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Hey Im wondering if theres a better way to keep your tripod sturdy on carpet. I used to put a piece of plywood on some chunks of wood on the floor and weighed it down. But we just moved and Im wondering how you guys deal with carpet?
Thanks a ton
OsomStudios
I moved into uni accomodation recently and had to deal with the same issue, though luckily mine's one of those carpets that's really flat and level. Is yours deep/fluffy? Maybe you could try weighting the tripod down, if it has a hook on the underside.
Yea my carpet is Deep/fluffy. And no I don't have a hook otherwise that would be a really good idea.
Thanks a ton Jampot
OsomStudios
Hmm, what camera do you use?
Hmm, what camera do you use?
The T3i.
Thanks
OsomStudios
Okay, so it's relatively lightweight? One thing you could do is actually get a clamp, to attach it to your desk rather than a tripod. Dunno' how cost effective that would be though, and I think it works better for webcams and that ilk.
Post a picture of your set up with the tripod on the ground
Okay, so it's relatively lightweight? One thing you could do is actually get a clamp, to attach it to your desk rather than a tripod. Dunno' how cost effective that would be though, and I think it works better for webcams and that ilk.
Yea its a DSL so its not like a webcam but its not like a film camera ether. Thanks I might have to look in to that.
Post a picture of your set up with the tripod on the ground
I might, its a lot of work. Why are you thinking that would be good.
Thanks A ton guys I'm thinking of seeing how it works just on the carpet
OsomStudios
Thanks AquaMorph. So. much to my surprise I haven't had any trouble just animating with it just set on the ground. Silly me!
Thanks a ton guys
OsomStudios
I've had problems with tripod on carpet. I just weigh it down as Aquamorph suggested, this generally helps. More expensive tripods, ie heavy and made of metal, will also somewhat resolve the issue.
My tripod, being cheap and lightweight, doesn't have a hook on it either - but it did have another set of threads on the bottom of the center post. If yours does too, maybe you can do what I did to help stabilize: I drilled a hole in the cap of a sport drink bottle and used a nut to firmly affix the cap on the threads, open end down. Then I filled the bottle with pennies (the wide mouth of the sport drink bottle makes this possible vs. a soda bottle) and screwed it on to the cap.
It's not rock-solid by any means but it did make a difference for me.
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