Mini cam mount for 48mm staff pipe

[mrtc]

Hi I’m looking for a clamp to mount a Marshall mini cam to a standard lighting bar 48mm. Any good but not to expensive recommendations would be great thanks 

[J Pearce]

I'm a big fan of Doughty Supaclamps for this sort of thing, though a hook/tube clamp of choice and a suitable bolt or thread adapter would also sort you out. A ball head might be useful for focussing.

[Dave m]

Superclamps are great (Manfrotto or copies)

you might find a magic arm useful as they go floppy when loose and tighten up when you have the angle you want.

Years ago I used a simple bit of studding shoved through an old G clamp to hang a camera in a studio theatre. Most theatres have the stuff hanging around.

What I did was to fit a piece of flat bar at the bottom of the studding (double nutted and nylock nuts.) I also used a quick release tripod bracket as the cameras had to come up and down.

You could source 1/4” W studding if the camera can flip the image upside down. This would negate the need for a camera mount.

[sunray]

On 4/19/2024 at 9:27 PM, mrtc said:

Hi I’m looking for a clamp to mount a Marshall mini cam to a standard lighting bar 48mm. Any good but not to expensive recommendations would be great thanks 

I've done this several times with a half coupler or hook clamp and 1/4"W bolt, 2 penny washers, nut and wing nut

 

As mentiined adding a ball joint will make things much easier

Edited April 20 by sunray