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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.
