Decided to put together a DIY rig, which effectively, for those who don't know what the fuck i'm on about, allow shots like below to be taken...
There's various different types of rigs, various places they can connect to etc, and i'm definatly not the first to build/use one.
Basically, it's totally DIY. The only thing I bought was the two suction handles and the bolts/nuts/washers to fix it together.
Started off by seperating the head of my tripod from the legs, so the camera would have something to connect to...
Had an extendable pole, that didn't extend, which we normally use to wash the conservatory roof & back bedroom windows, so that got chopped up which left me with...
I basically set the pole up, measured in from one side a few inches, and drilled an 8mm hole. This would be the connecting point for one of the suction handles. I then did another 8mm hole about 500mm apart from the other so that the weight would be spread a bit more evenly.
I then set up the tripod head on the end of the pole, and drilled two 4mm holes through both the tripod pole and the pole it'self, obviously where the tripod head was going to fasten to the pole.
Didn't take photos of this, as it was fucking freezing and I wanted to get on with it. All of the above left me with this.
And with the camera connected...
Suction handles turned up this afternoon, I wrapped the pole from top to bottom in black tape, mainly just to neaten it up a bit, and also to keep it a little warmer, hands will get uber cold messing with a metal bar in this weather, got all the bolts and got everything all pieced together, which left me with this...
Total cost - £13.00
It's not exactly beautiful looking, and it hasn't been done using the best photography equipment, but it's all safe & secure, nothing wobbles or moves, and it holds fine when mounted. The suction handles themselves hold 30KG each, so more than enough for this.
Pissed it down tonight, so havent been able to get out and play with it, so i've still absolutely no idea if it's going to work how I want it to ie. will the pole be long enough to get some wide shots etc? Will have to test it out and find out. I've basically 'gone in blind' and just hoped it'd work.
Will post some shots up after i've had an hour testing with it, may have to swap poles, or add a few bits etc, but that's what the testings for.