Joby GP1-A1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Grey and Black) by Joby
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Digital camera reviews of Joby GP1-A1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Grey and Black)
Digital camera Review: Better than expected!
Summary: 5 Stars
Love, love, love it! Purchased to use it with my FlipMinoHD. It's perfect. Tried wrapping around several things when I first opened the package and it works like a charm on anything. I hooked it on to the back of our bar stool, onto a street post, and then stood it up it different positions. Very easy to use, and really helpful when you need your hands free to video tape the kids. I could see using it with your digi cam as well during travels and group shots but haven't yet. Either way, this is the way to go if you are looking for a tripod. Glad I stumbled upon it on Amazon. Seriously neat!Digital camera Review: Bought this for my father's new camcorder
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this for my father around Christmas. I knew he was getting a new video camera, as well as a Haier Handheld LCD TV, and loves to go out with his camper, so this is super easy for him to put anywhere. It works great, and holds to all sorts of places. He's not the most steady hand, so he's able to get all the family moments without having to adjust a clunky tripod. Great buy, easy to use.Digital camera Review: Brilliant, brilliant product
Summary: 5 Stars
I love everything about this tripod.
(1) It holds my Canon S30 camera with no problem. It's a bit of an older camera, shaped like a brick and fairly heavy, especially compared to more modern P&S's. But this does a decent job holding it up. Though this likely wouldn't be useful on cameras larger or heavier than mine.
(2) The leg segments are stiff enough to stay and grip on most surfaces. It's not just the bottom of the legs that are used for support, you can also wrap the legs around objects that aren't too wide. Using it to mount on unconventional objects (like a tree branch) is a little tricky for me because my camera is a on the heavy side, but I imagine with newer camera it would be easy.
(3) Even the packaging. A small yet strong paper box that is pretty much the same size as the tripod. No waste.
Overall great product and great thinking into everything that went into it! I wish all companies were as smart as you guys.
Digital camera Review: Brilliant, fun, and one downside.
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, I use this with a Canon PowerShot S3IS which is a rather heavy digital camera, so it you've got a light and compact camera, you might not have the problem I'm having.
I bought this tripod to help steady my camera to sell stuff on auction sites (you likely know what I'm talking about here). I can sit this tripod on my desk or wrap it around something else to suspend the camera in up in the air and shoot downward. The flexible legs give me a world of opportunities for getting different angles on pictures. I can make minor height or angle adjustment just by bending one or more of the legs a bit.
Also, even outside I can wrap the legs around my hand and it helps me steady the camera for certain pictures.
The downside with my particular camera is that the structure is not stiff enough. Between the weight of the camera and the pressure needed to trip the shutter, I end up moving the camera even when I have it locked down on the tripod on my desk, so I need one hand to steady the camera even with the tripod. That said, the one drawback I've encountered is worth it considering the creative possibilities this cool tripod opens up.
One more thing, I realize I might be better off with the digital SLR version, but right now I'm just too cheap to buy it.
Digital camera Review: Buy this tripod, it's simply amazing!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this tripod with my Panasonic Lumix TZ5 and I assume it works with all the Lumix lines since they have the same standard tripod mount. This device has single-handedly changed the way I take pictures! I recently went with my gf on vacation and we were able to get such amazing shots of the both of us in a huge variety of settings because we were able to take "self timer" pictures of ourselves - and all without bothering other people to constantly take photos for us! The picture taker is always missing from a shot, but not with the Gorillapod!
Pros:
- Small and portable. Lightweight and easy to carry around. I carry it around in the pocket of my cargo shorts all the time. I'm certainly not going to lug a big tripod around. So for me, it's either this or nothing.
- Flexible legs can be used to grip around just about anything. This enables amazing and creative camera shots. And I mean anything! We hung it on trees, railings, set it up on the street, on cars, tables, chairs, etc.
- Get the shot you want using "self picture". How many times have I bothered some stranger to take a picture for me so that everyone can be in the picture? Usually, they don't frame it exactly as you like, you are lucky to get a couple of shots before you feel like you're imposing and it's impossible to take the time to set the camera to settings that create a good picture. With the Gorillapod, those are issues of the past!
- Great for night pictures or any picture with a long exposure. Again, this is true of any tripod but who is going to lug around a big tripod just to take better night time shots?
Cons:
- Has some trouble holding weight of camera in a fixed position. The mount attaches to the side of my Lumix camera. Because of that, in certain positions, the neck of the tripod sometimes folds under the weight of the camera - particularly in situations where the camera is already tilted a little relative to the legs of the tripod. So far, I've usually been able to position the camera in such a way as to overcome this issue. However, if the base/neck of the tripod was much stiffer, would be better. If your mount is in the middle of your camera base, then probably won't be a big issue.
All in all, don't hesitate to buy this tripod. It has completely changed the type of pictures I take and dramatically increased my picture taking as well!