Reddit reviews Joby GP1-A1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Grey)

I would have just bought the GorillaPod.

https://www.amazon.com/Joby-GP1-A1EN-Gorillapod-Flexible-Tripod/dp/B000EVSLRO

I had one years ago when I shot DSLR all the time, and it worked amazing.

Does your camera have a timer? If so, this little tripod might help. :)

it does have a standard tripod mount near the battery door. so yes, the best/easiest solution would be gorillapod

the benefits of the go-pro is the both the wide angle lens and the frames per second.

the kodak gives you 60 fps like the go pro but again, is limited by the narrow angle.

what happens without a wide angle is that there seems to be more shake. also, you may not capture everything you want in the frame. a wide angle shows less shake because all objects look smaller. take a regular camera. zoom in. see shake? now zoom out. seems like less shaking, right? same idea.

the go-pro does NOT have image stabilization, but the wide angle gives it the illusion of having it. the high fps gives the video a smooth look, even when you are going fast.

Sony A6000. $698 on Amazon, compact, interchangeable lenses if you want them, full manual control if you want it, great image quality. Perfect travel camera that will serve you well when you get back too.

Maybe throw in a Gorillapod Flexible Tripod for shots of the stars/landscapes/yourself. You can use it like a regular tripod or wrap it around posts, branches, whatever.

I've got one of these (http://www.amazon.com/Joby-GP1-A1EN-Gorillapod-Flexible-Tripod/dp/B000EVSLRO) and it's awesome. It would be really easy to attach it to your bag.

I wrapped a GorillaPod tripod around my headstock and stuck my webcam on there.

It's a lot of fun to play around with!

https://www.amazon.com/Joby-GP1-A1EN-Gorillapod-Flexible-Tripod/dp/B000EVSLRO

I don't have one and have no experience with them. But I imagine you could use these adjustable legs with some rocks or logs to get the camera pointing skyward.

They appear to have a number of models. This particular model may or may not fit your needs.

I would also love to know the weight since j was looking at these Joby GP1-A1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Grey) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EVSLRO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_1CW1wb3TVXBG8 to attach to a tall floor lamp and the other to the back of my monitor mount!

Get one of these. You can wrap the legs around stuff to hold the camera at a higher angle.

I did. This http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000EVSLRO?pc_redir=1413305245&robot_redir=1
It might just be mine worth issues then.

This + This = exactly what you are looking for.

Hard to tell much from the pictures. Miniatures photophraphy is tricky. Here is an awesome tutorial on how to do it to a level of near perfection. But I have some tips from when I started out with just a point-and-shoot camera that might be useful:

Lighting - Someone already mentioned to disable the flash. That's absolutely the right thing to do unless you have a little photo studio setup with seperate flashes setup to key off the camera. Since 99% of the people here don't, what you should use are just some regular lamps. Two lamps slightly above your subject, offset to the left and right, and positioned far enough away to minimize shadows is a great setup. Make sure that they have the same type of bulb that gives off the same color. You can certainly get by with just one light, sometimes even just a room light, but avoid the flash.

Background - Clear backgrounds are best, as it allows the viewers to really just focus on the miniature(s). I used a few clean sheets of printer paper, curving the background sheet so it reduced shadows. The white paper gives the added benefit of "bouncing" light on the model, lighting up the model and reducing shadows.

Camera mode and focusing - Many people use macro mode on their point-and-shoot cameras, but this doesn't always work. Typically this mode is noted by an icon of a flower (for some reason a tulip). Macro mode typically changes a few automatic settings, each camera tends to be slightly different. Play around with this mode and others on your camera to see which one focuses better. Remember that getting close to your mini doesn't make it easier for your camera to focus. The camera has an minimum range on focusing, so you need to find the sweet spot. Cropping a well focused picture is better than trying to fill the frame with out-of-focus subjects.

