The Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM is designed with the serious photographer in mind. Its sturdy prehensile legs help achieve a steady shot with your SLR and zoom lenses. It attaches to any standard SLR cameras, video cameras, or even your own tripod head. The Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM can support a whopping six pounds, while still maintaining its companct size.
Whether you're using your SLR camera to shoot time-lapse photos, get up close with a macro lens, capture your daughter's winning goal from the sidelines, or snap images for the local newspaper, Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM is the perfect companion for your next adventure. Throw one in your bag and start shooting like a pro!
Key Features
- Flexible joints bend and rotate 360° to form the perfect shape. The Gorillapod uses high-quality, injection-molded plastic for snug joints that stay firm after lots of action.
- Adapter screw allows you to mount both the standard 1/4-inch cameras and other 3/8-inch professional tripod heads.
- Rubberized ring & foot grips provide extra gripping power to grapple wherever you want to go.
- The Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM is designed with the serious photographer in mind. It attaches to SLRs (with zoom lenses!), video cameras and professional tripod heads, and it can support up to 6.6 lbs (3 kg)!
Product Specifications
- Intended for: Tripod mountable cameras and professional tripod heads
- Max weight load: 3000g (6.5 lbs)
- Adapter: Universal 1/4-in tripod screw plus a 3/8-inch adapter screw
- Size: 250 x 60 x 60mm (9.8 x 2.4 x 2.4in)
- Weight: 241g (8.5 oz)
- Habitat: Anywhere!
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 Flexible Accessory for Travel Photog |
| Review Date: July 8, 2007 |
| Reviewer: J. Chinn, Prescott, AZ |
When traveling, less is more. This is especially true for the serious photo enthusiast. When I travel, I want to carry as little as possible. However, I also want to have at hand everything I need to deal with the variety of situations I might encounter. In other words, my equipment choices need to be relatively compact, lightweight and flexible. I don't want to carry multiple single-purpose items. Instead, I look for single multi-purpose items.
That said, the Gorillapod is ideal. It's clever design and lightweight materials make it easy to carry and useful for a variety of photo situations. The SLR-Zoom Gorillapod is sturdy enough to support my Nikon D200 with 18mm-200mm Nikor zoom lens, and at the same time compact and light enough to attach to my camera bag with a hook and loop strap. All 'n all, a clever, useful and travel-friendly photo accessory. |
Great product!
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| Review Date: December 28, 2006 |
| Reviewer: C. Hughes, |
| This model, the SLR-ZOOM Gorillapod, is designed without a quick release mount so you can use your own tripod head. If you don't have your own tripod head or plan to get one, you should probably look into the original Gorillapod or the SLR Gorillapod. The SLR-ZOOM Gorillapod can support an amazing 6.6 lbs. Great product! |
Don't be a skeptic, try it and see for yourself!
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| Review Date: May 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A. Wong, Seattle, WA USA |
Before I bought this, I questioned myself how in the world it would hold up my SLR... But after I gave it a try, it supported my Canon XTi + battery grip + Canon 24-105mm f/4L without a problem. I purchased this primarily for my trip to San Francisco for those situations where it'd be difficult to lug a tripod around. It was a great idea, I wrapped this around poles, put it on top of garbage cans, on ledges, on railings, on everything! It turned out to be a great vacation since most of the time my girl friend and I don't get many photos together, but with the Gorillapod, all that is the past!
There is only a few things I don't like:
1) Hard to adjust without a ball head. Unfortunately, by adding one, the weight would likely increase to a point where it's not worthwhile carrying the Gorillapod around, or worse yet, the Gorillapod being unable to support the weight. I found that after I had wrapped the Gorillapod around something, it took a lot of fidgeting to get it in the vicinity of where I want it. Needless to say, fine adjustments are just not possible with the Gorillapod.
2) It's not possible to get it back to the original orientation that the tripod was when it shipped. Once you've moved the legs around, it's next to impossible to re-orientate the legs to be straight. There'll always be a kink in the legs.
Though... those two reasons shouldn't be enough to stop you! |
Works as promised
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| Review Date: July 20, 2007 |
| Reviewer: sumguy, Ashland, MA USA |
I think Amazom must have combined a lot of reviews from the smaller version of this device with this version, and that is why you see so many people complaining about it not being able to handle much weight. My copy is fantastically strong, and could probably hold 15 pounds when the legs are in a close to the body arrangement.
One distinct advantage of the Gorillapod is that it will easily fit in the front pocket of my camera bag. I would recommend buying a 360 degree ball-head to go with it, to make it truly flexible.
It would be nice if there was a place built-in to store the adapter screw for custom heads. |
Quite Useful
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| Review Date: July 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Randall L. Steffens, Carthage, TN USA |
This device does what it is acclaimed to do. It is quite sturdy and will safely hold my Nikon D200 with battery pack/grip and the 18-200mm lens. It will even hold my camera/grip WITH my Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 lens that weighs a sold 8 lbs (all together), however the unit is only rated at holding 6.5 lbs, but will hold my 8 lb camera/lens when no other options exist. Remember that added care must be exercised with it's placement, as there is much greater risk that it could collapse and injure the equipment when it's weight rating is exceeded.
It is very light and easy to carry, however it really needs a carrying case. I am going to make one myself, but the manufacturer really needs to offer this as an option. Also keep in mind that the unit really needs a tripod head. I have a small Manfrotto ball head that works very well. If no head is used, you will experience a great deal of unnecessary frustration, but conversely, doesn't every tripod need a head? Don't get this Gorillapod without a head, otherwise you'll have a unit with very limited functionality. |
First Rate
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| Review Date: January 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Carter Hargrave, Tulsa, OK USA |
| I recomend going with the brand name jobi over some of the knock offs. you really get what you pay for here. Some of the others just leave you pissed that you are even holding it in your hand they are so crappy. This tripod is fun and you are only limited by your imagination as to where and how you can use it. Very sturdy and will hold a heavy camera |
Great light weight and highly portable camera platform
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| Review Date: April 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Ole fart, SouthWest, US |
| Got my GP3-01EN Gorillapod last week, was in Newport Harbor and experimented with setups shown in Amazon photos. Worked as well as expected, held firm on posts, bridge rails, fences and even a fire hydrant. Got great results in positions beyond the human bodies capabilities.Loved this so much I bought a second..intend to use them for my SB 6 and 800 in wireless flash mode..a fantastic steady platform when there are no usable (equal) replacements. They are extremely well built and seem to be durable (sure they are but only 1 week old). Those other complaints are obviously not for the GP3-01EN (SLR model). Handled my Nikon D300 with a 12-24 Lens (the Tokina..a heavy lens) easily and steadily. Definitely an excellent item for serious amateur to pro photographers. Get one for your use, you won't regret it.. |
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