Lighting Stands for China Balls

[FilmBoy77]

i recently bought some china balls, but what can be used as a stand to hold the china balls when lighting a hotel room or area where you are pressed for space??

I have two locations i am trying to light which are a hotel room and a separate location in someone's kitchen/dining room.

are there stands made for china balls i can buy?

 

[Joseph Stunzi]

A search on DVX led to some people using these stands... for mounting their different sized china balls on a (boom) light stand.
http://www.lanternlock.com/Pricelistcc.html


Light stands range in price and quality. They were using these Avenger stands http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/289149-REG/Avenger_A225SCBK_Black_Turtle_Base_Century.html

Make sure you get some sand bags!

 

[Drew Ott]

C stands have worked best for me.

 

[Joseph Stunzi]

The avengers are indeed C ("Century") Stands.

The lanternlock link is for a chinaball holder apparatus

 

[Mickey Munday]

jstunzi is the lantern lock also the stand? it looks like just an adapter based on this picture: http://www.lanternlock.com/b12silohette1sm.jpg

are most c-stands about $200 as in the above link? what type of stores would sell these besides B&H?

i hate buying things i can't see the full view of for the first time online.

 

[ProfessorU]

I have gaffer-taped and tied plenty of them to standard lightweight stands.

I like suspended ceilings because they are easy to mount there. For large sets, I have used rope stretched between two or more points.

 

[Chris Santucci]

C stands with arms are good and also Autopoles.

I've also used a junior stand with a C-boom if you need more reach and/or height.

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[JonathanLB]

China balls are cool, but I already have two American balls so I don't really need 'em