After enough struggling to hold my digicam steady in low light conditions I decided it was time to get me a mini tripod. A search of the web led me down the usual paths and uncovered the usual suspects. I then zeroed in on low cost ones and got a couple of under ten dollar ones with little flexible legs that seemed like they might fit the bill. I don’t know how I got there, I can’t for the life of me replicate the search, but I ended up at Joby.com. Behold! Gorillapod. If you order one right from the maker right now, they offer free Fedex Ground shipping. If you use the coupon code “GorillapodLOVE” during checkout you can 10% off too, so the unpacked version comes to under $20 delivered.
Played a little practical joke on a co-worker (Hi Mark) and he liked it so well he, with my help, is going to spring it on his wife (sure hope she doesn’t read this.) I got it from “The Banterist” – Your New Monkey. When he opened his he was disappointed that it didn’t have the promised refrigerator magnet, so I made one up for inclusion of version 2 of the joke. Click on the “LOOK! There?s more!” link to see my magnet art.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/06: 420
She beat me to the mail yesterday, going to try for Monday.
thanks Brian for a great tip. I often take panorama shots and having a tripod like this will be great!
Watching the Tigers outlast the As in the “cold bowl.” Brrrrr.
Rick – The head does rotate, but it is kinda tight. You will need to hold the tripod securely and turn with a strong, but slow turn.
Sorry about the Twins. I’m routing for the Tigers to win it all. After the Yankees my second favorite team to root against is the Mets and I’ve never forgiven the Cardinals for 1967.