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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: jlykos on October 08, 2008, 12:02:35 PM
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I am wondering if any of you have purchased a tripod for the Sony PCMD50. Is it a normal sized connection, or is it some proprietary 2^5 / 32" stud or some nonsense like that. I see that the official Sony tripod costs around $50, which is insane. I can buy one at the photo shop for like $10 or even cheaper. Would it work? Any specific tripods that all of you would recommend?
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I am wondering if any of you have purchased a tripod for the Sony PCMD50. Is it a normal sized connection, or is it some proprietary 2^5 / 32" stud or some nonsense like that. I see that the official Sony tripod costs around $50, which is insane. I can buy one at the photo shop for like $10 or even cheaper. Would it work? Any specific tripods that all of you would recommend?
I have a cheap one I bought at Best Buy years ago and it fits the D50 just fine. So yeah, it's the same size as any camera based tripod that's out there.
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I bought a Gorillapod for mine, no special adapter needed.
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The Sony PCM-D50 uses the 1/4-20 threads that are found on the
typical cheap camera tripod. This is a smaller size than used on
mic stands.
For small recorders, I use a tripod I found at Sears for $4, and a
Gorillapod knockoff I purchased from eBay for $9. The Gorillapod
style desktop tripod can be used as a handle when there's no table
around.
Flintstone
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Check reply #261 for pictures of my PCM-D50 and the gorillapod in action. I think the gorillapod is a must have for the PCM-D50.