Man, you have no idea how much you helped me with this video. I've been looking left and right to attach my smart telescope to my balcony. Visited two photo shops today, but they all sayd "we have nothing like that!". Coming home and RUclips feeds me your video 😂 I already have the Manfrotto clamp, so will order the magic arm right away! Thanks man 👍
I've been using these for some time. they're great. I have clamps and arms on the back of my desk that enable me to mount my camera above my monitor (38" curved LG) and point towards me with a green screen in the background..... very cool
Thats awesome. I am trying to get the same setup as you described :). Still need to find out which spigot i need to get to attach the arm to the clamp tho.
I've been looking for a way to mount a camera inside my car window, meaning not suction cup it to the side of the car where somebody could just run up and grab it. This magic arm thing made me think that there might be some way of mounting it to the rails underneath the seat and then maybe suctioning on the inside of the window for a little bit of extra stability or something. Something to think about. Liked and subscribed
Tommy Callaway very cheeky Dubious plug, I found a £20 slider on eBay that works too... (sorry it’s a very early video and a bit poo) ... ruclips.net/video/fsNQKtgnwcU/видео.html
This is exactly what I was looking for! Sturdy, not cheaply made, and adjustable. I used your link for the clamp. Had to buy the arm on B&H. Thanks for the awesome video!
Hello Tommy, I am in a wheelchair and getting into photography, I am looking for a way to mount my camera to my wheelchair. Dealing with a tripod has been cumbersome and accessibility to most angles limits for some good shots. Once I am set up I am pretty well stuck in my location. I wanted to pick your brain to see if you have any ideas on using Manfrotto Magic Arm and Super Clamp. My camera body is a Cannon R6 and my lens is a Cannon 100 to 500.
the set up looks good and solid, shame itis far too short to really be useful. Most webcam mounts seem to be around 2 feet tall (give or take) and that is far too short for a desk mount.
I really really need something like this but the back of my desk is only 3" from the wall and cannot move further forward. I presume the lever on this clamp sticks out too far for this to work for me? I really wish the tighten lever pointed downwards instead.
WHO KNEW when I went to poop on the toilet, my plan has elasticated with actual flow. I've gone out of my way to pull this all into fruition, but it all worked out at the end. All in perfect synchronicity. Life can be a beautiful thing.
Hey man , as a gamer, i have a mount just like that and when i play certain games my desk always shakes and my webcam goes shaky how can i resolve this
1:37 How did you get that brass extender to screw into the base of the friction arm?!?? The threaded part on my brass piece is TOO SKINNY to screw into the base of the friction arm.
If I got 2 would it be possible to mount it to a slider ? Potentially a light weight slider so that i can alter the slider height / slant ... hope I’m making sense . Great video and thanks in advance !
So, this may finally be what I am looking for: A way to mount my camera (and monitor and battery) to my walker or to my wheel chair. Both the walker and the wheel chair are built mostly from metal tubes. Do you think that would work?
If you have a lightweight camera, it could work. If you’re moving around / going over bumps it could get really wobbly though. What camera / lens are you using?
@@TommyCallaway Right now I have a Canon 5D Mk II with various lenses, but I am planning to get a Z-Cam E2 (757 g, 1.67 lbs) with the Portkeys BM5 monitor (350 g, 12.35 oz), and I have ordered the Sirui 50 mm 1.33 anamorphic lens (560 g, 1.23 lbs) for it. And, I will probably get a V-Mount battery to power the camera and the monitor with a single battery. I suppose I could get two of these mounts if necessary, one for the camera and the lens and one for everything else.
Tommy can you do an updated video about Xcode and gpx files for Pokémon spoofing? I love all of your videos and your pretty funny too! There could be a bottle of scotch in it for you!!
I’m so excited! You really are impressive. If you make an updated Xcode with add a gpx file ‘how to’ (I have little doubt you can get though Niantic’s new barriers) I will send you a bottle a scotch ( I am a scotch drinker too). I am in Canada, so I could send you some Canadian scotch whiskey, or your favourite kind. I’ve just discovered Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley - which I really like. I’d like to send you a bottle for the video. Let me know your preference.
. HELP PLEASE.. I’m looking for a Industry Standard 1/4-20 screw thread (basic camera shoe mount) mounted at the top, or tip, of a monopole. While that monopole is attached to possibly a dual desk clamp. I have looked quite a bit and I cannot find a camera shoe mount that is attached at the end of a pole anywhere. The pole will stand vertically and at the top of the pole is a standard industry camera shoe mount to mount a 35 mm camera at the top of that pole.
