From the course: Grip Gear for Photographers
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Roller stand
- A roller stand is simply a heavy duty stand on wheels. Now these stands are incredibly useful if you're moving a light with a modifier around the set a lot. You can simply roll them exactly where you need them to be. And it's really great if you're fine tuning the location of a flag or a diffuser or just the light. Now, a couple words of caution when using any kind of a roller stand and that is, they're not as solid as a C stand because of the wheels. So, you need to be careful about tipping. If you need to roll it around and it's raised very high, go ahead and lower all the sections until it's as low as possible so your center of gravity is as close to the floor. That'll keep it from tipping. Also be careful about cable because if you're rolling across a cable, not only can you hurt the cable but you can also, again, knock the stand over and therefore knock the light over. So that's important. And finally, once you do have it in place, most of these stands have wheels that lock…