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Trev - 08 Dec 2006 17:16 GMT

http://www.joby.com/uk/

Its a clamp/ tripod. Some one just asked my views Never seen any body here
seen one in use.

Cant help feeling its not very secure

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David Kilpatrick - 08 Dec 2006 18:05 GMT

> http://www.joby.com/uk/
>
> Its a clamp/ tripod. Some one just asked my views Never seen any body here
> seen one in use.
>
> Cant help feeling its not very secure

I have both the tiny one and the big one. The large one held my Sony
A100 and lens OK gripped to a balcony edge last week. You need to use
the self-timer/mirror up to avoid the vibration which it suffers from
though, quite 'resonant'.

David

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Trev - 08 Dec 2006 18:45 GMT

>> http://www.joby.com/uk/
>>
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> self-timer/mirror up to avoid the vibration which it suffers from though,
> quite 'resonant'.

Thanks David

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Mike Cawood, HND BIT - 18 Dec 2006 09:40 GMT

> http://www.joby.com/uk/
>
> Its a clamp/ tripod. Some one just asked my views Never seen any body
> here seen one in use.
>
> Cant help feeling its not very secure

Go for a proper tripod or mini tripod.
Those gorillapods look as if they are as stable as a blob of jelly.
Mike.

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JohnDW - 18 Dec 2006 10:53 GMT

Mike Cawood, HND BIT, in article <4un60pF18jmkkU1
@mid.individual.net>, says...

>Go for a proper tripod or mini tripod.
>Those gorillapods look as if they are as stable as a blob of jelly.
>Mike.

I've got one (the SLR version) and, whilst it doesn't replace
a good full-size tripod, it fits inside my small SLR backpack
so is always with me. It is better than other mini-pods I've
used being more stable and versatile in the field. If you
want portability for field use, it will fit your needs, being
light-weight and mainly plastic. The joints are stiff (but
mine is relatively new...) and the plastic ring grippers on
each segment are of a rubber-like quality. This means it can
be securely wrapped round the likes of a branch or rapidly
adjusted to stand on an uneven surface.

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Justin C - 18 Dec 2006 22:32 GMT

> Mike Cawood, HND BIT, in article <4un60pF18jmkkU1
> @mid.individual.net>, says...
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> be securely wrapped round the likes of a branch or rapidly
> adjusted to stand on an uneven surface.

Looks like a gimmick to me. What's going to happen after a bit of use
when the joints start loosening?

WRT standing on uneven surfaces, so do tripods.

I don't get the wrapping around the branch of a tree thing. A camera is
quite heavy, it's going to want to hang from a branch, getting any
device to support the camera in any useful position is going to take a
lot of time. However, if you rest a bean-bag on a branch and a camera on
top of that, you're talking a very short amount of time... bean-bag's
cheaper too.

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