Show off your ULF camera

[Andrew O'Neill]

PXL_20240704_125936726 by Andrew O'Neill, on Flickr

[MAubrey]

Showing off someone else's ULF camera here. This fellow has put together an impressive build. I'm particularly impressed by his strategy for sourcing springs for his spring back. I don't think I've encountered anyone reusing the springs in clothes lines clips before. Very nice and the extra wood in linking the springs is actually a very nice look, too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfQo5BaUKFk

[AgNO3]

Winner!

Thanks for posting!

Thank you!

[Michael Jones]

Canham 12x20

[Carl J]

Hi Michael, looks super! What tripod head is that (and what tripod)?

[Michael Jones]

Hi Michael, looks super! What tripod head is that (and what tripod)?

Thank you Carl. It’s a Ries H-100-2 with a Monfrotto 400 gear head.

[Carl J]

Ah, didn't know about the Monfrotto 400 (looking it up). A quick release seems like a good way to go, esp. with the weight of the 12x20.

Was just curious.

Thanks!

[Michael Jones]

Ah, didn't know about the Monfrotto 400 (looking it up). A quick release seems like a good way to go, esp. with the weight of the 12x20.

Was just curious.

Thanks!

The QR is certainly a plus, but, for me the geared movements were the attraction. No fear of the camera heading somewhere you hadn’t planned; usually downward...

However for ULF, a cinema camera release system using 120mm O'Connor or Ronford Baker [RBQ] compatible plates also works very well and allows the use of any tripod head with about a 3"x5” top plate. It was the berries when I had my 20x24.

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Beautiful!