If you’ve been in a camera store in the last couple years,
you’ve undoubtedly seen Joby’s Gorilla Pod line of tripods. You know the ones –
with the funky legs that wrap around anything.
Well now, they’ve added a video head to those versatile
little legs, just for those of you with the lightweight Flip-style video cams. The Joby
Gorillapod Video is a game changer. Everyone knows that the best protection
from bad video is to prevent shakiness, but that means carrying a tripod.
(Cringe.)
Joby is going to make your life simpler with this new
product. Super lightweight, it folds flat enough to take up hardly any room in
your camera bag or pants pocket. Folded, it’s only 7” long and about 1” in
diameter. The weight is only 2.8 ounces. Heck, your computer mouse probably
weighs more than that.
Just like it’s big brother cousins, those ball-jointed legs
will bend to grip onto most anything. Even better, the feet are magnetized for a
surprising amount of gripping strength. Common sense says not to put your
camera on the hood of your car and enter the freeway, but chances are it would
work.
I used it recently to shoot video of myself while working on
my laptop. I was able to bend two of the legs to right angles to grab the top
of my laptop screen and then moved the third leg to precisely level my camera
right above the screen.
The main difference with this model is the video head,
however. With a full 360 degrees of panning motion, and 135 degrees of tilt
action, there aren’t many shots you are going to miss. There’s even a miniature
quick disconnect camera mounting plate that you can leave screwed to your
videocam so you are ready to start shooting on a moment’s notice.
Look for the new Gorillapod Video at your local camera shop
or at the Joby website.
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