C stands are more than just a heavy duty light stand.
Attach camera to c stand.
The light stand peter uses is a c stand.
But are they worth 120 150.
There are 100 s of items that are made that can attach to a c stand arm.
They re also easy to connect other things to like a grip head and arm.
The diameter of the arm is a universal size for many of these accessories being 5 8th of an inch.
You also have more room to move freely under the camera without worrying about knocking into tripod legs.
The camera bracket below in particular is super handy for rigging a camera on the end of the arm.
In this video.
His reason for this is simple.
They have wide legs that can support a lot of weight when it s balanced properly.
They re pretty rock solid.
Basically you attach a grip head boom pole holder to your light stand put your camera on a monopod and then combine the two.
You don t have to stand on the table to get those beautiful overhead photographs of your latest fabulous food creation.