Quick Pod for Self-Portraits

windoze

:rofl

would you put your camera on here?

http://tech.msn.com/guides/CES/videoquikpod.aspx


troy

Manfr3d

windoze wrote:

would you put your camera on here?

http://tech.msn.com/guides/CES/videoquikpod.aspx


troy

HeldDown

I spent a little time with the guy who invented this. When I asked if it would support an SLR, he went "Uhh... well, it won't BREAK it..." so we took a 30D with a kit lens and while it certainly didn't break, it did kind of turn into an elegent arc. He was confident enough that he wouldn't actually take his hands off the camera :P
He says he has a "hard core" one coming out soon, that's made of aluminum - however, he pointed out it likely still won't support an slr - even a rebel.

Ah well... it's just a stick with a screw on the end of it anyways.

Phyxius

hahaha, no I wouldn't

But, I can tell you that that hotel/casino he's infront of is the Venetian and I stayed there this spring...it's NICE!

ian408

That's a cool idea and one which is often used for onboard shots
of bicycle riders/skate boarders, etc. These guys, once they
perfect their boom setups, make some really cool images.

You can use the flexible arm from a desk lamp or even a monopod
(a bit on the heavy side). www.filmtools.com and www.stickypod.com
are two places you can use for ideas. I recently read a DIY article for
making a video setup using a flexible arm from some sort of metal
working setup.

To answer the original poster's question. No. I wouldn't stick my SLR
on that thing.

saurora

I certainly wouldn't put my DSLR on it, but I think it could be fun to take while traveling with a smaller camera.