Lighting Terminology: Common Stand and Thread Sizes

[@jimgsewell]

Baby to Junior because this is a family friendly channel. XD

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

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[@aaronadam4849]

Thank you Daniel for always making practical educational videos.

[@lauriesmith3310]

"That's not a pin. THIS is a pin." Some fine looking equipment there Daniel. A testament to safety and professionalism. Informative as always.👍

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[@HDEFMAN1]

Some very good educational content there Daniel. Am just getting to grips with a C-stand that I bought some months ago. Will be buying some more stuff for my stand based off of the info learned from watching some of your videos. The junior to baby adapter looks interesting so I have added that to my shopping list.

[@photonsonpixels]

Very helpful indeed. This is something that has been driving me crazy for some time when it comes to buying lighting equipment online. Thanks Daniel!

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

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[@witcheater]

Personal Viewer Info: Many times I have come across a situation where I hear in my head you talking of some grip (that I should have purchased when I watched the video) while I am struggling for not having that piece of equipment. The important point for me, other than my negligence, is that I recalled that you did the video (no matter how seemingly trivial) so I go back and find the video info and move on better happily from then on 😊 .

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Excellent

[@phynx2006]

Great information, very useful to us non professionals in lighting .... Baby pin .. who knew?

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Cool!

[@thejotaran6731]

Awesome.. thanks to this video I was able to communicate to a manufacturer what exactly I wanted when I was getting a c stand custom made locally.

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[@actorashokji9609]

Thank you for such a clear description

[@llg4958]

Literally just bought half of the fittings you just showed. Thanks for continually providing outstanding info!

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[@stevebikes995]

Super basic info, but super helpful. Thanks.

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[@andyvan5692]

1/4" - 20 TPI (Threads Per Inch pitch), is also the common tripod mount thread in camera bases, speedlight flash shoes; but it has a 'mate', used in MF and LF cameras, like mamiya RB67, Hasselblad, the 3/8"-16 TPI thread, and this also has reducing sleaves to go from 1/4"-20 to 3/8"-16 so ANY tripod quick release adaptor, or tripod column can fit directly onto it.

[@rawr2u190]

Thank you! I bought a light that accepts baby pins, didn't know what it was called so had to find out.

[@brianmcquain1422]

thanks for the experience and knowledge!

[@JimResnikoff]

Just picked up some baby pins with a 1/4x20 at the other end.. I am finding them pretty handy with my C stands. Which I have to say, the Mathews Stands were a very wise investment to me.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Cool

[@52goldtop]

Thank you for making all these vids for us. Definitely a huge asset and happy you’ve got your own channel on top of the great vids for Adorama, always appreciate you... stay safe out there at this time.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Thanks! I will keep making videos for sure!

[@asoasogm]

Thank you for this super useful information Daniel !

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[@jer3006]

I just knew that if I stuck with you long enough I would learn what/why certain pins are "Baby" pins. It makes more sense when you find out that 1-1/8" diameter pins are "Junior." Hopefully, I'll never need to know about "Senior" pins! 🤣 Thanks for a helpful video.

[@roybixby6135]

Good Advice. How about a vid on lighting mounts - Bowens Elinchrom etc...

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Good idea - though I have no access to them currently I will put it on the list as they say

[@marktomphotography]

Super helpful. Hadn't thought of that low turtle configuration before. Thank ya, sir.

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[@jpdj2715]

Useful! Not aware of baby vs junior, I bought this special arm for my studio, that has parallelogram up-down adjustment and a counterweight. "Junior" might have been called "exotic" equally well. Totally understandable from a mechanical engineering point of view, though. That arm seems a luxury to many, but being able to adjust up-down and neither having to lock, nor having to adjust the angle of the modifier, works very fast. Your video here showed me I need a C-stand foot with just a baby diameter tube cut to about 5' length and the wobbly adapter can go to the cylinder file. Thanks!

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[@FaizanShakeelKhan]

thanks a lot for this, im new to this area (lights, tripods, camera, ballheads etc) so super confused and this was exactly I was searching for, It would also be a great help if you make a video showing common gear used as an aid to the main equipment like super clamp etc, what I wanna know is what are the things out there which can help hanging lights anywhere and stuff like that.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Good idea!

[@bryangagnon]

Thanks Daniel. A very timely video as I this actually came up in conversation yesterday.

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Cool!

[@dr.shakeelansari156]

Thanks for this video gave more insight in lighting kits, usually we don't give importance to such things and lacking such knowledge surely we stuck in situations,

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Thanks

[@MarcelinoNogueiro]

Very informative. Love these videos. Thanks

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[@roddya62]

This is a helpful video. Thanks Daniel. I'm setting up my home studio and what I find is that my lights (All Elinchrom) don't sit square on the baby pin. The screw on the light's mounting bracket slips along the round surface of the baby pin and the light doesn't sit square on the baby pin. Is this normal or is there a solution on the pin or light bracket side? I vaguely heard you mention on another video there are brands who make Octagonal baby pins or 5/8 Pins with one flat side on the baby pin? Are they called something else? I think these would address the slipping of the light mount's screw. Thanks. Love your videos

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Yes some are flat - not sure exactly which unfortunately

[@ShaneBaker]

Really useful! Thanks Daniel.

