iSight tripod mount
Part of my top secret moving out post project needed a proper stand for my iSight camera. This guy made a custom-built piece to this purpose, using the iBook/PowerBook mount bracket to hold his iSight. I found this a bit overcomplicated, given the fact that the iSight comes with several very handy stands, one of them with a large adhesive surface and another (even better) with a super-strong magnet.
So I had a small metal adaptor made for me Friday afternoon at the shop we have at work (ahum): basically a small rectangle of some kind of iron magnets attach to with two holes in them, one of them threaded to fit the standard camera tripod screw [1].
Sure enough, it works like a charm:
[1] which, I must hasten to add, is not metric (1/4′’-20 or something, none of the kind we usually encounter on this side of the world). Fortunately, the guys at the EPFL shop can deal with anything! :-)
Another DIY iSight tripod mount
Here’s another version of the DIY iSight tripod we posted earlier - Tguignar writes “I had a small metal adaptor made for me Friday afternoon at the shop we have at work - basically a small rectangle of some kind of iron magnets attach to with two ho…
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