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Technical Details
- Flexible joints let you bend and rotate the gorillapod to form the perfect shape
- Full 360° panning, and 90° tilt Ballhead
- Ring and foot grips provide extra gripping power to most surfaces
- Lightweight, portable design
- Holds up to 3kg
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Joby Gorillapod SLR Zoom - The Gorillapod SLR-Zoom is a new heavy-duty grippable tripod, designed with the serious photographer in mind. It attaches to SLRs (with zoom lenses), video cameras, and your own tripod head, and can support a whopping 6.6 pounds (3kg). The Gorillapod firmly secures your camera to just about anything - anywhere and everywhere! Unlike traditional tripods, the gorillapod doesn't require an elevated surface for you to take the perfect shot. It wraps around posts, trees, and railings, even sides of rocks, to form a stable anchor for compact cameras - the possibilities are endless.
Joby Ballhead - Designed for the Gorillapod SLR zoom, the Joby Ballhead supports 3kg and can be used with virtually any tripod. It features full 360 degree panning, and 90 degree tilt. Position your camera at virtually any angle; get portrait or landscape shots with ease.The adjustment knob easily locks the Ballhead into place, securing it tightly. The adapter screw allows the Ballhead to accommodate both 3/8" and 1/4" threads, also allowing it to be used with virtually any tripod. The slim-line quick-release clip with bubble level stays connected to your camera and snaps into the Ballhead for nearly instant setup.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Was a bit dubious as to whether the gorrilapod would be up to the job of securing a mid-weight SLR camera with a long zoom lens attached but to my delight, it does the job admirably. I do a fair bit of outdoor photography but like to travel as lightly as possible and normal sized tripods were just too much of a chore hence the reason I purchased this item. It's light and compact so is easy to travel with but the big plus point must be those wonderful flexible rubberised legs that grip really tightly onto whatever you like. Just as an experiment, I wrapped the pod securely round the top of a wooden dining chair and lifted the chair up by grabbing just the pod itself and it didn't loose it's grip, in fact it didn't budge at all! Also, I'm really impressed with the ball socket head and quick release plate (with spirit level) which is very easy to use and is silky smooth in operation. Super product and quickly delivered from Amazon, so I'm well chuffed with the whole transaction.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I have just taken delivery of the SLR Zoom, and it is a solid piece of kit. Using it with my Canon 5D MKII and the Canon 24-105mm f/4 L lens attached. It feels very stable and solid. The Ball head is a really good option, especially with the little spirit level.
This will definitely be in my camera bag all the time.
This will definitely be in my camera bag all the time.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Quick points (see below for more detail if needed)
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PROS: Extreme portability and flexibility
CONS: Not as sturdy as I would like (read update at the end)
BOTTOM-LINE: Ultimate portability and flexibility
The travel/Outdoor pod
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I think that your level of satisfaction with this "tripod" will depend on your understanding/expectation about what it is for.
I got this pod because I was looking for high flexibility and low weight -I was looking for something that would not get in the way of two key activities: climbing, travelling.
While climbing, I have put this thing around rocks, trees, signs, and even stuck it in snow. It is so small that I have no much problem carrying it with me to the high camps. I can't think of many alternatives to get the same flexibility.
For travelling, this is also extremely useful. I just throw it in a messenger bag along my DSLR (tip: try to avoid camera bags that scream "tourist with expensive DSLR") and it is ready for low light shots, and self-portraits. This last bit is very important as handing your DSLR to strangers has two drawbacks: (1) you don't want to hand your expensive camera to just anyone, (2) 99.99% of people don't know how to handle a DSLR -even in AUTO mode.
What's the catch? Well, it is not quite stable -but I don't think it was never intended to be. I usually take with me a elastic band that secures it to odd things (benches, trees, rocks,..) and that's enough.
One more thing: I doubted between 4 and 5 stars. I was inclined to 4 stars because it is not as sturdy as I would like, but in the end the extreme portability and flexibility of this pod outweighed this negative point.
On a second thought, one extra comment: you may be considering the super clamp. I think the super clamp is an excellent product and serves a similar -but nonetheless, different- purpose. Think about what you are going to use them for. In my view, they complement each other. However, if your pockets cannot handle both I think this pod may have an edge when it comes to usefulness.