Do I need any kind of adapter to connec the bendy arm to the super clamp? I know bendy arm has a male 1/4" (which I need to fix my lights on to) and a female 3/8" - 16. So I wonder if that female can attach to the super clamp. Thanks
What if I wanted to mount a GoPro on top of a 43" computer monitor that has a very thin bezel? It seems that NOBODY is interested in doing this. Just can't beleive it!
Do they sell these Desktop Overhead Mount in stores like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Hobby Lobby, etc. I could use one for my Mixed Visual Arts and Variety Show Content.
Hey, great video. Could you use this to do overhead filming of tabletop product demos? Not at an angle like in your demo, but directly top down? It doesn't seem like the arms are long enough.
Hey mate, I m using a triple monitor swtup using a single desk mount. Anyway i can mount my camera on the triple monitor mount???pls tell. I dont want to install anything furhter
I have a question for you. I have the Canon R5 and I plan on buying the Canon VR180 dual fisheye when it's available . I'm trying to find a device that will let me basically put the R5 at eye or forehead level to give that POV affect. Do you think this device would work? Does my question even make sense.
it's a camera bracket that comes with the Manfrotto 244 magic arm. However, it doesn't come with the 244N. I think Tommy made a mistake calling it the 244N. You can check it out on Amazon
Been trying to track down a good desk-mounted camera arm for my BMPCC 6k. The one I'm currently using shakes the camera with the slightest impact on my desk. Does the Magic Arm provide stable support, or is camera shake still a concern?
Nice video, but you confused this old man by calling it 244N. I spent two days looking at different sites trying to figure out why the thingie does not come with the camera plate you clearly show in your video. I finally figured out that what you are showing here is the 244 magic arm, not the 244N magic arm. The difference? The 244 comes with the camera plate, the 244N comes without it.
@@TommyCallaway Oh well. :) I am actually going to order one in the hope of being able to mount my ZCam to the side of my wheelchair because for someone like me who has been an avid photographer and videomaker all my life to have become disabled, so I cannot get too far without a wheelchair or a walker (I am 70) and I cannot carry a tripod anymore.
@@TommyCallaway It is what it is. :) Anyway, last week I ordered two Manfrotto superclamps from Amazon, to be delivered tomorrow. Last night I went to B&H and ordered the 244, plus a Manfrotto 3/8" stud, a pair of SmallRig 3/8" male to male thread adapters, and last but not least a Manfrotto 502AH video head. To be delivered on Friday (though delays may occur due to the season). Then I will experiment with mounting the video head directly to the superclamp (with the help of the 3/8" stud) attached to the W/C (wheelchair), as well as with attaching the 244 to the superclamp and the camera rig to the 244, as well as with the 244 attached to the superclamp, the 502AH to the 244 and the camera rig to the 502AH. And I will probably make a video on how all those experiments went, since I surely cannot be the only W/C user who wants to attach a camera rig to the W/C.
@@TommyCallaway And it has just occurred to me that hooking the video head directly up to the superclamp attached to the W/C might not be leveled (as every W/C user knows sidewalks are not perfectly horizontal, so even if the W/C handle is parallel to the ground, it is unlikely to be horizontal). So I started searching for a solution and found something I had no idea existed despite doing photography since my early teens: I have just placed an order for a _Manfrotto 438 Compact Leveling Head - Ball Camera Leveler._ I ordered it from B&H and it is supposed to arrive on Friday, just like the things I ordered last night.
If you have a lightweight desk then yeah that probably will happen, but would only be really noticeable if you're using the in-camera microphone (due to vibrations making the click sounds) - an external mic mic (or one mounted on your camera with a good shock mount) might help alleviate the issue.
Nice presentation, but not cheap, 150 is moderate cost, and does not hold tons, holds 20lb maybe. Twisty thing are joints. I know you know this. Thanks again.
The godox Is great on the budget.. but the aputure is better in every other way. Particularly for high frame rate or shutter speed, godox will flicker.
@@TommyCallaway It only flickers when you have it at 0-20% brightness + combined with a very high shutter. At 30% and above the flicker is non existent.
Anyone got any knowledge about the difference between the 244N and the 244RC? Also, what spigots do I need to get to get this working with the clamp? Edit: I think the difference between those 2 is that the 244RC comes with a quick release system and the 244N doesn't. Also the 244RC is more expensive and I think most people will get enough out of the bracket shown in this video. (The Manfrotto 143BKT Camera Bracket). I still haven't figured out which spigot I would need to get tho, there are so many!
