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A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

Nov 13, 2012 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment

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This little video is quite an interesting submission to our How I took it contest by Julien Robitaille.

There are only 2 weeks left to submit your entries, so don’t wait for the last minute.

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

The video after the jump shows how a gathering of various stuff found around the house (or garage) can be re-purposed to be a video/tether dolly. While I am not sure about the saving on this build, it does show a few interesting uses for aluminum plates, surveying tripods, and the useful four heads tripod accessory from Manfrotto.

Actually, I’ve been getting quite a few submission about re-purposing surveying tripods . Since they don’t belong in the ‘photography’ section they are a great value for not a lot of money.

Here is the complete tether dolly

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

Using a Mafrotto 400PL-MED plate as the base

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

Using a Manfrotto quick release and aluminum plate for a Tripod rest

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

Davis & Sanford W3 Universal Folding Dolly as the base and re-engineering the tripod legs to end with a soft leg tips

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

Final look in use

A Video Tethering Dolly From A Surveying Tripod

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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