If you were wondering how I took that Katahdin summit photo of all three of us, this is the answer. Finally, the age-old problem of how to take a good summit photo of the entire team has been solved.I got the idea from a Portland, OR company called Nasty Clamps: my version, though, weighs only 1 oz. as opposed to their burlier 9 oz. Basically I took apart a Gorillapod, epoxied one little leg into the larger camera-mount section (so as to remove the joint that holds the other two legs), epoxied and duct-taped on a 30-cent clamp, and voila! I've got a super light, super functional clip-on monopod that looks like a sex toy.
If you don't modify and create your own gear, you should! It's both extremely rewarding and you get exactly what you want.
And you get the joy of testing! Whippers onto home-made gear slings anyone?
ReplyDeletebut i bet you could have made the gorilla pod arm from some plumbing tubing found at the hardware store if you wanted it to be totally handmade. tsk tsk