Opinions on Gorillapods...

mushy

I'm thinking of buying their heavy duty version to take to vietnam to do the ocassional night time shot or storms or group photo's etc and was wondering if anyone here owns one or has opinions of them
Cheers
M

Ann McRae

mushy wrote:

I'm thinking of buying their heavy duty version to take to vietnam to do the ocassional night time shot or storms or group photo's etc and was wondering if anyone here owns one or has opinions of them
Cheers
M

Hopefully grimace (Adam Grimm) will chime in - he has one, travels alot, seemed to like it.

ann

ian408

Hey Mushy!

I just picked one up because I was curious too. Doesn't give you much
height but you can wrap it around stuff...that works pretty well too.

It's a tool and it works.

mushy

ian408 wrote:

Hey Mushy!

I just picked one up because I was curious too. Doesn't give you much
height but you can wrap it around stuff...that works pretty well too.

It's a tool and it works.

Thanks Ian and Ann, I think this will be the way to go for me just for the size. For the amount of use its going to get I'd rather have something like this and find myself a table or whatever if I want the extra height.

RogersDA

mushy wrote:

Thanks Ian and Ann, I think this will be the way to go for me just for the size. For the amount of use its going to get I'd rather have something like this and find myself a table or whatever if I want the extra height.

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=574556&postcount=10

Determine what you are going to put on the Gorillapod before you buy it. The SLR version I have is not good for the weight listed in the above thread. I have even put some gear on it that never got over 6 pounds and the legs still collapsed. I gave mine to my wife for her SD950 point and shoot.

Andy

RogersDA wrote:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=574556&postcount=10

Determine what you are going to put on the Gorillapod before you buy it. The SLR version I have is not good for the weight listed in the above thread. I have even put some gear on it that never got over 6 pounds and the legs still collapsed. I gave mine to my wife for her SD950 point and shoot.

Mine holds a 1Ds Mark III and a short lens, no problem - 24 TS/E....

mushy

Andy wrote:

Mine holds a 1Ds Mark III and a short lens, no problem - 24 TS/E....

I'm only getting one to use with a 20D and a 10-22mm or 17-85mm so I think weight wise i'd be pretty safe.
Thanks everyone for your opinions, greatly appreciated.

ian408

Andy wrote:

Mine holds a 1Ds Mark III and a short lens, no problem - 24 TS/E....

1d and an 8mm fish for sure. I got the heavy one.

Andy

Plus, Joby is SUPER green. When you buy, you can choose to pay LESS money if you go with a 'pod without a blister pack. And the shipping box is 100% post-consumer.


Don't forget the Club Smug discount

ian408

Very nice Andy!

mushy

Andy wrote:

Plus, Joby is SUPER green. When you buy, you can choose to pay LESS money if you go with a 'pod without a blister pack. And the shipping box is 100% post-consumer.


Don't forget the Club Smug discount

Nice one Andy, discount is always such a nice word unfortunately freight to Australia sometimes isn't! Will do some local comparisons.

tsk1979

I recently bought the gorillapod SLR Zoom. Havent used it much, but for whatever use its seen, the quality is good and it takes the 350D+kit lens easily.
Too bad the SLR zoom version does not have the quick release plate, so screwing it on is a pain

BradfordBenn

I have the medium sized one and am happy with it. I am about to get the biggest one for my SLR. It comes in real handy. The only thing is that getting it level is sometimes a little tricky.

Pindy

Have the SLR Zoom with a RRS B2-Pro clamp on it (no head). Love mine. They are really stable as long as you don't splay the legs out straight like a real tripod. Curving the legs helps a lot.

Rockporters

I got the slr version for Christmas. The legs slowly collapse under the weight of my camera and lens, regardless of what position it's in, although I haven't tried wrapping the legs around something. It's hard to get all of the legs leveled out anyhow, so that's probably how it works best. When it warms up I'll try it that way.

RogersDA

Rockporters wrote:

I got the slr version for Christmas. The legs slowly collapse under the weight of my camera and lens, regardless of what position it's in, although I haven't tried wrapping the legs around something. It's hard to get all of the legs leveled out anyhow, so that's probably how it works best. When it warms up I'll try it that way.

This is an email I got from Joby:

No 2 gorillapods are exactly the same, but we do stand behind our claim that it supports 6.6 lbs. So if you're willing to return your's for inspection, we'll gladly ship you a new one. Alex, please work with Mr.. Rogers if he would a replacement.

And while I can't give you any specific details, I assure you that we are always looking at ways to innovate our tripod line. And there is a very good chance that bigger, stronger, tougher gorillapods will show up in the wild.

The guys at Joby were very responsive (), though I never heard from Alex. I wasn't using it a lot, so I never did much to actually return my gorillapod.