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The Joby GorillaPod SLR-Zoom is a tripod for small and mid-size cameras, discontinued. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 79 €;
24 users have given it an average vote of 8.5 out of 10.
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Pros: Lightweight; Fits in a rucksack or camera bag; fairly flexible; useful for ultra low shots; better than nothing
Cons: Easy to unbalance; not suitable for cameras larger than a DX DSLR, with a small-moderate lens; no replacement for a good tripod
Opinion: One of the bigger GorillaPods, its claims can seldom match reality. My model, bought two years or so ago, has a ball and socket head and a spirit level. IF the camera is level, the lens isn't too long/heavy to unbalance the whole set-up and you use Mirror Lock Up, (thus have the time to do all this setting up) then you can get good results. My D7000 + Nikkor 10-24mm, a lens of moderate size and weight, works quite well on the GPod, but my FX D700 is just too heavy for it and the legs splay out from under it. A tiny lens, such as 50mm D f1.4 or 16mm D fisheye is OK on the D700, though. Long lenses are simply a no-no, the legs just splay outwards under the front-heavy weight. As for wrapping the knobbly legs around branches and such, if the camera doesn't fall off, then your nerves are wrecked by wondering if it will fall off. However, despite my whingeing, it does work nicely, where a tripod won't, for super low positioning, which with an ultrawide angle lens can create dramatic shots, in say, river beds. The legs can feel and make creaking noises when moved, but this seems to be normal. The small spirit level isn't much use either - I use the Virtual Horizon on the camera's display, which again, adds more time needed to set up shots. The actual kit is fairly well made though and mine hasn't fallen apart, yet, so it is essentially a good piece of kit, IF used within its confined limitations.
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Opinion:Travel tripod par excellence. Being made of plastic you can take it on the plane. Unfortunately it is not easy to put in bubble so it is better to add a ball head, even a small one, in order to find the right composition. If hooked well it also holds heavy loads. Rubber feet allow him to put it in places inaccessible to metal stands, for example, on the roof of the car. Twisted legs allow you to put it around balusters or poles. If the ball head has the appropriate attachments you can use it to put GoPro or Flash speedlight. A turning point.
user49978
sent on September 08, 2017
Pros:lightweight, easily foldable for less compact, versatile
Cons:if you want a tripod to always have a light and practical handbag but not in replacement of a regular size
Opinion:Like so many I took for practicality but above all because I found an offer at a great price. It has straight long exposures (3 minutes) with an eos5 mkII and a 50mm 1.4 sigma art (so a good weight) without the slightest sign of sagging, just place it well. The "clinging" use did not make much use of it because I missed the occasions. But its biggest feature is portable, lightweight, versatile and stable even on irregular, sloping, sloping and dirty surfaces. so it's a useful accessory when you go around without having to take kg of tripods on your shoulders. rn
Cons:maximum weight, but to hold the paintings need a serious stand FOR STRENGTH, of which this is not a substitute but complement (as mentioned by others).
Opinion:Solid, you can trust to give him (forgive the pun) your reflex, also fitted with a couple of pounds of stuff over. I do not pass the ½ kg of equipment, even by mounting the heaviest things, but it is extremely stable and sound after all. If we really want, the need of the head can be a counter, but as already written by others, since it is a SUPPLEMENT of serious stand, I already had in mind to use the only head I have both, moving from one to 'else in need; so the absence of the head is not a counter for me (the kit with the cheap extra head, among other things) .rnrn I recommend it very strongly, is indispensable when you do not want or can not bring the pound and a half more additional tripod 40cm "good" with them! rnUn 10 deserved in my opinion.
Opinion:After reading many reviews I decided to buy the model in question together with the ball head. I am very well: it is a practical and easily transportable. Some premises (even though pleonastic) are, however, dutiful, to avoid misunderstandings. 1. It is not comparable to a classic stand, nor it intends to replace. Indeed, in my opinion, they are different and complementary instruments. 2. The maximum capacity is conditioned from distribution of the weights. The greater the imbalance introduced by a heavy lens, the greater the instability of the gorillapod. This does not mean that everything can remain in balance, however, it will be an unstable equililibrio. 3. For the head of the stability ball the speech is the same as the step 2. IMHO, of course.
Pros:lightweight, small, stable, versatile and economical
Cons:You are required a ball head
Opinion:If you want a tripod granitic this can not be, but is useful in many cases, I can attack almost everywhere, and frankly, also used with exposure times of 30 seconds gave me great results. Of course weight and size make it a wearable accessory on the go when my Manfrotto he stays home.
Cons:The weight flow rate declared (3 kg) is a bit 'optimistic.
Opinion:It 'was my first Gorillapod, bought to hold a Nikon D5200 + 18-200. Despite the weight of body lens was well below the 3 kg reported by Joby, I had the impression that the stability of the Gorilla was the limit. So I bought the model Focus and the problems are gone, but maybe they were just my feelings. Today I use it with compattona and became an accessory ever present in the bag. Due to its characteristics it can be adapted and put in any stock, even small and not intended for use photo. His head, with quick and level, is very well made with quality materials. Despite being considered an accessory, I consider it absolutely essential to not go crazy being shot. Let it be clear that the Gorilla does not replace a good traditional easel, but on the road you can not miss and you do not notice.
Pros:light, very portable and compact, it sticks almost everywhere
Cons:unbalanced sometimes if mountains a pro SLR and zoom kit, caution to the wind when you have so much weight (5d2 + 24-105)
Opinion:I bought this gem tripod only to bring in my trip to New York (where plus I used to bridge brooklyn my best pictures on this website) wanting to be light but at the same time try those strange situations notturne.Sono was happy because I used it for the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center.rnCome I wrote in against the Empire state building pulled an incredible wind and I had to raise the ISO because 'pictures were always moves I could not go further 10/15 seconds.
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