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Never Complain About Blurry Travel Photos Again

November 16, 2010 Stuart

Joby GorillaPod SLR Mini Flex Leg Tripod

Even with optical and image stabilization capabilities built into compact digital point & shoot cameras and many SLR lenses these days, there are times when it just isn’t enough. Can you hand-hold a P&S camera – or any camera for that matter, stead for 5 seconds as you try to photograph fireworks? I don’t think so.

When travelling, I sometimes take my full-size tripod (shown here), other times I pack my compact one. When those options are too unwieldy, I bring along a GorillaPod. I have an older “GorillaPod SLR” model that I bought a while ago, but newer models include ball heads, heavier duty joints, and bubble levels.

GorillaPods are fairly inexpensive, ranging from $16 for the P&S model, to $30 and up for more sophisticaned and larger capacity ones. There are plenty of knock-offs on the market these days, but I haven’t yet seen one that compares to Joby’s quality.

I’ve used my GorillaPod in the sand, on tables, off railings, in the snow and in a grassy field. I never found a good time to wrap it around a tree as shown in various advertisements, but one day I’ll find a good reason to do so.

Joby GorillaPod Flex-Leg Mini Tripods via Amazon
Product Info via Joby

(Pictured above is the new GorillaPod SLR)

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2 Comments

  1. jeff_williams says

    November 17, 2010 at 8:56 am

    Oh man, just pair it with a remote shutter control on the SLR and I would have a great setup to use when my wife and I go hiking instead of using the timer and then running to get the back in the frame.

  2. Stuart says

    November 17, 2010 at 9:02 am

    That sounds good! I usually use a similar “set timer, dash into frame” method as well. One of these days I might be compelled to buy an IR remote to complement the wired one I use often.

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