Even if you subscribe to Ken Rockwell’s mantra that “tripods are for wimps“, you need stabilization for your iPhone when shooting video, esp. since the iPhone does not have image stabilization built in. So far, we have mainly seen do-it-yourself solutions, from outrageous rigs to quick and dirty hacks (see here, here and here). Fortunately, times are changing.
Thought Out announced three new products to be available by the end of July – the PED3-TriPhone ($28, for a regular iPhone 3GS), the PED3-TriPhone-FORM ($32, for cased or skinned iPhones – see picture), both of which can be mounted on a tripod. Also announced was the $12 TriPhone mount only, in case you want to use your existing tripod head. As soon as they become available, we will get one to mount on our Gorillapod
This is only the first of many tripod solutions we will see. Similar to cases, tripod mounts will develop into an important subset of the iPhone accessory market. They will come with and without tripods as well as being integrated into gorillapods. The smaller, more versatile, while still stable, the better. We can’t wait for these to finally show up in an Apple store near us!
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I,for one, am glad to be in the company of such “wimps” as Moose Peterson, John Shaw, Art Wolfe, and Scott Kelby to name a few.
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