Boom Arm

Base is a standard tripod with a Manfrotto clamp on a fluid head. For the boom arm one leg of a second, collapsed, tripod is clamped to the base tripod, extended, and weighted at the back.

Picture at right: Sleep Always DOP Mitch Perkins lining up a shot with the Nikon R10 top-mounted from a improvised boom arm. Small screen at the top of the camera is the video-assist device.