Clever implementations by our customers.

We decided to include on our web site this page to share ideas and implementations of VideoPrompter that extend beyond our original plans. I wish I had started this page a long time ago. Some of the ideas I received throughout the past 4 years were simply wonderful. I wish I could remember all those ideas and who sent them in. From now on, they will go right here for all to benefit from. If you have come up with an alternative or enhanced teleprompter solution please e-mail me, become famous and share it with the rest of the world.
We would love to hear about it (or better yet, include a picture so we can all see it).

Drawing of a design by Richard Price for creating an inexpensive, tripod mount teleprompter stand.

Notes from Richard...
In my work I use straight-on people shots, but some standing, some sitting, etc, and I wanted an easy way to move the camera around and change tripod height without having to readjust the prompter.  What you suggest is true, I can tilt a few degrees within the limitation of the of the lens/glass angle.

I have the Bogen 3063 fluid head on my tripod and this head has a built-in "quick mount".  This doesn't lend itself to the normal teleprompter mounting plate design.  When I disassembled the fluid head, I found a good spot (in the aluminum casting) that I could drill and tap a 1/4-28 hole on each side of the base casting.  By fitting some 1/8" by 1" metal bars against the profile of the casting (filing and hacksawing the metal bars), I used these 2 holes (one on each side) to hold the bars in place, along with a long bolt in front of the casting to "squeeze" against the casting. It is completely stable and can be removed in less than 5 minutes.  The counterweight is necessary to prevent unnecessary wear on the tripod rotation bearing.

I got the 60/40 beam splitter from Edmund (10" x 14").  I should have cut it to a smaller size, but out of laziness simply made the box large enough to hold this glass.  It could have been about 8" x 10", but I didn't know this when I started because I hadn't purchased the computer at that time. 

Richard Price, Vice President
Martin Sales International