DIY Laptop Holder for your Photography Tripod
Thu, 2010-07-29 19:10 | 
Are you shooting photos with your digital camera tethered to your laptop? Then it’s time well spent to quickly assemble your DIY laptop holder in 3 minutes or less. Trust me, it’s literally on a shoestring budget. With your laptop hanging nice and close on your tripod you avoid accidents like people stumbling over the USB cable. And it’s handy to have your screen really close to your camera.
A couple of years back I assembled this thingy because I wanted to have something small, light weight and easy to use for my travels. And it served me well in all those years. I like it much better than all the solutions I could find in photography equipment shops.
Check out how to assemble the thing in just a few seconds:
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So please tell me, are you tethering your laptop when shooting photos? Where do you usually place your laptop? Do you have any other ideas for laptop holders? Or you know shops that offer some? Please tell us in the comments.
I wish you good light!
-- Michael
Related links:
This video on Youtube: DIY photography equipment - Laptop holder
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Sweet! I wanne have one of those for my macbook air!
Okay, it's slidly off-topic, but how do you handle the promblem that tethered-shooting really sucks off a lot of battery energy?
Excellent question! I it comes down to using top notch batteries and recharging them early enough.
Maybe I can make a video on that one. But for the moment I quickly answered your question over here:
Strategy for Battery Powered Photo Shoots
I wish you good light!
-- Michael
@Debby: The even better question for me is how to afford those nice MacBooks instead of how to attach them to a tripod ;)
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I really enjoy your videos. This is a good idea. I have an idea but will eed to work on it I will share it with you when I get it figured out.