Tripod indoors In A Pinch?

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

It's been said by some smarter than I on the internet that you can unscrew your lightshade and use the screw that holds it on for a makeshift tripod if you need one. The screws are evidently the same threads that your camera uses. Try it and see!

 

[mikew_RIP]

Trying to work that out,i think in the UK it could be illuminating in more ways than one

 

[davebike]

Might be useful to UK the larger thread used on tripods 3/8 BSF? is the same as used by UK fishing rod rests etc

When I fished a lot I always carried a converter to mount my camera on a rest proved very useful

 

[Eyelight]

The camera mount thread (1/4-20 in the US) is probably the most common thread known to mankind. Never thought about a lamp, but many would be 1/4-20. As long as the bail was welded into the lamp bracket and the tilty thingy was stiff and stable, it could work. But, I could imagine many a lamp dropping the camera.