.
I have cheep tripod that I got many years ago (20) for about $35 US
Before scanner this was a way I wound make copies of old prints