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Update
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After using it for slightly more than a year, two legs have become very loose and come-off very easily -because the rings where they attach to have broke. I still can use it with care. The above points still apply with this new caveat.
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PROS: Extreme portability and flexibility
CONS: Not as sturdy as I would like (read update at the end)
BOTTOM-LINE: Ultimate portability and flexibility
The travel/Outdoor pod
----------------------
I think that your level of satisfaction with this "tripod" will depend on your understanding/expectation about what it is for.
I got this pod because I was looking for high flexibility and low weight -I was looking for something that would not get in the way of two key activities: climbing, travelling.
While climbing, I have put this thing around rocks, trees, signs, and even stuck it in snow. It is so small that I have no much problem carrying it with me to the high camps. I can't think of many alternatives to get the same flexibility.
For travelling, this is also extremely useful. I just throw it in a messenger bag along my DSLR (tip: try to avoid camera bags that scream "tourist with expensive DSLR") and it is ready for low light shots, and self-portraits. This last bit is very important as handing your DSLR to strangers has two drawbacks: (1) you don't want to hand your expensive camera to just anyone, (2) 99.99% of people don't know how to handle a DSLR -even in AUTO mode.
What's the catch? Well, it is not quite stable -but I don't think it was never intended to be. I usually take with me a elastic band that secures it to odd things (benches, trees, rocks,..) and that's enough.
One more thing: I doubted between 4 and 5 stars. I was inclined to 4 stars because it is not as sturdy as I would like, but in the end the extreme portability and flexibility of this pod outweighed this negative point.
On a second thought, one extra comment: you may be considering the super clamp. I think the super clamp is an excellent product and serves a similar -but nonetheless, different- purpose. Think about what you are going to use them for. In my view, they complement each other. However, if your pockets cannot handle both I think this pod may have an edge when it comes to usefulness.
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Update
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After using it for slightly more than a year, two legs have become very loose and come-off very easily -because the rings where they attach to have broke. I still can use it with care. The above points still apply with this new caveat.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good travel tripod
Sorry for the short review but don't think there is much to say on the item.
This tripod does the job, yes can hold a large 250mm zoom lens steady, yes it can be hung... Read more
This tripod does the job, yes can hold a large 250mm zoom lens steady, yes it can be hung... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Christophe
Of limited use
Joby GorillaPod SLR-Zoom with Joby Ball Head BH1 Kit I was rather disappointed with this item as I had bought it on recommendation from a friend. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Simj
Compact, convenient, reliable!
Can take some time to get used to, and the spirit level cracked after a week of having it. Other than that it is fantastic, I used with D5100 and it works just fine for videos and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Brian
NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR MID WEIGHT SLR
I bought the SLR Zoom GorillaPod with a Manfrotto mini ball head about a month ago for my mid-weight slr and zoom. Read more
Published 3 months ago by rosie_01
Delivered promptly but missing the 3/8" adapter screw, a little...
A solid piece of accessory for my dslr camera. But when it was delivered the 3/8" adapter screw is not included as mentioned in the product description. Very disappointed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Igor18
a bit fiddly
Good packaging and delivery. I find this pod a little awkward to level. The joints seem stiff but this may get better through time but then again if they're too pliable it'll kind... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark T
A Must Have
This is a fantastic tripod capable of supporting a Canon DSLR and 70 to 300mm zoom lens with ease. Quality of manufacture and materials is excellent. Read more
Published 4 months ago by SJH
Very Useful
The GorillaPod SLR-Zoom is very useful. The Joby Ball Head makes it much easier to adjust the angle which otherwise would be tricky.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. Martin Ings
Exellent but a change I would make.
This is my second gorillpod, I have the SLR version which will only take the weight of my Panasonic FZ7 bridge camera,it will not hold the weight of my Nikon D5000 +18-200mm zoom. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Will
Very useful piece of kit
It seemed a lot of money to get this Gorillapod with a ball head but I'm glad I did. Extremely sturdy - no movement at all with my GH2 and 45mm-200mm zoom (better than my full size... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Maggie S
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