Found this spigot, but can't figure out if it would fit the magic arm. www.thomann.de/gb/manfrotto_03638_lightstud.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0%3D
Man, you have no idea how much you helped me with this video. I've been looking left and right to attach my smart telescope to my balcony. Visited two photo shops today, but they all sayd "we have nothing like that!". Coming home and RUclips feeds me your video 😂 I already have the Manfrotto clamp, so will order the magic arm right away! Thanks man 👍
For me too man! I was looking for something like this to attach on the sailing boat and nothing. With this video we are done :)
Jeez this dudes talking head sounds like voice over! What a pro
Love the “edit” on your answer on how much weight it can hold.
:-)
The edit made me laugh so much I subscribed to see more of that 😂
I've been using these for some time. they're great. I have clamps and arms on the back of my desk that enable me to mount my camera above my monitor (38" curved LG) and point towards me with a green screen in the background..... very cool
I love clamps. :-D
Thats awesome. I am trying to get the same setup as you described :). Still need to find out which spigot i need to get to attach the arm to the clamp tho.
does it extend upward so it can go above the monitors?
I've been looking for a way to mount a camera inside my car window, meaning not suction cup it to the side of the car where somebody could just run up and grab it. This magic arm thing made me think that there might be some way of mounting it to the rails underneath the seat and then maybe suctioning on the inside of the window for a little bit of extra stability or something.
Something to think about. Liked and subscribed
It took be a billion searches to find this video but this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you 🙏🏾
YESSSSSS FINALLY A SIMPLE VIDEO THAT SHOWS HOW TO MOUNT A CAMERA! with no building involve. 10/10 THANKKK YOUUU
I love that you explore budget equipment and getting the most out of it!!
Thank you. I also just bought a mega cheap $40 version of this magic arm from china and will be showing the differences soon.
Tommy Callaway very cheeky Dubious plug, I found a £20 slider on eBay that works too... (sorry it’s a very early video and a bit poo) ... ruclips.net/video/fsNQKtgnwcU/видео.html
A big thumbs up 👍 to you BTW!
Very creative mounting it on the ceiling. Love it!
This is exactly what I was looking for! Sturdy, not cheaply made, and adjustable. I used your link for the clamp. Had to buy the arm on B&H. Thanks for the awesome video!
Hello Tommy, I am in a wheelchair and getting into photography, I am looking for a way to mount my camera to my wheelchair. Dealing with a tripod has been cumbersome and accessibility to most angles limits for some good shots. Once I am set up I am pretty well stuck in my location. I wanted to pick your brain to see if you have any ideas on using Manfrotto Magic Arm and Super Clamp. My camera body is a Cannon R6 and my lens is a Cannon 100 to 500.
thank you tommy!
loved it
This was a very well done review. I am watching on loop.
Oh hey i used your Link to buy the magic arm and super clamp! :)
Thank you :-)
This is exactly what I wanted
This is so cool, will be super useful in the studio!
Looks like an excellent product!
the set up looks good and solid, shame itis far too short to really be useful.
Most webcam mounts seem to be around 2 feet tall (give or take) and that is far too short for a desk mount.
Hello! Please, What is the name of the extra screw you put on to mount extra items? Thank you.
Trying to get a link for that too
Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice engine.
Amazing video! Do I get the clamp with or without stud? What is the stud needed for? Thanks1
Super useful video. Thank you!
I really really need something like this but the back of my desk is only 3" from the wall and cannot move further forward. I presume the lever on this clamp sticks out too far for this to work for me? I really wish the tighten lever pointed downwards instead.
wait.... Monfrotto! why does this not pop up on all my searches lol
Good question!
Manfrotto 244N
Load Capacity: 6.6 Lb / 3 Kg
WHO KNEW when I went to poop on the toilet, my plan has elasticated with actual flow. I've gone out of my way to pull this all into fruition, but it all worked out at the end. All in perfect synchronicity. Life can be a beautiful thing.
Me pooping on the toilet also
great review
Hey man , as a gamer, i have a mount just like that and when i play certain games my desk always shakes and my webcam goes shaky how can i resolve this
1:37 How did you get that brass extender to screw into the base of the friction arm?!?? The threaded part on my brass piece is TOO SKINNY to screw into the base of the friction arm.
If I got 2 would it be possible to mount it to a slider ? Potentially a light weight slider so that i can alter the slider height / slant ... hope I’m making sense . Great video and thanks in advance !
Great video I'm buying one with your link thanks!
I need a 6 foot to 8 foot version of this!
What did you use to record your voice? Mic and setup please? It sounds fantastic
All in the video description. Thanks!
