Comments on: Joby Gorillapod Focus http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe. Quick tips and tutorials for the entire Adobe Creative Suite. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:28:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shar http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-60418 Shar Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=8252#comment-60418 Philip - get a remote control. Costs almost nothing and it wont shake your camera when you release the shutter... Don - joby.com Philip – get a remote control. Costs almost nothing and it wont shake your camera when you release the shutter…

Don – joby.com

]]> By: Don http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-41622 Don Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:19:55 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=8252#comment-41622 Where can I get the quick release mechanism you show here? I haven't used mine much because I have to unscrew it from the camera each time. Where can I get the quick release mechanism you show here? I haven’t used mine much because I have to unscrew it from the camera each time.

]]> By: Dave Huss http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-37410 Dave Huss Sat, 23 May 2009 17:11:03 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=8252#comment-37410 I also found the SLR Zoom model could work with my Nikon D-300 and a long lens - sorta, but the new focus was steady for all applications. Granted, it's not as steady as my huge Bogen Manfrotto, but it also weighs 12 pounds less. In fact, I found one of the best uses was when I was shooting weddings under low-light conditions at a slow shutter speeds. Using the Gorillapod as a chest brace in combination with a camera strap around my neck I discovered I mad a pretty steady platform. I also found the SLR Zoom model could work with my Nikon D-300 and a long lens – sorta, but the new focus was steady for all applications. Granted, it’s not as steady as my huge Bogen Manfrotto, but it also weighs 12 pounds less. In fact, I found one of the best uses was when I was shooting weddings under low-light conditions at a slow shutter speeds. Using the Gorillapod as a chest brace in combination with a camera strap around my neck I discovered I mad a pretty steady platform.

]]> By: Philip Shaw http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-37400 Philip Shaw Sat, 23 May 2009 16:16:30 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=8252#comment-37400 Anyone who thinks these Gorilla pods will replace tripods should think again. I have the SLR-Zoom model and quickly discovered why it was simply incapable of acting like a true tripod, regardless of the weight of the camera and lens. The legs are FLEXIBLE! What a shock - considering that they are advertised as bendable. What that means is that the camera, as the shutter releases, causes the whole assembly to shake - resulting in blurred pictures, particularly if you are using a long lens. I found this to be true even with a camera + lens within the weight limit. The Gorilla pod might work if you wrap the legs around, e.g. a pole or a rail, but other than that you might as well put your camera on a bean bag on the ground. Don't waste your money. Anyone who thinks these Gorilla pods will replace tripods should think again. I have the SLR-Zoom model and quickly discovered why it was simply incapable of acting like a true tripod, regardless of the weight of the camera and lens. The legs are FLEXIBLE! What a shock – considering that they are advertised as bendable. What that means is that the camera, as the shutter releases, causes the whole assembly to shake – resulting in blurred pictures, particularly if you are using a long lens. I found this to be true even with a camera + lens within the weight limit. The Gorilla pod might work if you wrap the legs around, e.g. a pole or a rail, but other than that you might as well put your camera on a bean bag on the ground. Don’t waste your money.

]]> By: Martin Tolley http://www.layersmagazine.com/joby-gorillapod-focus.html/comment-page-1#comment-36968 Martin Tolley Fri, 22 May 2009 09:21:37 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=8252#comment-36968 Gorilla pods change your life. I got the SLR for Christmas a few years back. It fits INSIDE a small camera bag, and you can distort it to fit around other things; it's no weight. And if you attach a strobe and shoot in wireless mode you have a flexible and portable lighting rig you can wrap safely around poles, rails, tree branches or whatever. I often shoot English church interiors and many of the authorities who are often snooty about tripods usually seem very happy with the pod, and don't have difficulties with my light being attached to the ends of pews, altar rails and the like, or being perched in odd niches in old buildings. Gorilla pods change your life. I got the SLR for Christmas a few years back. It fits INSIDE a small camera bag, and you can distort it to fit around other things; it’s no weight. And if you attach a strobe and shoot in wireless mode you have a flexible and portable lighting rig you can wrap safely around poles, rails, tree branches or whatever. I often shoot English church interiors and many of the authorities who are often snooty about tripods usually seem very happy with the pod, and don’t have difficulties with my light being attached to the ends of pews, altar rails and the like, or being perched in odd niches in old buildings.

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