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Backdrop stands are an essential piece of equipment
for photographers or filmmakers, whether
you're shooting in a studio or on location,
it allows you to mount a clean, seamless
backdrop, including cotton muslin backdrops,
or paper backdrops directly to a stand.
And we also go through and compare.
cotton muslin backdrops as well
as paper backdrops in a video.
So we'll link that up above and in the
description down below, there's so many
different options available on the market.
Firstly, starting with a popup
collapsible backdrop stand.
And what that is is basically a light stand
tripod with a peg or a clamp at the top that
allows you to mount a collapsible backdrop.
Collapsible backdrops are large backdrops,
however, suitable for single subjects.
And they can be as big as
1.5 metres wide by 2.1 tall.
So you can see, you can use that
portable and on location, and you
can collapse that down and basically.
Take that around with you and store it away.
Nice and easy.
There's also T-stands available and T-stands
are also just tripod legs, as well as
a crossbar, which you can mount a backdrop
to the actual stand via clamps or pegs.
Another option is a four-kilo backdrop
stand and that's basically just a
standard duty or light duty stand.
That can mount cotton muslins or half-length
paper rolls, half-length paper rolls vary in
weight perhaps only about three kilos or so.
So they're ideally suited for the four kilos.
Then there's also an eight-kilo backdrop
stand or a heavy-duty backdrop stand.
And for that, you can actually mount full
length paper rolls, full length, varying
all the way up to about three metres in
length and they weigh about six kilos.
So you can see that's more
suited to a heavy-duty stand.
You can also use a makeshift backdrop stand.
If you have some C-stands
available as well as boom arms.
So you can get two C-stands as well as
their relevant boom arms, and then mount
a paper backdrop across those C-stands.
And that way you can actually utilize
stands that you may already have, which
may be some C-stands as a backdrop stand.
And lastly, there's also another backdrop
stand available and it's growing in popularity,
which is their telescopic backdrop stand.
And that's typically used for trade show displays.
So it has two crossbars, one at the top and one
at the bottom, and it actually has the side legs.
And it has a smaller footprint because you
don't have tripod legs that spread out and
occupy too much space along the ground.
So you can use these and these are telescopic.
So that means the actual crossbars
reduce and increase in length.
And these are popular to use for cotton
muslin backdrops, paper backdrops,
or even just trade show displays.
So if you have a backdrop printed out
for your trade show or exhibition,
You can use these stands as well.
So the first backdrop stand we'll look
at is the popup collapsible backdrops.
Then it basically comprises of a heavy-duty,
light stand or a light stand tripod, which I
have with me here and also a heavy-duty peg.
And this is a big clamp here that mounts
directly to the top of the actual stand.
So you can see, this is just a
standard five, eight-inch spigot.
Um, we have some stands here which are heavy duty.
So you can move the position of this actual
spigot to be at the top position there
and then mount the actual head clamp.
And tighten the thumb screw there.
So it's nice and easy and you
can also tilt the actual head.
So you can tilt that if you want to angle the
actual backdrop, once it's clamped on all you
need to do after that is clamp your backdrop
directly to the peg right here at the top.
Now these stands are actually about
2.6 metres high, and that allows you
to mount large collapsible backdrops
that are about that 2.1 metres high.
And that's nice and easy.
The whole goal of these backdrop sands
is to be portable, lightweight, easy
to store away and easy to transport.
I mean, it's just perfect for on location.
The next backdrop stand option is called a T-stand.
The T-stand also comprises of a light stand
as well as a crossbar that you mount on the top.
And it makes the shape of a T. It comes
with a carry bag, just like this.
And inside you have the light stand
and the crossbar that's in three parts.
You connect the crossbars together.
And that allows you to have the crossbar
at the top where you can actually mount
the backdrop to using pegs or clamps.
This is a nice, portable, easy, lightweight option
as well, because it comes with his carry bag.
It allows you to transport this or store
this away and bring it on location as
well as use in a studio and taking a step
up from there is the four-kilo backdrop.
Then this also comes in a carry bag.
And what this comprises of
is actually two tripod legs.
So you have one on either side and you have
four segments for your crossbar at the top.
It's a little bit heavier in terms of duty,
where you can mount cotton muslin backdrops as
well as paper backdrops onto this stand, cause
it supports a heavier load up to four kilos.
The actual crossbars simply connect together
and you mount it to the tripod legs at the top.
There's screw threads that mount straight
on, and then you have a wing nut.
To lock the crossbar into position.
This then here is great because it's still
lightweight and also is suitable to use in studio.
If you want to use accessories to further
stabilize your actual backdrop stands,
I'd recommend using some sandbags.
