Steel yourselves. More Joby products - more Gorillas.
I can't help myself - they are just so appealing there on the accessory rack. And the fact that they are well-made and
work just adds to it. In this case, we can speak to the videographer and macro workers in the readership.
Remember the
Manfrotto Micro-Friction accessory arm you saw a little while ago? Articulated with a locking lever - fits on the side of Manfrotto tripods - holds video and audio accessories? Well here is a similar thing from Joby: the
GorillaPod Arm Kit PRO.
It's the same idea - posable support for LED panels, audio mixers, microphones, and anything that you could attach with a cold shoe mount. It's all-aluminium construction and holds .5 of a kilo in any position you can set it.
Best news - that screw mount and anti-rotation channel that was on the
Manfrotto Micro-Friction arm is the same thing on this Joby Gorilla Arm. Just screw it into your modern Manfrotto tripod and shoot away!
Macro workers will also recognise the benefit of this sort of thing for close lighting of their subjects. You get a sturdy metal cold shoe for the outboard end of the units and if you're running two of 'em you've more or less got a studio light set up on your tripod.
I hope Manfrotto don't mind me using one of their tripod pictures for this illustration...
