Mounting kino flo to a still camera's tirpod mount

Mark Allen · January 12, 2005

This is for a still photo shoot I'm doing.

I was wondering if anyone here might have a suggestion on how I could mount a circular kino flow to the tripod attachement (not the flash foot) on my camera (Canon Digital Rebel SLR). I'll want the kino to go around the lense of course.

I have an indoor shoot coming up where I wanted to try using a round kino on the lense, but remain handheld. Thoughts or links? thanks.

Greg Gross · January 12, 2005

Hello Mark,

I went on the Kin-Flo website to look up adapters for light to lens. I could

not find adapter rings listed for still cameras. They only list filter rings,ad-

apters for movie camera lenses, panavision etc. . I have an idea, I shoot

with a digital 300 rebel also. Contact camera supply store and see if you

can get a step down ring for a 84mm,85mm Kino-Flo circular light. This

ring would allow you to change the 84mm,85mm ring to a 58mm ring or

smaller with a different step down ring. This way you can mount light dir-

ectly to the lens. Its really intended to be mounted at the lens but you could

take it off lens possibly in some particular shoot. I always try to push beyond

what something is intended to do, for creativity. The smallest adaptor ring

that Kino-Flo offers is 84mm. Step-down ring may be solution.

Greg Gross

Greg Gross · January 13, 2005

Hello Again Mark,

I did a re-think on your question about mounting Kino light to camera using

tripod adaptor hole of camera. I did a search today and could not find any

adaptor rings(step downs) to convert movie camera rings that Kino provides.

These are 84mm,85mm etc. as used on Panavision lens etc.. Here's what I

think you can do. Do you have access to a studio shop where you do pro-

duction or to a machine shop? The Kino Flo ring light weighs 1Lb. and may be

too heavy to mount on Canon Rebel Digital/300 anyway. Get a piece of stock

aluminum or titanium and bend it so that it is shaped like a "U",actually a squ-

are shaped "U" (square with one of the long ends open). Drill holes in each

vertical section of the U towards the open end(each vertical side at the top,

top of open end left and right). The Kino Flo ring will set down inside this "U".

Assuming you have drilled holes in each side of the Kino Flo ring,frame. Left

and right sides of frame ,use some type of wing nut and locking washers to

hold Kino Flo ring to each side of "U". Now you need a straight piece of stock

to run from the bottom of the "U"(horizontal long side) to the bottom of the

camera body over the tripod adaptor hole. Drill holes at end of stock over

camera tripod hole and at bottom of "U" where straight stock meets it. Shop

will have to make measurements so that Kin Flo will slide over lens and be of

equal distance around lens,360 degrees. Greg

Tim Tyler · January 13, 2005

This is for a still photo shoot I'm doing.

I was wondering if anyone here might have a suggestion on how I could mount a circular kino flow to the tripod attachement (not the flash foot) on my camera (Canon Digital Rebel SLR). I'll want the kino to go around the lense of course.

If you can't mount the light directly to the lens, maybe try screwing a stud like this http://www.frezzi.com/images/accessories/Ls-1.jpg into the bottom of the camera and then using a bogen magic arm http://www.pictureline.com/photographic/ac...o/magicarm.html or something to connect it to the Kino.

Greg Gross · January 15, 2005

Hello Mark,

Scott C. Stueckle from Kino Flo Inc. e-mailed me. Kino Flo makes an artic-

ulated arm with a ring support that will hold the Kino Flo ring light around

the lens or in various positions off the lens(around camera axis). It looks

like it is great for tripod mounted camera. However I think I will still fab-

ricate bracket(holder for ring light) so I have freedom of moving hand held

camera and just power supply connected to ring light. I am still going to pur-

chase the Kino Flo articulated arm though,as it will serve me well in many oth-

er applications. Hope this will be of help to you.

Greg Gross

Mark Allen · January 15, 2005

Thanks for all the thoughts Greg and Tim - I'm researching them. The Bogen thing does sort of seem like what I was imagining must exist... I wonder... do you think that I could trust it to hold the weight of the light, itself - all hanging from this tripod screw? Would the screw strip?

I do have a friend who likes to work with metal, unfortunately he's building my monitor stand at the moment and I guess there's only so much you can ask of your friends. Myself, I can't build a sandwhich.

Greg - do you have a link to the Kino-Flo articulated arm? I'm not seeing it, I'm seeing references to it, but no details.