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Isreali Arm
I’m looking to purchase an Isreali Arm. Can someone let me know where to find one?
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Thank you very much.
There is the DG or MG with different thread specs for each. Can you be more specific if I’m using a Panasonic 8.4 monitor?
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I’ve experienced that even the heavy-duty Isreali arm is not strong enough to hold the 8.4″ monitor with a battery attached if you are moving the camera around, you’d be better off with a straight spud.
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Trying to put a battery on a camera-mounted Panasonic 8.4″ monitor is insane.
Make a short cable bundle with video and power from the Anton Bauer plate on the camera. I alway travel with two of these, just in case a connector pulls loose.
With the heavy-duty arm, everything will be dandy.
Good shooting!
Leo
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I’ve had great success using a large Linhoff “ball head” which I purchased from B&H instead of the Isreaili arms (which are now filed away in a storage drawer). These units center up the weight of the monitor and provide ready “tilt” for adjustment of viewing angle based on the height of the camera. They’re a lot easier and faster to mount and dismount on the camera too!
LS
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I’m looking at the Linhof site trying to figure out which one of these would work. Also how does it attach to the camera?
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OK, here’s a link to the item on Adorama’s website:
https://www.adorama.com/LF3676.html
The attachment is made with a 1/4-20 threaded (headless) bolt. You just super glue it into the head and this way you don’t have to but a 1/4-20 to 3/8-16 adapter to put on the camera handle, which you pretty much have to do with an Isreali Arm to make it super-strong (and then use the 1/4-20 side on the monitor end).
Everyone who’s seen my Linhoff rig really likes it vis-a-vis the more typical Isreali Arm setup!
JS
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