The bonkers-looking answer to those times when you need a rock steady camera, but can't carry a tripod, and even if you did, there's nowhere flat enough to stand it. Neat :-)
Number Six: Joby Gorillapod
No, it's not a pod to keep your gorilla in until you need to pop him out for emergency use, the Gorillapod is actually an ingenious camera tripod that's ideally suited to outdoors use on those days when you simply can't be bothered to lug a whopping great tripod around with you.
Designed for use with compact digital cameras, though of course it'd work just as well with conventional compacts, the three legs of the 'pod can be contorted into pretty much any position to cope with undulations or give a leach-like hold on, say, a tree trunk or a vertical gatepost.
You could even, say the makers, wrap it around a handy-shaped rock to give you a stable platform for snapping that killer sunset or low light landscape. Or just use it as a conventional mini-tripod. There's a quickly detachable plate that fits onto the base of your camera for rapid deployment as well.
You can find full details on the Woodland Organics web site at www.woodlandorganics.com. Price is around £20 and there's also an SLR version for around double that.
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
Posted: 07/11/2008 at 15:19
It is a good bit of kit isn't it. I only have a little one too though!
(Stands back, and awaits rude jokey comment from either Mike, Frum, CB, ID, Diddy, NPC, FB, Metric, Parky, DW, B, G, Matt, Ed, etc etc etc)
Posted: 07/11/2008 at 23:57
As opposed to owning the next model up in the Gorillapod range is what I'm meaning there, ok!
I'm actually hung like a ...........if truth be known upon the matter!
I was merely going to say,.... horse thief in the old west......so don't be alarmed!
Posted: 08/11/2008 at 01:09
It is a good bit of kit isn't it. I only have a little one too though!
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