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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: geesbert on March 10, 2009, 11:40:29 am

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: geesbert on March 10, 2009, 11:40:29 am

my macbook pro 15" is often not big enough for a decent preview, currently i am using an additional screen, but i thought an 24 imac should do the trick. is there a way to mount is on a tripod, like a c-stand?

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: JerryReed on March 10, 2009, 01:17:14 pm

Matthews and Manfrotto both make devices that may be attached to tripods that allow for monitors to be secure.

Jerry Reed

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: michaelnotar on March 10, 2009, 01:36:02 pm

[i would either drill out the a hole in the bottom of the stand part of the monitor for a tripod plate. a heavy duty head would do well.

or go to a welding shop and have them fabricate a heavy duty slip holder that the bottom of the monitor stand slides into with any attachment ( baby mount for a c stand or whatever). it is usually cheap and very strong.

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: klane on March 10, 2009, 02:46:08 pm

Matthews just released a heavy duty display holder,check www.msegrip.com

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: pixjohn on March 10, 2009, 02:51:59 pm

I am looking for the same thing with my 2 23 apple displays. How would you mount the Imac with the MS attachment. The MS uses 4 screws the apple products use a different mount?

Quote from: klane

Matthews just released a heavy duty display holder,check www.msegrip.com

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: geesbert on March 10, 2009, 03:23:21 pm

pixjohn, you'd need a vesa mount:

http://store.apple.com/de/product/MB902 (http://store.apple.com/de/product/MB902)

250$ is rather steep for the matthews mount, though having the mount dissintegrate with an imac mounted is probably more expensive

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: pixjohn on March 10, 2009, 09:20:11 pm

For those of us in the US
Apple Store (http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9649G/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjE0NTg4Ng)

Quote from: geesbert

pixjohn, you'd need a vesa mount:

http://store.apple.com/de/product/MB902 (http://store.apple.com/de/product/MB902)

250$ is rather steep for the matthews mount, though having the mount dissintegrate with an imac mounted is probably more expensive

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: BJNY on March 10, 2009, 09:37:02 pm

Once you have the $30 Apple VESA part, then one of the following:

http://www.filmtools.com/lcdvemobrfib.html (http://www.filmtools.com/lcdvemobrfib.html)
http://www.filmtools.com/vesa-mount-with-baby-receiver.html (http://www.filmtools.com/vesa-mount-with-baby-receiver.html)

this one goes into a grip head
http://www.filmtools.com/filmtools-vesa-10...pin-809100.html (http://www.filmtools.com/filmtools-vesa-100mm-mount-5-8-pin-809100.html)

Title: imac 24 on a tripod
Post by: pixjohn on March 10, 2009, 10:58:58 pm

I am thinking of getting one of these arms to mount on a rolling set cart. I just needed the VESA mount.

Ergotron Arms (http://ergotron.com/Products/tabid/65/PRDID/1/language/en-US/Default.aspx)