RainMotorsports
Partition Master
So the photography was a tiny bit better today. Still a bit rushed as usual but the main challenge was balancing between getting a white background and not blowing out the shiny portions of the bracket.
Rather than buy a 100 dollar pocket camera to record my videos I wanted to give my cell phone a go. Most of the bracket's to adapt a phone to a tripod are old and geared toward smaller phones. Rather than risk not being able to use it or the plastic being flimsy I went with this little gem. The i.Trek SUPER MOUNT F which is carried in the US by Semons. Available in Gray or Gold as well as a long handle version is available.
I was very concerned when I ordered if the clamp would go all the way down. It does and will work with the thinnest phones on the market. There is rubber material within the grip to protect the phone. However smudge marks are a reality. The maximum phone size is advertised as less than or equal to 15mm. I checked this with a digital caliper and it appears to open to 17mm leaving 16 a possibility.
Important note: Rubber can interfere with a capacitive touch screens operation, one of the reasons they make stylus' for phones with such a material. As I have just found out you will need to add paper or tissue or something to insulate the screen if your mounting it over the screen.
I picked it up on Amazon for less than 14 dollars and metal versus plastic is probably no argument for the price. I will mostly use it for video but there are other possibilities.
The advertisements for this clue you in on creative uses such as watching videos attached to something with a gorilla pod. But I found without even clamping it down its good for watching video:
Rob asked about my last shot of the screen on and i mentioned another technique using a combination of flash and timed exposure and there it is. Blowing out the background with a single (low power) strobe is not possible due to the aperture setting making the timed screen exposure possible. Definite improvement over last time but still room for me to improve. The image used by the phone to represent one of Lindsey Stirlings videos was a little blown out but my photograph is a bit more blown.
Got to love the overkill of my Italian Stallion holding up that wee little phone.
Rather than buy a 100 dollar pocket camera to record my videos I wanted to give my cell phone a go. Most of the bracket's to adapt a phone to a tripod are old and geared toward smaller phones. Rather than risk not being able to use it or the plastic being flimsy I went with this little gem. The i.Trek SUPER MOUNT F which is carried in the US by Semons. Available in Gray or Gold as well as a long handle version is available.
I was very concerned when I ordered if the clamp would go all the way down. It does and will work with the thinnest phones on the market. There is rubber material within the grip to protect the phone. However smudge marks are a reality. The maximum phone size is advertised as less than or equal to 15mm. I checked this with a digital caliper and it appears to open to 17mm leaving 16 a possibility.
Important note: Rubber can interfere with a capacitive touch screens operation, one of the reasons they make stylus' for phones with such a material. As I have just found out you will need to add paper or tissue or something to insulate the screen if your mounting it over the screen.
I picked it up on Amazon for less than 14 dollars and metal versus plastic is probably no argument for the price. I will mostly use it for video but there are other possibilities.
The advertisements for this clue you in on creative uses such as watching videos attached to something with a gorilla pod. But I found without even clamping it down its good for watching video:
Rob asked about my last shot of the screen on and i mentioned another technique using a combination of flash and timed exposure and there it is. Blowing out the background with a single (low power) strobe is not possible due to the aperture setting making the timed screen exposure possible. Definite improvement over last time but still room for me to improve. The image used by the phone to represent one of Lindsey Stirlings videos was a little blown out but my photograph is a bit more blown.
Got to love the overkill of my Italian Stallion holding up that wee little phone.
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so 1.41 ounces.