:cool: I recently purchased four of these from LSC in Los Angeles and am very happy with both the construction and the price ($14.95 retail.) I am told that Coffey Sound also carries them.
Courtney Goodin (aka Goodsound) makes them and says:
They are turned from a single piece of 70/75 high-Grade Aircraft aluminum and black hard-Anodized. Thumbscrew is Steel with press-fit Plastic knob. I've been making and using these for about 20 years and never had one fail. They can support more than 100 lbs on the post.
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FifthCircle wrote: What do that adapt from? It is hard to see i
FifthCircle wrote: What do that adapt from? It is hard to see inside it.... Is it that "knob" on the top of many light stands?
Yes, the 5/8" spigot.
I've purchased some pretty cool adapters from photo supply shops to adapt photo light stands to a 3/8" Euro thread.
Precisely what this does.
Manfrotto 3102 is the part number. They are of a similar price, but larger in size.
Same street price, yes. Advantage: mounts at 0º or 90º to the stand. Disadvantages: steel (adds weight, can strip threads on your 3/8" female bits) and extra length.
I found the Bogen/Manfroto version at Freestyle's store in Holly
I found the Bogen/Manfroto version at Freestyle's store in Hollywood.
They are available through their website, too.
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=2604&pid=3906
Peter.
Stand adapters Here are some guys who sell those adapters (and
Stand adapters
Here are some guys who sell those adapters (and lots of other useful goodies too):
http://www.micsupply.com/standaccessories.htm
I think their price is $17 and the ones I got from them were certainly heavy duty. Not the cheapest price, however.
Based on recomendations from folks here, I recently bought a few Bogen/Manfrotto light stands from my local camera shop and used them for a few classical gigs - I was glad to have also picked up a few little sandbags too...you are right, people feel compelled to lean on these stands as if they were telephone poles or something....sandbags and gaffer tape saved my rear-end!!!
-dave
Kurt- What do that adapt from? It is hard to see inside it...
Kurt-
What do that adapt from? It is hard to see inside it.... Is it that "knob" on the top of many light stnads?
I've purchased some pretty cool adapters from photo supply shops to adapt photo light stands to a 3/8" Euro thread. Manfrotto 3102 is the part number. They are of a similar price, but larger in size.
--Ben