Shooting on a desk in a small apartment
A desk in a one-room apartment has to be a workspace most of the time and a set for a couple of hours. Everything about the setup should be reversible in under five minutes, or it will not survive the first week.
Clamp to the desk, not the floor
Floor stands take space you do not have and get knocked. A clamp on the desk edge holds a light or a camera in the same position every time and disappears when unclamped. It also cannot be walked into.
Mark the positions once
A strip of tape on the desk showing where the clamp and the chair go turns setup into a thirty second job. It sounds fussy and it is the single change that makes a temporary setup sustainable.
Deal with the background before the camera
In a small room the background is a foot behind you and every object in it is legible. Clearing a two metre width once, permanently, does more for the look of the shot than any equipment on this page.
What we have on the shelf for this
Everything below is in the Tripods and Mounts section at Avenue Electronics right now, listed newest price first. Stock moves, so the page is the authority.
- AMAZEAR Phone Camera Grip with Selfie Stick Tripod — $29.99
- Custom Built for Blue Yeti Shock Mount with Pop Filter, 2026, Suspension — $29.97
- Magnetic Mini Selfie Stick for iPhone with Light (MPT-02) — $22.99
- LenTok Overhead Tripod Mount for Camera Webcam Ring Light — $17.97
- Microphone Stand Tray with Phone Holder, 11" x 10.8" Clamp-On Shelf with Crab Clamp for Musi — $13.99
- MagSafe Tripod 360 Foldable Aluminum — $8.99
What it costs
Across tripods and mounts at Avenue Electronics prices currently run from $8.99 to $29.99. In tripods and mounts that spread is mostly build quality and pack size rather than brand name: the cheapest option on this shelf is a reasonable place to start, and the dearest earns the difference in daily use rather than on the specification sheet.
Questions we get at the counter
Are the vlogging kits complete?
Each kit page lists exactly what is in the box. Where a kit needs a phone or a camera you already own, the page says so.
Can I return a light that is too harsh?
Within 30 days, unused and in original packaging, yes.
Related parts of the shop
If this was not quite what you were looking for, the neighbouring sections are Ring and Video Lights, Streaming Kits and Controllers, Wireless Display. They are all listed on the shop page.
Buying from Avenue Electronics
United States orders of $49 and over ship free, and a flat $6.95 applies below that. Everything is packed at 841 7th Ave in New York and we ship within the United States only. Avenue Electronics takes returns for 30 days from delivery on unused items in their original packaging, and the full terms are on the Avenue Electronics return policy page. If a specification you need is missing from a product page, call +1 212-579-1372 during opening hours — Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM | Sat-Sun: Closed — and we will check the item physically rather than guess.
Side by side
The table below pulls the published figures off the 6 tripods and mounts listings above so they can be compared without opening six tabs. A dash means the manufacturer of that tripods and mount did not state the figure, not that the item lacks it, because Avenue Electronics does not fill those gaps with estimates. Where a number matters to your decision and the table shows a dash, call +1 212-579-1372 and we will measure the item at the 841 7th Ave counter in about a minute.
| Item | Price | Quantity | Size | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZEAR Phone Camera Grip with Selfie Stick Tripod | $29.99 | – | – | – |
| Custom Built for Blue Yeti Shock Mount with Pop Filter, 20 | $29.97 | – | – | – |
| Magnetic Mini Selfie Stick for iPhone with Light (MPT-02) | $22.99 | – | – | – |
| LenTok Overhead Tripod Mount for Camera Webcam Ring Light | $17.97 | – | – | – |
| Microphone Stand Tray with Phone Holder, 11" x 10.8" Clamp | $13.99 | – | – | – |
| MagSafe Tripod 360 Foldable Aluminum | $8.99 | – | – | Aluminum |
How the rest of the shop is laid out
Avenue Electronics keeps a deliberately narrow content creator lighting and camera mounting range, split into the sections below. The counts and price bands are read from the live avenueelectronics.shop catalogue at the moment this page was built, so they show the actual shape of the Midtown West shelf rather than a marketing summary of it. If a section looks small, that is because Avenue Electronics would rather stock a few things we can answer questions about than list everything a distributor offers.
| Section | Items | Price range |
|---|---|---|
| Ring and Video Lights | 5 | $9.99 – $69.99 |
| Streaming Kits and Controllers | 5 | $9.99 – $89.99 |
| Tripods and Mounts | 6 | $8.99 – $29.99 |
| Wireless Display | 2 | $29.99 – $69.99 |
Reading a product page here
Every listing on avenueelectronics.shop is written from the manufacturer specification, and where the manufacturer is silent Avenue Electronics leaves the field out rather than fill the gap, which is why some content creator lighting and camera mounting pages are shorter than others. The details block on each page carries the figures that were actually published — pack quantity, size, material and compatibility — and the paragraph underneath says which part of the Midtown West shelf the item belongs to. Anything not covered there is a question for +1 212-579-1372, and Avenue Electronics would rather answer it before an order than process a return afterwards. Stock counts come from the same records the counter uses, so an item showing as available is an item on the shelf at 841 7th Ave.