Friction mount for RED LCD?

[Stephen Strangways]

I've got an operator who's used to shooting on cameras like the HVX200 pulling his hair out over the mounting of the RED LCD. We've been using the RED arm, but what he wants is something that can be adjusted without having to unlock and re-lock, a simple friction mount like the HVX LCD that you can just grab, twist, and let go. It only needs to be adjustable in one axis, the tilt axis, and have some way of mounting it to our rods or handle riser.

Does anybody have a solution, or even a starting point (buying hardware parts and custom assembling something is perfectly acceptable) that would get us moving towards a friction mount for the monitor?

I guess the most basic thing we're looking for is something that functions like the Element Technica EVF mount, but for the 5.6" RED LCD!

 

[Nick Gardner]

I do that all he time with the Red LCD on a Red/noga arm. Just don't tighten it down all the way. I also stick one of these on the end of the red arm it adds a ton a flexibility

http://cgi.ebay.com/PAN-TILT-BALL-M...911?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a44729f7

Nick

 

[Pawel Achtel]

Try a ball head from Really Right Stuff.

 

[Stephen Strangways]

Thanks Nick and Pawel! I'm going to explore an option midway between your suggestions, the Manfrotto 494 mini ball head, which has a friction control. A ball head had never crossed my mind.

 

[Mike Prevette]

Also try Ultralight. They are very forgiving for repositioning. http://www.filmtools.com/ul8vimomo.html

EDIT: I take this back, they in fact don't do what you want they lock down like the dickens. Not sure what I was thinking.

 

[Stephen Strangways]

The Ultralight stuff was sounding like a great solution.

Their FAQ does say this:
"What is the purpose of the o-ring in the ends of the balls?
This allows a photographer to have a small amount of clamping force for small strobes, and a greater amount of clamping force for the larger strobes. This allows the strobe and arm to stay in place, but still have the ability to do fine adjustments without loosening the clamps to move the strobe arm. Without an o-ring, the clamp tends to bind when tightened."

 

[Matthew Wooten]

I am using Ultralight arms for pretty much everything. I have a unique situation (not worth getting into right now) that uses a tone of arms. You can clamp down the Ultralight Arms as tight or as loose as you want to give you the motion you desire.

Of course, as with any friction mount, you have to balance the weight of the object or it will just flop around.

I'm holding a SmallHD DP1x with ease, and that's a good sized monitor.

They have monitor mounts, too. You could put an arm on the top and bottom of the monitor to hold the weight while still keeping everything loose enough to stay mobile.