Emergency Monopod

This instructable is for those of you who have heavy cameras and want to take fairly steady pictures while not carrying a tripod or monopod.

For those who are unaware, a monopod is a device designed for keeping a camera steady while still allowing for mobility as is good if you are taking long exposure pictures, or don't want the extra weight of a tripod. The question that this instructable answers is what to do if you don't want to carry a monopod either.

For this instructable you will need:
lightweight cane or walking stick (1x)
sturdy, flat topped hat (1x)
heavy camera (1x)

Step 1 Carrying Materials

I was at WonderCon last weekend and had no real way to carry a tripod or monopod. Not only that, but either one of which would have conflicted with the costume I was wearing. This monopod is something that I came up with while trying to take low light photos of the masquerade on saturday night.

I'm the guy on the left. As you can see from the picture I already have all of the pieces to create this monopod.

Comments

[gamer]

Is that a Zelda type of thing on-stage?

[theresanovak]

You're right. It would be great to see pictures of this in action.

[Kzar]

Now that you have a monopod, you may build a flash diffuser....

[lemonie]

How did you mount the camera on this? It this just an ad-hoc prop? This instructable doesn't tell us very much, seems more like "I did something" and I've got some pictures I'd like to post...

[kearney]

The camera rests on top of the hat. I'm sorry that it seems that way to you. That wasn't my intention.

[lemonie]

This is a nice idea but doesn't much/any better than using both hands without the stick. You could fix a bolt / screw in the stick, and use the standard mount on the camera? The hat could then be freed up for other purposes. However, you'd then have a screw on the handle where you would grip it, not comfortable. L