David Savage wrote: > Given Cotty's tourettes like outbursts I'm not surprised :-) > > I just checked my archives, His "ground pod" is an aluminium fry pan > with a threaded stud (I assume) & a ball head mounted. > > I gather Christian uses it when he's crawling on his belly stalking & > shooting his targets. >
There ya go. I'll take a picture of the full rig and post it tonight. Basically it's a frying pan with a short carriage bolt in the center to hold the ball head with Wimberley sidekick. The viewfinder height is perfect for lying prone and wriggling across any soft, even surface like a beach. The "official" product as sold by Greg downing of Naturescapes.net is called the "Skimmer." When I was shooting with him and a bunch of other guys in Cape May, NJ, they all laughed at my frying pan... until Greg told him his prototype was, in fact, a frying pan... And my frying pan cost a total of US$30 (hey only the best, heavy Calphalon, non-stick pan for my skimmer!) whereas his skimmer retails for ~US$150. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
