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Saw this today, and thought I would share. It looks like a terrific tripod to stuff in the camera bag for when you need it. its only 38cm when collapsed, fitting inside my shoulder camera bag, and opens like a dome tent pole. comes with a ball head, adorama around US$ 50, much cheaper than a nano stand but shorter.

could be useful for strobist stuff too (although not very tall).

solves the "I left my tripod at home problem".


http://www.zipshottripod.com/

Thanks for the link. It looks pretty interesting. I wonder if it actually does hold a dslr.

hey, that looks like my tent poles

at 1.3kg it could be a viable option for fairly lightweight stuff (D80+wide angle lens), probably great for hikers/campers, however the lack of being able to adjust the height would be a killer, unless you mod it to remove the bungie cord so you can mix 'n' match the tent poles.

Marvin wrote: I wonder if it actually does hold a dslr.

I very much doubt it. Based upon what I'm seeing here, I wouldn't even put a D40 on it.

I think that abetter solution might be the new Gorillapod Focus. This is a Gorillapod that actually works.

Either that, or the Manfrotto tabletop tripod, which takes up no space in your bag, but can carry a D300 with the Nikkor 80-400 VR.

Hmm, bummer. I have a gorillapod and I have a good tripod, I was looking for somthing kind of in between for hiking and places where I don't want to cart the big tripod. I actually really like my gorillapod except when I want to take a picture from eye level and there's nothing to stick it on, or a family shot with me in it too.

Would be useful for a compact camera. I don't know whether you'd trust an expensive DSLR on this though.

Flash is ok but not tall enough as already pointed out.

If only my girlfriend was this portable.

Great concept though!