So, this may finally be what I am looking for: A way to mount my camera (and monitor and battery) to my walker or to my wheel chair. Both the walker and the wheel chair are built mostly from metal tubes. Do you think that would work?
If you have a lightweight camera, it could work. If you’re moving around / going over bumps it could get really wobbly though. What camera / lens are you using?
@@TommyCallaway Right now I have a Canon 5D Mk II with various lenses, but I am planning to get a Z-Cam E2 (757 g, 1.67 lbs) with the Portkeys BM5 monitor (350 g, 12.35 oz), and I have ordered the Sirui 50 mm 1.33 anamorphic lens (560 g, 1.23 lbs) for it. And, I will probably get a V-Mount battery to power the camera and the monitor with a single battery. I suppose I could get two of these mounts if necessary, one for the camera and the lens and one for everything else.
Hey, Tommy! Great video! Why do you connect the arm to the gold attachment instead of straight into the clamp?
Super Clamp expects a hexagonal base in order to be stable. Friction arm base is cylindrical, and wobbles back and forth no matter how tight.
ordered!
very helpful
Great video :) Thanks buddy
Tommy can you do an updated video about Xcode and gpx files for Pokémon spoofing? I love all of your videos and your pretty funny too! There could be a bottle of scotch in it for you!!
Thanks! Yeah, you're not the first person to ask. I'll make one soon!
I’m so excited! You really are impressive. If you make an updated Xcode with add a gpx file ‘how to’ (I have little doubt you can get though Niantic’s new barriers) I will send you a bottle a scotch ( I am a scotch drinker too). I am in Canada, so I could send you some Canadian scotch whiskey, or your favourite kind. I’ve just discovered Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley - which I really like. I’d like to send you a bottle for the video. Let me know your preference.
My word is my bond!
Lemme know if this works: ruclips.net/video/EfZZQbpv55c/видео.html
This is great! I just purchased via the links! Do you know which spiggot you used to add the mic?
Nice!
cool but i'm still going to ghetto rig a cheap alternative
. HELP PLEASE..
I’m looking for a
Industry Standard 1/4-20 screw thread
(basic camera shoe mount)
mounted at the top, or tip, of a monopole.
While that monopole is attached to possibly a dual desk clamp.
I have looked quite a bit and I cannot find a camera shoe mount that is attached at the end of a pole anywhere.
The pole will stand vertically and
at the top of the pole is a standard industry camera shoe mount to mount a 35 mm camera at the top of that pole.
yo man i dont see the N i only see Manfrotto 244 Variable Friction Magic Arm. i presume it’s the upgrade ?
I need something double the size of this little thing. Any recommendations ?
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/354222-REG/Manfrotto_196B_3_196B_3_Articulated_Arm.html
do you think this would work with attaching it to my monitor directly?
Is it possible to take the clamp off and put it onto my motorised dolly?
Thanks
great find, sharing is caring!¡
Thanks for watching! :)
Do I need any kind of adapter to connec the bendy arm to the super clamp?
I know bendy arm has a male 1/4" (which I need to fix my lights on to) and a female 3/8" - 16. So I wonder if that female can attach to the super clamp. Thanks
Dumb question, but where can you get the metal pole you have attached to your desk?
What if I wanted to mount a GoPro on top of a 43" computer monitor that has a very thin bezel? It seems that NOBODY is interested in doing this. Just can't beleive it!
Is there a bigger version of this magic arm with more range?
Do they sell these Desktop Overhead Mount in stores like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Hobby Lobby, etc. I could use one for my Mixed Visual Arts and Variety Show Content.
Hey, great video. Could you use this to do overhead filming of tabletop product demos? Not at an angle like in your demo, but directly top down? It doesn't seem like the arms are long enough.
That's how I use mine. I also to boom flashes.
Is there any way to mount the magic arm to a wall?
Hey mate,
I m using a triple monitor swtup using a single desk mount. Anyway i can mount my camera on the triple monitor mount???pls tell. I dont want to install anything furhter
HAS anyone tried this arm and a gimble please?
I have a question for you. I have the Canon R5 and I plan on buying the Canon VR180 dual fisheye when it's available . I'm trying to find a device that will let me basically put the R5 at eye or forehead level to give that POV affect. Do you think this device would work? Does my question even make sense.
I love you!
The kids who are kidnapped by ICE don't love this guy supporting Amazon who in turn supports ICE....
Thanks for the great idea! Can someone please tell me what piece he uses to mount the camera at 5:08 TIA 🙏😃
it's a camera bracket that comes with the Manfrotto 244 magic arm. However, it doesn't come with the 244N. I think Tommy made a mistake calling it the 244N. You can check it out on Amazon
Been trying to track down a good desk-mounted camera arm for my BMPCC 6k. The one I'm currently using shakes the camera with the slightest impact on my desk. Does the Magic Arm provide stable support, or is camera shake still a concern?