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[@250GTOAJ]

I am still collecting some of those when i see them. Thanks Daniel!

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[@alfredbrown9233]

Thank Daniel..this was very useful.

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[@NosratATarighi]

Thank you Daniel! Could you please do a video about your thoughts on how photographers can adjust themselves and their businesses with the novel coronavirus situation?

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

🤔 that’s a big one

[@BruceWalkerPhotography]

Okay, I just have to say, if that's "junior", I'd hate to meet the "adult" mount in a dark alley! Thank you so much for all that, Daniel. I was entirely unaware of the c-stand Junior mount aspect of this, and it's darn good to know.

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[@Lance_Magillicuddy]

Excellent tutorial! I almost think sometimes people are afraid of C-Stands. If you have the chance to use them, going back to the cheap collapsible stands is painful

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Indeed

[@wannabeturbo]

Thanks Daniel. That was very informative.

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[@Ficktao]

Very clear! Thank you. Which adapter do I need to mount a softbox light on a mic stand?

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

On a mic stand? They make adapters for this, it turns that thread to 3/8 and from there you can screw it into most studs

[@TimberGeek]

The other size that might come up is 5/8" - 11 tpi which is the threaded attachment between most modern surveyors tripods and the transits, theodolites, laser levels, etc that mount on them. I picked up a 5/8-11 to 1/4-20 adapter plate (bonus is it's a 2 piece design the allows panning) so my big heavy safety orange and silver CST/Berger tripod doesn't sit gathering dust in the off season. My original Idea was to set it up on job sites to do time lapse recording of a timber frame raising.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Cool!

[@steevo1976]

Thanks Daniel. Another great gear video. These are good as they fill in knowledge gaps where I didn’t even know I had them. (And was probably afraid to ask). Have a good one. 👍🏻

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[@johnhjic2]

I know you have done it before but I would love to see you and one of your models do a setup and shoot with the Hasselblad X1D Lens up to you but with Broncolor Scoro and Siros with a Para 88 and softboxs.... or even a small series.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

That’s some great gear!

[@ahmetdeniz4033]

Thank you for your time

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[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

1/4-20 and 3/8-16 are also the two sizes found on the underside of ENG Camera / Cine Camera Quick-release plates and Tripod base plates, leading to being able to use a Tripod as a lightstand in a pinch. Perhaps some info on the maximum load to use on those drop-ceiling clamps - they're great for speed lights baby Tungsten pin-spots, Dedolights and 150w HMI's,... but Redheads are waaaay beyond what's safe on them, and probably too hot that close to a ceiling anyway. The heaviest thing I'd risk from those would be an Area48 Remote Phosphor LED panel. One thing that's always a P.I.T.A., is when you're used to all the standard terms, and start a job at a place where they use in-house names and have assumed those are what everyone else calls things, and then they're looking at you like you don't know what you're doing, when they've asked for gear in non-standard terminology. Often happens when they call things by the brand name rather then the industry term.

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Yes I’ve encountered that before

[@kapurar]

That was great! Thank you Daniel!

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[@davidarlincooper]

Thank you, that was useful info and gave me some ideas.

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[@djfingersflores]

this was very helpful, thank you for making this. PEACE

[@syedarmaghanhassan4652]

Thanks for sharing Daniel.. Gold stuff. What a marvellous useful video. Keep up the good job! I searched for your video, because I bought a Godox SL150wii light (for a short-film, Indi Filmmaker stuff)... now on the Yoke below the light, there is a male 1/4 20 I guess. It is no way 3/8th. Now what kind of converter do I need to put it on a C-Stand? this is really frustrating thing about setup!

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

If it’s 1/4 this should work - bit.ly/Man5814

[@syedarmaghanhassan4652]

@@DanielNortonPhotographer gjanks so much Dany, Below the Yoke, the is a male 1/4 screw. I need a female 1/4 to male 3/8" I think. Man, why could they just make things universal? How much more weight would a 3/8" have? Thwy xould have used it overall, but we Europeans had to make our own things. Anyway, I am so thanksful for your support snd love the work you are doing. Carry on! God bless you!

[@curtisclement]

Is there a baby pin that has a flat side to prevent whatever mounted from slipping?

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

Not a full pin, but some short ones do

[@edwinkeeton9203]

Thanks Daniel. Just for the record I've never used anything that isn't one of those sizes.

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Cool

[@jwfearn]

Another size to know about 5/8"-27 which is commonly used for microphone stands and mounts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone_stand

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[@loiclaynell]

helpful thank you

[@kohana6798]

Amazing!

[@marknash9546]

I got a couple of cheap "universal" lighting tripods from China and the thread is more than a 1/4 but less than 3/8! Doesn't appear to metric either as I can't find a nut that with thread to it all the way down. Is this something more recent? something mis-manufactured? Just wondering if anyone knows why they are this odd in-between size.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Anything you want to describe as a pro tog is useful; even to us non-pro "keen amateurs"! :0)))

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[@ae5320]

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[@debanej]

I think part of the fun of being a photographer is getting to ‘MacGyver’ all the gear to get what you want it to do!

[@DanielNortonPhotographer]

For sure

[@GilbertTV]

brilliant..

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[@aaronadam4849]

1/4-20 male or female 3/8 male or female...5/8 post (baby)… Jr. post or receiver