NEEWER Pro 100% Stainless Steel Heavy Duty C Stand with Boom Arm, Max Height 10.5ft/320cm Photography Light Stand with 4.2ft/128cm Holding Arm, 2 Grip Head for Studio Monolight, Softbox, Reflector

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They are used to rig anything and everything you can think of – fill cards, lights, flags, silks, scrims, diffusion panels, you get the idea.

One way this can be used would be to attach a boom arm with a camera bracket to the C-Stand to allow you to achieve Over-Head Photography. In recent years, C-stands have found a new use, supporting the brackets used for balancing Steadicam (and similar) camera sleds. So, having a C-Stand in your studio is highly recommend due to its versatility, allowing you to create a professional studio set-up. The original C-Stands had welded bases that did not fold up or adjust but the fact that they easily nested together made them invaluable on the stage.In film production, a C-stand (or Century stand) [1] [2] is primarily used to position light modifiers, such as silks, nets, or flags, in front of light sources.

C-Stands will also come with wider height extension compared to standard light stands, making them a more versatile option for your lighting.The Grip department always—and sometimes the electrical department—carries C stands for use with lights that don't mount onto baby or junior stands, such as kinos. Made from Stainless Steel, C-stands are capable of holding heavy lighting fixtures such as light banks, and strobes with large or heavy modifiers as well as other accessories such as scrims and flags, etc. This 161cm Studio C-Stand Stainless has three nested legs with varying leg heights, which enables you to position multiple c-stands really close together in a way that is not possible with regular light stands. By using two C-Stands, this allows you to change out the crossbar being used to offer a selection of different lengths to suit your background requirements. With its heavy-duty Stainless-steel construction, this grip head can effortlessly hold heavier accessories.

What you are able to do is use two C-Stands and then attach a Crossbar between then to allow you to hold a background up during your shoots. Avenger C-stands primarily designed to hold grip products, are an effective way of articulating the item they support using grip heads and arms. You can put a light on the end of the arm and extend it out – though you always have to counterweight this type of rigging. C-stands or Century Stands are widely used by both photographers and movie makers alike due to their robust and sturdy build quality. When setting and tightening a grip arm, flag or other equipment in the grip head, it is crucial that the gear be set to one side of the grip head such that the weight causes the locking knob to tighten clockwise, or "righty tighty".If you like this post, please share it on Facebook and sign up in the right side bar so that you don’t miss another one. Due to the heavy-duty design of the C-Stand, this helps to create a more secure Boom Stand set-up compared to a standard boom stand or adapted light stand and boom arm combination. Due to the C-Stands build quality and weight you rarely need to use counter weights as they provide a stable platform for the majority of light setups, with many different mounting options available. The 161cm Studio C-Stand Stainless with 20” Boom is made from stainless steel, with a shiny chrome finish, which makes it extremely strong, and capable of taking loads of up to 10kg in weight.