Can a camera be pointed directly down toward the table (for overhead shots)?
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At full extension of the tripod center column and legs fully extended, the distance from the tripod screw to table (tilted downward) is only about 8 inches. You might have to raise that distance using a platform that would not obstruct your view. But your initial question answer is YES, it can be pointed directly downward.
1084210
I do believe that it will all the way down, if it does not it is only a little lifted. I am sure that it will work for over head shots. Customer CareBobWard.com800-800-5083
505563
Hello there Yes absolutely. You may use a tripod with this camera. I just checked the bottom of the camera. Good Luck
674237
Yes. Tripod does allow camera to point straight down (and straight up) nearly 360 with the exception of when pointing down, where the camera lens lines up with elevation lock screw or when pointing up, where handle lines up with tripod leg.
1949780
Yea you can. It has a notch to be able to rotate the ball for vertical pics. Just my opinion, but I loved the gorilla pod for my point and shoot but don't really care for this version for my D5300. You're really better off with a decent, small tripod.
1648031
Not in a fluid way for shooting. You can adjust the lower arm and that would allow the camera mount to tilt but again not as a fluid movement.
844916
To be honest with you you can't. Sorry. And even if you could the camera would be upside down. The only solution to that is To make a slot on the other side of the oh you can flip it around
60503
You can go into setting and get the camera to tilt almost stright down but not all the way. However with wide angle lens it has it sees directly under it very well.
1235962
You should be able to point the camera lens anywhere in the room after it is mounted on the stand. Remember that the camera lens is in the corner of the iPad and will "see" only what it is pointed to. The stand can rotate in any direction, but can't hang over the edge of a shelf to allow the camera to shoot straight down. Otherwise, it can look pretty much everywhere.
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Yes, as the other two replied, you'd have tape or clamp it to the side or top-the camera works very well however you'd also have to play with the orientation.
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I think you're asking if it's possible to rotate the camera for vertical shots, the answer is yes.
1399942
No, it will not point in any direction other than forward, but there is a reflector lens that can be pulled out to give some indirect lighting.
361553
Yes. the stand has a swivel neck which allows you to turn the camera to any direction of your choice even if it is mounted vertically overhead
667891
Yes -in fact there is one control lever for pointing camera up/down, and a second to rotate camera along lens axis for portrait/landscape orientation.There are also two built-in bubble levels for reference.
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Actually, you can order a tilt control handle which can be mounted at one of the sets of holes along the boom, and control rod. You can either have the handle mounted low, or high. However, as short as these jibs are, you can just as easily control the pan, and tilt of the camera from where the camera is, even with the jib angled high. I like to pint the tripod handle's grip outward, so I can use leverage, and the jib's own natural motions to control the camera. Just mount a 7" monitor next to the camera if it's viewfinder is inaccessible. I get much better control this way.
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Not really. IIRC, they claim a mode where you can tilt it up to 4 degrees, but I didn't find that useful at all. In some cases I had to put the tripod on a table or other objects to get to desired height. Tripod that is included is useless - too small and too shaky, I use my wife's professional photo tripod instead.
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It does have a tilt head, and I believe that you would be able to rotate such that your camera would be parallel with the table (rotate 90 degrees down), but I have not done this so it might not tilt the full 90 degrees. It also come with an offset mount so if you have a long lenses the center of gravity is still stable. Overall its a good mini-tripod.
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Yes..you can take your thumb and move the angle of the camera forward or backward. It will pivot on the center section.