I just picked up a GS320

[GeoffGeoff]

for only 200 yeah it was a steal haha but I want a handle and a fisheye. I'm gonna get a Kenko cos I'm a bit strapped for cash and I don't intend to use it all the time, but as for the handle, do I have to make my own as I've seen others do or can I buy one somewhere? I don't really have the resources to do it myself unless they make conveniently curved pieces of metal haha soo yeah.

 

[GeoffGeoff]

Aww cmon bump?

 

[Brian Boston]

Just goto home depo, get a strip of aluminum, pop in it a vice grip and bend it with your hands. Than drill a hole in the bottom and get a bolt the same size as a tripod hole.. its easy

 

[.erik]

scooter bolts fit in my gs320s tripod bolt...

 

[P4RK3R]

^^wrong threads, you'll strip it


Geofff, I'll give you my handle for free

 

[.erik]

but it still worked on a tripod fine..

 

[codyferner]

use pvc pipe and bolts

 

[idk47]

Get steel angles, like what you use to hang shelves, 2 of them and bolt them together. 2 washers and some velcro. Then get a 3/4 inch 1/4 bolt and screw it in. http://www.hdskate.com/skateboarding-articles/filming/make-your-own-video-camera-handle/

 

[GeoffGeoff]

Sweet thanks dude

 

[P4RK3R]

but it still worked on a tripod fine..

The threads inside the camera are plastic, so you can reshape them easily when you put wrong threaded bolts in there

 

[idk47]

No problem.

And parker, on my video camera it had metal threads..

 

[GeoffGeoff]

Yeah it has metal threads

 

[P4RK3R]

Yeah it has metal threads

I've used an older version and it had plastic threads.

http://www.opteka.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12&HS=1
Get that Geoff.

 

[aj_rides_scoots]

i got the same camera with a fish eye and fire wire and everything for only 200 =P

 

[GeoffGeoff]

Brand new though?

 

[aj_rides_scoots]

preety much but its still gooooood

 

[AJ]

yea, i was supposed to but i got lazy and didnt. i dont think there is enough metal to do it, i will try the next time i go over. or i can ask my dad or christine to bring it here lol

 

[team_punishment]

scooter bolts fit in my gs320s tripod bolt...

i did the same thing lol

 

[P4RK3R]

scooter bolts fit in my gs320s tripod bolt...

i did the same thing lol

You must not be threading it in all the way. Scooter bolts have narrow threads, and tripod bolts have wide threads. With a thick handle, you must not be threading in the scooter bolt enough to hold the camera on good/ strip the threads