And also perhaps some backdrop pegs, if you're
mounting a backdrop to this, and you want
to ensure that the actual backdrops taught
to both sides of the actual tripod legs of
the backdrop, stand for a video just on how
to set up a sandbag and also different ideas
on what you can use as weights for sandbag.
We'll link it up above as well as in the
description below and taking another step up from
the four kilos stand is the eight-kilo backdrop stand.
This is a heavy-duty backdrop stand and suitable
for full-length paper backdrops as well as all
the other backdrops that are lighter weight
compared to that large full length paper backdrop.
So you can mount cotton muslin, paper backdrops,
vinyl backdrops, or an array of different
backdrops that you can use with this backdrop stand.
This one here is a little bit more heavy-duty.
Um, it comes in a larger bag and it's
also a little bit heavier to carry around.
But still suitable for on-location
as well as studio.
It's perfect
If you want a permanent setup of a backdrop
stand or something that you can just
simply store away when you're not using it.
Another great option as a backdrop
stand is the telescopic backdrop stand.
You can see this also comes with a carry bag.
And also two flat legs, and these
are flat legs different to that
of light stand legs or tripod legs.
Cause you can see it occupies a lot
smaller in terms of the footprint.
So if you have limited space, this is
great to set up the telescopic backdrop
stand actually has two crossbars,
one at the top and one at the bottom
as well as two along the side.
So it kind of creates a square or rectangular
shape and you can actually reduce or increase
the size of the actual backdrop stand because.
The telescopic crossbars allow you to do so.
These backdrop stands are perfect.
Use it as trade show displays as well
as simply just mounting backdrops
up, including cotton muslin, and pay
for backdrops they're heavier duty.
And because they have a nice flat leg.
You can actually mount them quite
easily and stabilize those with sandbags or
counterweights to ensure a nice sturdy backdrop.
Now, the last option for a backdrop stand
is sort of like a makeshift backdrop.
So which you can actually use, uh,
any C-stands or studio lighting stands
that you have, if they have boom arms.
So if you have a C-stand with a boom arm,
you can have one on either end and have the
boom arms mounted, so that it's horizontal.
And that way you can insert your backdrop
in either brand, especially if it's like
a paper backdrop roll that has a hollow
core, and you can slide them in and
use that as an actual backdrop stand.
That way you have lighting stands that you can
use for lighting stand purposes, as well as using
that actual same stand to mount a backdrop.
So if you have extra stands available,
it's perfect for use with backdrops.
So just going through how to set up most backdrop
stands, which includes the T-stand as well
as the four-kilo stand and eight kilos, then.
It's relatively simple to set up.
So here I've got the tripod leg
is just one of the tripod legs.
So on the T-stand, you only have one tripod
leg, whereas the four kilo and eight kilo,
you have two tripod legs on either side.
So to open that up, it's simply grab two of the
legs and just expand that slightly and push down
on the center column and that expands the legs out
and ensure that you have these a little bit wider.
If it's on the ground and then you screw
to tighten to ensure it's all locked in.
And then from there you have the different
segments to extend up, and this increases
the actual height of the backdrop stand.
So you need to increase both of the legs.
If you're on the four kilo or eight kilos,
stand at the same height to ensure that
the backdrop stand and crossbar is nice.
And even, and from there, what you'll
see on the top here is a little wing nut.
So if you undo that and there's also a washer.
So you can actually use these when you mount the
crossbar on top and then you place the washer
on top and then the wing nut to lock into place.
Now the next step would be
to connect the crossbars up.
So for, four-kilo backdrop stands
and eight-kilo backdrop stands.
There's typically four crossbars.
And for the T-stands, there's only three
crossbars. With the actual crossbars,
what you'll notice is the ends
actually have larger holes.
On either side.
So you can see there's larger holes in the top
and bottom, and that's to feed through the top of
the actual light stand or stands on either end.
And then on the middle cross bars, you'll see,
they only have smaller holes on the openings
there, and they have a silver side here, which
is basically the actual locking tabs that you
can actually push down to insert into each other.
So to do that, what you need to do
is hold them down on either side with
your fingers and insert the actual
crossbar, the second part, and then push.
And then those little tabs they pop out into
place once they reach that whole position there.
And that ensures a nice and locked crossbar
there, continue to do that with the third part.
And then the fourth part, which will be an end.
And it will basically look like.
There's some this, this direction.
And then that way you can mount that onto the
light stand of the crossbar on the other side.
So that was just a quick look at how
to set up a backdrop stand, as well
as all the different backdrops stand
options available on the market today.
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