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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1273952, member: 24091"]<b>copy stand</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes just knowing what something is called is a big help. Kind of knew what a copy stand was, but didn't know what it was called. Armed with that, went ahead and did a little search this morning and found what looks like a decent one for $80 including shipping. At least one reviewer is a coin enthusiast and he liked it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll let you all know what it turns out to be. From reading the reviews of other products, it sounds like there are a lot of junk copy stands out there, that don't even support mounting the camera at a 90 degree angle to the base, or have other inexcusable deffeciences like plastic gears etc. Price doesn't seem to matter, almost pure luck as to wether it was made in a junk factory in China or a factory in China that has at least some modicum of quality control. Or, I suppose I could be surprised and discover the one I ordered is made in Taiwan or something. Kind of doubt it will be made in Japan like my 36 year-old Vivatar tripod in any case. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PF9XQU/ref=ox_ya_os_product" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PF9XQU/ref=ox_ya_os_product" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PF9XQU/ref=ox_ya_os_product</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1273952, member: 24091"][b]copy stand[/b] Sometimes just knowing what something is called is a big help. Kind of knew what a copy stand was, but didn't know what it was called. Armed with that, went ahead and did a little search this morning and found what looks like a decent one for $80 including shipping. At least one reviewer is a coin enthusiast and he liked it. I'll let you all know what it turns out to be. From reading the reviews of other products, it sounds like there are a lot of junk copy stands out there, that don't even support mounting the camera at a 90 degree angle to the base, or have other inexcusable deffeciences like plastic gears etc. Price doesn't seem to matter, almost pure luck as to wether it was made in a junk factory in China or a factory in China that has at least some modicum of quality control. Or, I suppose I could be surprised and discover the one I ordered is made in Taiwan or something. Kind of doubt it will be made in Japan like my 36 year-old Vivatar tripod in any case. [URL]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PF9XQU/ref=ox_ya_os_product[/URL][/QUOTE]
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