Joby Gorillapod - SLR | 
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| Brand: Joby
Category: CE
Buy New: £19.99
New (18) from £19.99
Rating:  35 reviews
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Weight Recommendation (lbs): 1.8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 2 x 2
MPN: GP2-01P
Model: GP2-01P
UPC: 854630001025
EAN: 0854630001025
ASIN: B000HAVVFG
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Joby Gorillapod firmly secures your camera to just about anything- anywhere and everywhere! Unlike traditional tripods, the gorillapod doesn't require an elevated surface for you to take the perfect shot.
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 Gorillapod - handy flexible tripod - which works! March 24, 2007
C. Hutton (Dorset, United Kingdom)
68 out of 69 found this review helpful
It really does work! I've had mine wrapped around the banisters, camera hanging over the side of the stairs, and it was tight and secure.
The Gorillapod comes with a screw adapter giving you the ability to add a tripod head of your choice, which allows for more flexibility.
I'd recommend buying the *SLR-Zoom* version if you have any kind of SLR or even bridge/hybrid camera, even if it doesn't exceed the weight limit of the *SLR* version. Once you add a tripod head, flash, maybe a bigger lens or lens extensions/filters, it adds quite a bit of weight. Better to be on the safe side!
Great gadget to stuff in your bag for when a larger tripod just isn't practical.
Joby Gorillapod January 2, 2007
Angela R (Lincolnshire, England)
43 out of 44 found this review helpful
I bought the Joby Gorillapod for my husband for Christmas; he was thrilled and had never seen one before. It is an amazing 'bit of kit' and so flexible you can more or less attach it to anything. We've had hours of fun taking pictures of all the family; normally one of us gets left out, but now we can all be together in more family shots.
This is bound to become a design icon of the future and really "does what it says on the tin". And a real bonus is that it's small enough to put in you coat pocket and weighs about 2oz. Just fantastic, highly recommended.
Brilliant February 6, 2007
A. Butterfield (UK)
38 out of 40 found this review helpful
This is a great idea. A tripod with segmented legs that you can just bend into the position you want.
It has some major advantages over a normal mini tripod.
The main one for me is that it copes effortlessly with uneven surfaces that would make another tripod unstable. And you can squeeze it easily into awkward shaped places.
It will, to some extent, cling to branches and things if you wrap the legs around them. But while slightly rubbery, there isn't enough grip to hold it steady on, say, a vertical post.
There's a tiny adapter that you can screw onto your camera and leave there. Then your camera slots onto the tripod in a second. Very slick.
The gorillapod weighs almost nothing and it's tiny, so you can put it in your shirt pocket.
There aren't really any downsides,except that you should know this version is only for really small cameras like the Canon Ixus. Anything bigger will be too heavy (there are bigger gorillapods for bigger cameras).
I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Joby Gorillapod - SLR Zoom: Great piece of everyday equipment for your SLR April 12, 2007
Fisher Queen (Scotland)
31 out of 35 found this review helpful
I have a DSLR, and given that I like to change my lenses, I thought this might be the best option to buy. This is the largest of the three gorillapods available - the first is for compact cameras, the second for SLRs, and this will hold SLRs with large or heavy lenses.
The gorillapod is a good, sturdy piece of equipment. If in the instance your gorillapod breaks, you should contact joby directly, who will replace it.
The thing which should be pointed out, is that you will probably want to buy a seperate tripod head for this camera. A tripod head will allow you to place your gorillapod where you want, and then swing the camera upwards, downwards, or from side to side. The gorillapod comes with an adaptor screw, which allows for a different size screw diameter for a tripod head to be attached.
The beauty of the gorillapod is that you can either use it as a table top tripod (perfect for little home shots of macro pieces) or outdoors and attach it to pretty much anything!
Overall, a neat little gadget which will fit perfectly into your bag for day trips, without needing to cart a large bulky tripod round with you all day long.
 Bulky but often very useful October 15, 2007
Mr. Rik John Wells (Bucks, UK)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
The Gorillapod devices are alternatives for tripods or supports, only enabling a camera's attachment to and positioning on all sorts of things such as railings and trees as well as more conventional use as a miniature tripod, if considerably more adjustable for uneven terrain. The light grey sections of the legs (including the "feet") are grippy soft synthetic rubber-like material which help to prevent slippage. This definitely helps confidence when relying on it to safely support your thousand-pounds-or-more-worth of equipment! The joints are ball-joints and are quite stiff, which also helps with stability and the "safety" aspect. I do wonder how long the stiffness will last, but they are likely to last quite a while as they "share" movement. The stiffness does provide good stability for long exposures, excepting conditions where vibration may interfere with the way it has been mounted.
As has been mentioned in other reviews, the SLR Zoom version is essential for heavy camera/lens/etc. combinations, but it is rigid enough to support my Nikon D80 with 18-200mm zoom, weighing in at 3.3kg although finely adjusting where the camera is pointing is usually awkward without an additional tripod head. The smallest version (bought for my partner for use with her Coolpix 7900 and found to be very useful indeed) has a "neck" so you can wrap the legs around whatever and then bend it so that the camera is aimed perfectly at the subject. As this version is intended for use with considerably heavier equipment, there is no neck, so either you should bear the subject matter in mind as you apply the legs or use an additional tripod "head" as well. Without the separate adjustment, it can be very difficult to frame the subject. A head which allows for easy release of the camera would help, too, as the legs do add substantially to the awkwardness of carrying a camera! They can be "moulded" into a "single" leg to help support, though.
The light grey sections are susceptible to staining, especially as they are so soft, but IMHO, that's simply a sign that the item has been used!
The unit is very light, but quite bulky. Carrying it around in a camera bag is expensive in terms of space unless you are sure you're likely to use it. However, it is so versatile that I would make sure I took it on holiday, for example. I suspect everyone would have their own opinion of when and for what they might use it, but I would err on the side of taking it, certainly if self-portraits or long exposures are planned!
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