The Pod

UT ScottUT Scott Registered Users Posts: 175 Major grins
edited October 1, 2006 in Accessories
Hey, I tried doing a search for this but it said the words were too short or too common (which I can understand).

I was wondering if anyone has use The Pod. I'm going on a vacation this winter and I don't really want to haul a tripod with me the whole time. This looks like something that I can just throw in the bad and pull it out when I need to.

Anyone have an opinion on it?:scratch
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    Google can search for 3 letter words, just enter:


    "site:dgrin.com pod"

    Which got me here:

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=17538
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    I did...
    UT Scott wrote:
    Hey, I tried doing a search for this but it said the words were too short or too common (which I can understand).

    I was wondering if anyone has use The Pod. I'm going on a vacation this winter and I don't really want to haul a tripod with me the whole time. This looks like something that I can just throw in the bad and pull it out when I need to.

    Anyone have an opinion on it?headscratch.gif


    I purchased the bigger one as soon as they came out. Sold it the very next week. I had Canon 20D at the time.
    It's only good - in my opinion - for compact and ultracompact p&s.
    In which case, again strictly IMHO, something like Gorilla Pod would be a much more versatile alternative.

    No relation to any products. Just personal experience.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited September 29, 2006
    DavidTO wrote:
    Google can search for 3 letter words, just enter:


    "site: dgrin.com pod"

    do you know how long I've been trying to remember that syntax? lol3.gif

    I tried just about every combination of quotes and crap over the past few months, but never got it to work right (a major necessity for searching advrider).
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  • ESigginsESiggins Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't look that useful to me. What can this do that a jacket or sweater or something couldn't do?
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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    ESiggins wrote:
    Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't look that useful to me. What can this do that a jacket or sweater or something couldn't do?

    Not much:
    • thread onto the camera
    • reconfigure quickly

    I think the speed is about it's only real advantage from the brief time I used one (or something very very similar). You can litterally just plop your cammera down somewhere, squish it around to get the beads holding it in the right angle and shoot. With a sweeter or something you have to spend a lot more time adjusting it.

    Here's a more practical example: compare a bean bag chair with just balling up a comforter... you be the camera.
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    cabbey wrote:
    Here's a more practical example: compare a bean bag chair with just balling up a comforter... you be the camera.

    haha, that is very well put. how much does 'the pod' cost anyway?
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited October 1, 2006
    The pod is a great idea. But I think it'd be better if it weren't shaped the
    way it is. A more free form would allow you to adjust it better.
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  • photodougphotodoug Registered Users Posts: 870 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    all you ever needed to know:

    http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
  • UT ScottUT Scott Registered Users Posts: 175 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    photodoug wrote:
    all you ever needed to know:

    http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

    Wow, that's an awsome page! That safe search thing will be really cool! I hate searching for some normal thing and coming up with thousands of pages of porn!

    Very cool! Thanks thumb.gif
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