i just got one and their a belitng bit of kit , my camera is an ixus 70 and the little gorillapod suits it perfectly , iv'e tryed it on everything i can find and it just sticks there ,
this will be a permanent resident in my pack from now on
I got a Gorillapod SLR for Xmas a couple of years ago. There's no way on Earth it'll hold my SLRs. It is, however, useful: when I'm photographing wildlife at night I use it to put a slave flash in a tree, to throw some light down on the subject (to give it a moonlit look). As can be seen here:
That's interesting Parky - it's absolutely hopeless with mine. With the Canon 5D it's not even worth trying, and with one of the smaller SLRs like a 450D it still struggles. Maybe mine's a bit duff?
Anyway, it still serves a useful purpose, holding the flashgun on tree branches etc.
it's a handy thing to have. i wouldn't like to attach my d80 to a post or something like that with it though. as an emergancy tripod it's fine. (the Angel quite unreasonably draws the line where holiday packing goes). i never thought of using it with a flash though so a good tip there michael.
My (small size) gorillapod is hopeless even with a compact. If I'm not carrying a proper tripod then I go back to my trusty Ultrapod - much simpler and much better imo.
It is a good bit of kit isn't it. I only have a little one too though!
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