Gorillapods

[legal-affairs]

I'm looking for a very small, very lightweight tripod to take travelling - mainly to allow me to shoot with available light in places like cathedrals where a flash is either inappropriate or of little utility. I've found what looks like a very cool solution:

http://www.joby.com/gp1.html

Anyone used one?

[Scootie]

yeah, i've got the large gorrillapod, the SLR Zoom, and it's pretty good

there's tonnes of places you can use it, there always seems to be a hand railing or a pole or just put it on the ground like a regular little tripod.

I do know that if you accidentally sit on it, it really hurts, so try and avoid that :)

I've played with the normal gorilla, the SLR one, and the SLR zoom and they all seem pretty good, and really only start to be a problem when you have too much stuff on them (like an SLR on the little one, which is too heavy to stick sideways on a pole)

I also have a little 'Monsterpod' that has the orange goop that sticks to anything (walls, trees, rocks, anything) which is also cool, but strangely enough, not as portable or flexible as the gorilla.

go the gorilla, they're good :)

[legal-affairs]

yeah, i've got the large gorrillapod, the SLR Zoom, and it's pretty good

there's tonnes of places you can use it, there always seems to be a hand railing or a pole or just put it on the ground like a regular little tripod.

I do know that if you accidentally sit on it, it really hurts, so try and avoid that :)

I've played with the normal gorilla, the SLR one, and the SLR zoom and they all seem pretty good, and really only start to be a problem when you have too much stuff on them (like an SLR on the little one, which is too heavy to stick sideways on a pole)

I also have a little 'Monsterpod' that has the orange goop that sticks to anything (walls, trees, rocks, anything) which is also cool, but strangely enough, not as portable or flexible as the gorilla.

go the gorilla, they're good :)
Many thanks - super helpful response!

[HoleInTheWall]

they look RAD. I want one!

[nettsu]

I do know that if you accidentally sit on it, it really hurts, so try and avoid that :)


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i won't ask...

[ilovetofeeldirty]

I was in the camera shop yesterday and the small one cought my eye. I now own it. Yet to put it to the test but the possibilities look endless.

[Scootie]

:lol:

i won't ask...

nothing too extreme ;) had it in my back pocket, forgot, sat down, jumped about 20 feet in the air, friends laughed. :)

[legal-affairs]

Well I decided to purchase the SLR one. Even wrapping it around my forearm seems to give me a lot less shake then shooting handheld. I think I'm going to like it lots.

[legal-affairs]

Well I decided to purchase the SLR one. Even wrapping it around my forearm seems to give me a lot less shake then shooting handheld. I think I'm going to like it lots.
I do like it lots. It was esepcially useful in Europe shooting in cathedrals using available light - I've got some really long exposures where the blur of moving people and the stillness of the cathedral makes a nice point about the work of man and the work of God.

[djbobbit]

pics or stfu

[legal-affairs]

pics or stfu
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/legal-affairs/IMG_1104_1.jpg

[horst]

wow that looks great

how long was the exposure?

there is a little bit of softness in the stationary bits which is not surprising with a longer exposure, but did you use the time release to eliminate button wobble?

[legal-affairs]

wow that looks great

how long was the exposure?

there is a little bit of softness in the stationary bits which is not surprising with a longer exposure, but did you use the time release to eliminate button wobble?
I'm working with a compact so there's no capacity to screw in a cable release - I could get a wireless remote but I'm not sure I'd getr the value out of it given that the next purchase is probably a DSLR. I think from memory I was playing with between 4 and 6 seconds.

I probably should have picked a better one to post first, though:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/legal-affairs/IMG_1311_1.jpg

[horst]

I meant the selftimer
most cameras have a 2 and 10 second self timer, the 2 second is there to elliminate button shake

another top shot which camera is this?

[horst]

I meant the selftimer
most cameras have a 2 and 10 second self timer, the 2 second is there to elliminate button shake

another top shot which camera is this?


canon S70
first picture 1.6s f/4.5 and the second 3.2s f/8

[legal-affairs]

I meant the selftimer
most cameras have a 2 and 10 second self timer, the 2 second is there to elliminate button shake
That is a very good idea which would never have occurred to me. Cheers, that man!

[horst]

That is a very good idea which would never have occurred to me. Cheers, that man!

well back to europe you go then

the selftimer is very helpful even if you don't use a tripod you can get sharp pictures down to 1/60 second and if you rest it against a pole down to 1/10

[nettsu]

well back to europe you go then


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