P3D RE: P3D Some hacker projects

["Green, Dennis (D.H.)" <dgreen16@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Deering wrote:

(4) Backpacking non-tripod I.  This is a super simple camera support 
for deep woods use.  It has a cheap ball head on top, and coarse wood 
screw threads on the bottom. To use, drive the threads into nearby 
stump and presto.  Backpackers often cut the handles off their 
toothbrushes to save weight, so a regular tripod is WAY too heavy. 
Problems: useful stumps are not as common as you might think. Also, 
they tend to be too low to the ground and nearby items are often too 
close for stereo photography.  But is light.

Couldn't you use a 90 degree adaptor on your mount and brace it sideways
against a tree?  Of course, the adaptor would probably weigh more than a
toothbrush handle ;-).

Dennis Green
Ferndale, Michigan