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Title: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: michaelb104 on September 29, 2009, 12:56:15 PM

I'm struggling to find a clamp or something to hold stuff that I want to photograph such as flower stems etc etc.

What do you use?? and where did you get it from??

Thanks
Mike.

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: SimonW on September 29, 2009, 02:52:41 PM

Buy?!!

For your purpose how about a clothes-peg fixed to the end of a stick (pencil) with glue or sticky tape. Sharpen the other end and stick it in the ground, or put a peg on that end as well and fix it to a tree. For smaller items do a similar thing with crocodile clips or the miniature clothes pegs you can get for holding Christmas cards. Cheap and so versatile...

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: hevans on September 29, 2009, 03:48:19 PM

Brilliant (and cheap!) suggestion with the clothes pegs.

I've also seen people making flash mounts from those large 'gator clips in a similar fashion.

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: Graham on September 29, 2009, 04:49:42 PM

If you really want to buy somthing try this http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-wimberley-the-plamp/p1005586
Looks like it should do the job.
Graham. :)

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: michaelb104 on September 30, 2009, 12:17:24 PM

Thanks for the replies all, why didn't I think of pegs :-[ :doh:

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: Jonathan on September 30, 2009, 12:26:01 PM

As a deluxe upgrade for the peg on a stick.....try a peg on a car aerial. Like a stick but it extends ;)

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: minky_monkey on October 01, 2009, 10:52:16 PM

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: hevans on October 01, 2009, 10:56:25 PM

Quote from: Jonathan on September 30, 2009, 12:26:01 PM
As a deluxe upgrade for the peg on a stick.....try a peg on a car aerial. Like a stick but it extends ;)

Last peg on a stick like that cost me €30000. Of course it came with a free car...

Title: Re: What do you use to hold stuff?
Post by: picsfor on October 02, 2009, 12:47:18 PM

then there's the faithful assistant - free if they're family!

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