a b c d Box, Harry C. (2010). Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Fourth Edition. Focal Press. pp.75–82. ISBN 978-0-240-81075-1. This 161cm Studio C-Stand Stainless has three nested legs with varying leg heights, which enables you to position multiple c-stands really close together in a way that is not possible with regular light stands. The legs also fold flat for storage and transportation. Matthews Studio Equipment (2022-07-26). "BABY STANDS". Matthews Studio Equipment . Retrieved 2022-07-26. Matthews Studio Equipment (2022-07-26). "20" C+Stand w/Spring Loaded Turtle Base, includes Grip Head & Arm". matthewsgrip . Retrieved 2019-11-06. The 161cm C-Stand with 20” Boom arm, is an essential piece of kit, ideal for any modern studio to fit the needs of photographers and videographers everywhere.

If your camera has a rotating screen, then you can swing that screen out so that you can easily see what you are doing. This C-Stand comes supplied with a detachable 20” Boom arm with 2x 2.5” Grip heads for added versatility. The boom arm can be used to mount light fixtures enabling them to be positioned above or below your subject. It can also be used to hold accessories, such as reflectors, scrims, flags, etc. Anyway, this will be a good stop-gap until I need something a bit more heavy-duty for my bigger video camera. C-stands were made for rigging all sorts of other things. Technically yes, you can put a camera on a C-stand, I just want to be totally honest with you here that I never do it. Hello Christina, I really enjoy your blog, particularly the wide variety of subjects you post. I have two C-stands currently, and my supplier told me that the name refers to the fact that they can go to 100-inches or higher. I’m not sure if this is correct, but it’s another theory.a b Matthews Studio Equipment (2022-07-26). "40" C+Stand Spring Loaded Turtle Base". matthewsgrip . Retrieved 2019-11-06. I want to be very clear here. NEVER do I use a C-stand to rig any of my cameras on my jobs. It’s just not what professional photographers do. In film production, a C-stand (or Century stand) [1] [2] is primarily used to position light modifiers, such as silks, nets, or flags, in front of light sources. [3] The stand is constructed of metal and consists of a collapsible base, two riser columns, and a baby pin on top. In addition, a C-stand typically includes a gobo head and a gobo arm, also known as a grip head and grip arm, [4] which provide the ability to articulate a light modifier without moving the stand itself. The legs of C stands are designed to be nested, so many stands can be placed around a light source.

They are used to rig anything and everything you can think of – fill cards, lights, flags, silks, scrims, diffusion panels, you get the idea. They are not commonly used to rig cameras though. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) It’s just for my 5D, so not a lot of weight. I’ve got sandbags so will make sure to counterweight for safety. This 161cm Studio C-Stand Stainless features a detachable base which makes storage and transportation a lot easier. The base of the C-Stand features a 1-1/8” Junior-Pin receiver, which used together with the main central column of the C-stand or can be used with heavier light lighting fixtures that use the larger Junior pin connection such as Arri lights, enabling you to use the legs like a heavy-duty floor stand. A C-stand with a removable base is called a C+ stand. The removable base is referred to as a turtle base. The opening at the top of the turtle base is a junior receiver. Turtle bases are great for setting up a light very low to the ground. [5]In 1974, Matthews Studio Equipment introduced the industry's first folding base C-Stand. Matthews produces a wide range of C-Stands and related accessories to assist the motion picture, television and photographic professional in lighting and lighting modification support. [6] Use [ edit ]

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (designates original point of circulation of a dollar bill) It is constructed of heavy-duty Stainless-steel construction allowing this grip head to easily hold heavier accessories. The PIXAPRO 2.5-inch C-Stand Grip Head enables you to mount various accessories such as boom arms, scrim frames, reflectors, flags etc. to your C-Stand or regular light stand. With its heavy-duty Stainless-steel construction, this grip head can effortlessly hold heavier accessories. It also features a standard 5/8-inch Baby-Pin connection, that enables it to be mounted onto virtually any C-Stand or light stand on the market. I really can’t find any information about where the name came from. I was told by an instructor of mine in school that it was a brand name, Century. But I can’t find any info on that either. There are several brands that make C Stands. I have a wild assortment of these that I’ve collected over 30 years made by all kinds of different companies.

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There are 100’s of items that are made that can attach to a C Stand arm. There aren’t a lot of ways to attach a camera, because of what I mentioned above. The term C-stand comes from the early history of lighting equipment. The C-Stand, or century stand, was named for the company that first produced bespoke lighting gear for live theater and filmmaking: Century Lighting based in New York City, which later became Century Strand and eventually Strand Lighting. [7] In later years, studios, grips and gaffers began to manufacture the earliest versions of what we now call C-Stands. The original C-Stands had welded bases that did not fold up or adjust but the fact that they easily nested together made them invaluable on the stage. [8] Today, the term C-stand is a popular name for the grip stand made by Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc. and has been copied by other manufacturers. [ citation needed] [9] C-stands are an important component in the image maker's arsenal of tools.

Matthews Studio Equipment (2022-07-26). "20" C+STAND W/SPRING LOADED TURTLE BASE, INCLUDES GRIP HEAD & ARM". Matthews Studio Equipment . Retrieved 2022-07-26. Since a stand is used to hold a piece of gear high above or far off to the side, the base of the stand must be weighed down, commonly with shotbags, sometimes with sandbags. The bag is slung over the top of the tall stand leg so the weight is fully on the stand and not the ground. [4] [5] Types [ edit ] I wish I could shoot on lower surfaces, but they’re chef’s/cooks doing their thing, so regular kitchen counter tops it is! You actually have no idea how happy this post made me! I shoot video regularly for clients but I’ve been using my Manfrotto tripod with the 90° arm. It’s a great piece of equipment, but we shoot on regular counters, and the tripod generally has to sit on the counter as the arm isn’t quite long enough. Already have C-Stands, so this is going to be a brilliant solution for me.

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You can use this arm for your overhead shooting with smaller cameras. Again, you have to counterweigh it when doing so. I highly urge you NOT to rig any of the bigger pro DSLR’s this way. They are just too heavy. 4. The Legs