Tripod - Cheap tripods are awesome for miniatures photography. Even if you're just getting a small desk tripod, a gorillapod, a large sized tripod, or even a phone tripod it doesn't need to be expensive. Expensive tripods are built to be tough for travel, you're likely not doing that, you just need to keep the camera stable and off the floor. You can certainly even get by without a tripod at all if you just stack a few books up or whatever. Really what you need is a way to take a picture with your hands off the camera. Typically all cameras, even phone cameras have a timed shot. Set the timer for the lowest setting, typically 2 seconds. After setting up your shot, and pressing the shutter, you can take your hands off the camera and make sure it doesn't shake or screw up the focus.

Color or White Balance - This can be a bit tricky. Cameras try to automatically adjust to get optimal color from a photo, but sometimes, when lighting or background or subject matter is dominant in color, the pictures end up looking weird. People sometimes describe this as the photo looking too cool/cold (blue hues) or too warm/hot (red hues) and that's usually a sign that the white balance is dorked up. When you take a picture as I recommended with a white sheet of paper as the background, you might see this blue or red hue shift that I'm talking about. You can use a number of free photography editors (like Pixlr) to help you with adjusting this after you've taken the picture. Essentially you're trying to adjust the picture to return white to being white. Trick here is that "white" paper is rarely "pure white" so this complicates matters. Fancier cameras (DSLRs typically) have settings to help adjust and take pictures that are properly balanced, sometimes requiring the photographer to have a reference card to show the camera what white, grey, or black should look like in a photo. Refer to the tutorial I linked at the top of this post for more information on how to achieve this balance using those cards and a DSLR.

That's all I have for photography. Your models look pretty good from what I can see, my one thing... ONE thing would be to drill your weapon barrels, or at the very least paint a little black dot there. Sorry, it's a personal hang-up. As I am a fellow Ork player, I might be able to give you more advice should you need it. Let me know. Here are some of my old blog posts talking about my Orks.

Bring the telephoto for sure if you want wildlife shots. And you'll probably want the 18-55 for wider landscape stuff. I have a 50mm lens that is really nice, but I don't like it so much in the outdoors because I shoot on a cropped sensor, and I find it's not as wide as I would like for wide stuff, and not as tight as I'd like for tight stuff. I don't really know a better way to phrase that...

Tripod is good for night photography but not entirely necessary. I do lot's of short hikes and I've gotten away with setting the camera on rocks and such. But if it's lightweight and you want to do a lot of night stuff then it will make your life much easier. They have these mini tripods with flexible legs that are great for wrapping around trees and such. They're much lighter and less awkward to carry than a full tripod.

If you don't want a full-sized tripod, a little grippy tripod can do a lot of the same work, and can also do tricks like hold onto railings. Even the Cybershots appear to have a mount point for a tripod, and this would save you from messing with tables and bowls to hold your camera...(and a tripod is a lot cheaper than buying new cameras!)

Yes. Use one of these http://www.amazon.com/Joby-GP1-D1EN-Gorillapod-Flexible-Tripod/dp/B000EVSLRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377020123&sr=8-1&keywords=flex+claw+mount The screw hole on the bottom of it is a 1/4-20 screw and this is your cheapest option until MadCatz comes to the rescue with another TV mount.

Anticipating user need is good. But anticipating too much can force unnecessary expense on a majority of users. Assuming Oculus sticks with the outside-in tracking camera perhaps an uber cheap tripod like a Joby, which is what I have mine mounted to, could be included?

Your own voices will probably annoy you. If you wonder if this will bother you, call your BF and leave a voice mail, then call in and listen to it. That's about what it'll sound like. Overall, it's nothing that'll totally drain the fun out of the experience.

I'm a big fan of mounting the camera to the headboard if you have one with something like this.

I love this gorillapod flexi-tripod. I had a friend who had one of these and you can get really good shots in strange angles and nooks with this thing. It's great for those low-light situations where shutter speed has to be slowed, or for shots where it would be hard to hold it with my hand or a regular tripod.

Thanks for the contest!