How tall is this if stretched to its max?
Do you know if there is any kind of a fitting that would replace and clamp and allow you to do a ceiling mount?
You can get a baby pin wall mount, screw that’s into your ceiling, and clamp onto that with a gobo head from a C-stand
ok but does it EXTEND
Awesome review, thanks cheif
Nice video, but you confused this old man by calling it 244N. I spent two days looking at different sites trying to figure out why the thingie does not come with the camera plate you clearly show in your video. I finally figured out that what you are showing here is the 244 magic arm, not the 244N magic arm. The difference? The 244 comes with the camera plate, the 244N comes without it.
Damn bro. I’m sorry.
@@TommyCallaway Oh well. :) I am actually going to order one in the hope of being able to mount my ZCam to the side of my wheelchair because for someone like me who has been an avid photographer and videomaker all my life to have become disabled, so I cannot get too far without a wheelchair or a walker (I am 70) and I cannot carry a tripod anymore.
You’ve got a built in dolly / slider bro! Use the tools you’ve got. 🤘🏻 also, I’m sorry to hear about your disability. I hope you are well otherwise!
@@TommyCallaway It is what it is. :)
Anyway, last week I ordered two Manfrotto superclamps from Amazon, to be delivered tomorrow. Last night I went to B&H and ordered the 244, plus a Manfrotto 3/8" stud, a pair of SmallRig 3/8" male to male thread adapters, and last but not least a Manfrotto 502AH video head. To be delivered on Friday (though delays may occur due to the season).
Then I will experiment with mounting the video head directly to the superclamp (with the help of the 3/8" stud) attached to the W/C (wheelchair), as well as with attaching the 244 to the superclamp and the camera rig to the 244, as well as with the 244 attached to the superclamp, the 502AH to the 244 and the camera rig to the 502AH.
And I will probably make a video on how all those experiments went, since I surely cannot be the only W/C user who wants to attach a camera rig to the W/C.
@@TommyCallaway And it has just occurred to me that hooking the video head directly up to the superclamp attached to the W/C might not be leveled (as every W/C user knows sidewalks are not perfectly horizontal, so even if the W/C handle is parallel to the ground, it is unlikely to be horizontal). So I started searching for a solution and found something I had no idea existed despite doing photography since my early teens: I have just placed an order for a
_Manfrotto 438 Compact Leveling Head - Ball Camera Leveler._ I ordered it from B&H and it is supposed to arrive on Friday, just like the things I ordered last night.
What about vibration if you have it on a desk and you are typing? That is my concern
If you have a lightweight desk then yeah that probably will happen, but would only be really noticeable if you're using the in-camera microphone (due to vibrations making the click sounds) - an external mic mic (or one mounted on your camera with a good shock mount) might help alleviate the issue.
Tommy Callaway thank you . Are you referring to audio? Sorry I was referring to shaky video. My audio is recorded separately
Nice presentation, but not cheap, 150 is moderate cost, and does not hold tons, holds 20lb maybe. Twisty thing are joints. I know you know this. Thanks again.
New to vlogging. Thinking about purchasing my first main key light. Which would you recommend the Aputure 120d mark ii or the Godox SL60w?
The godox Is great on the budget.. but the aputure is better in every other way. Particularly for high frame rate or shutter speed, godox will flicker.
@@TommyCallaway Thank You
@@TommyCallaway It only flickers when you have it at 0-20% brightness + combined with a very high shutter. At 30% and above the flicker is non existent.
What metal pole is that?
Haha. Love it. I love the way you asked for a subscribe hehe.
haha that into $$$$
Just an advert.
Anyone got any knowledge about the difference between the 244N and the 244RC? Also, what spigots do I need to get to get this working with the clamp?
Edit: I think the difference between those 2 is that the 244RC comes with a quick release system and the 244N doesn't. Also the 244RC is more expensive and I think most people will get enough out of the bracket shown in this video. (The Manfrotto 143BKT Camera Bracket). I still haven't figured out which spigot I would need to get tho, there are so many!
Found this spigot, but can't figure out if it would fit the magic arm. www.thomann.de/gb/manfrotto_03638_lightstud.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0%3D
Very cool, but I don’t think I will be mounting a camera with that to my Aircraft :-)
Tommy you're such a cutie
paying more than 250€ for three plastic things ... it doesnt worth...better do your own DIY lol
120 euri for a made in china piece of metal... no ty