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Bandit
09/15/09

In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
I noticed you had to stick it to the side of the fridge. Why are so many fridges these days non-magnetic? Not just the stainless, but also the black and whites. Only the sides are receptive to magnets. Think about the children!!
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someToast
09/15/09

In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
That looks to be the identical size of their small version for point-and-shoots.

(Which I have, and can't hold up my DLSR at all. Makes a decent iPhone holder for movies on planes, though.)
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jcraig
09/15/09

@someToast: Really? that's odd. It seems like the small version for point and shoots would be able to hold a DSLR plus some. Thanks for the heads up.
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Mark Wilson
09/15/09

@someToast: Yes, I believe you're correct.
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someToast
09/15/09

@jcraig: I got it as a gift when all I had was the P&S.

I haven't tried it with my Canon XTi and a 50mm lens, but the kit lens is enough to tip it over.
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farcedude
09/15/09

In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
Having worked on airplane engines, and being interested in auto engines (now that I know how much it costs to pay someone else to fix one), I think this is the best thing ever. Even if there's nothing magnetic under the hood that's big enough to stick it to (yeah, right), there's still the three legs that you can wrap around whatever you need to.
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Yeebles
09/15/09

In reply to Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp with a Magnetic Personality
A friend was stopped at customs and he raised a few eyebrows as the officials thought his Gorillapod was some sorta sex toy.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
09/15/09

@Yeebles: I've found the phrase, "Gosh, if I'd known you were going to be handling that I'd have washed it." to be a good way to get customs people to stop fondling anything sex-toy related.
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farcedude
09/15/09

@Lite: Wolverines!: Hearted, for that.
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fanboy.took.my.star
07/29/09

In reply to Gorillamobile Monkey-Hangin' Tripod For Your Mobile Devices
35$???? ill make my own....
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N1k0s
07/29/09

@urbanturban666: If you know where to look, you can buy one of these knockoffs and mod it to hold you smartphone of choice. It's under $5.00 shipped to your doorstep.
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/29/09

@urbanturban666: I will just use glue, which incidentally, I also "make" on my own..
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ChibaCityCowboy
01/30/09

In reply to US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs
Years ago I saw some footage taken from a reporter's camera who had wound up recording his own death. I don't think he was using a rifle stock mounted camera, but in the hot zone, and in a US uniform, I don't think it would make that much difference safety-wise.
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Purple Dave
01/31/09

@ChibaCityCowboy:
Ernie Pyle is the war photographer whose last photo is of his dead body, shortly after he got killed by a Japanese machine-gunner during WWII, but there's another similar instance that happened more recently. In 2006, independant documentarist Brad Will was filming footage of the violent armed conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico when he was shot and killed. The video reportedly shows two armed gunmen in the distance, and right after one or both of them fire shots the camera was dropped. The belief is that Will actually filmed the shot that killed him. Both of these stories only show half of the story, and it's not the same half. One shows just the dead body after the fact, and the other shows just the killing act.
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Steeplebomb
01/31/09

@Purple Dave:

wow. morbid.
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Purple Dave
01/31/09

@Steeplebomb:
Yeah, in a way. But if you actually look at Pyle's photo, you can't really tell that he's not just sleeping or unconscious. There's supposed to be a bit of visible blood coming out of his mouth, but it's a B&W photo that was shot over 60 years ago. The image quality isn't exactly the greatest. And with the video, you can't actually tell _why_ the camera was dropped unless someone tells you.

And when you get right down to it, neither of these men was taking a walk through the park. Both were trying to document the real horrors that take place very far away from our mostly-secure little corner of the world (in the entire last century, Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the Unabombing are the only three comparable acts of violence that I can think of that have been perpetrated on US soil).
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OMG! Ponies!
01/30/09

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Stay safe and Godspeed, Sarge.
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jcrockerman
10/29/08

In reply to Biopod Is the Automated Tripod for...Cement Study
Why would the biopod have a mini DSLR attached to it?

It should have just a lens.
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Kaiser-Machead
10/29/08

@jcrockerman: It would look kinda sissified with a Canon Powershot point n' shoot.
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Kaiser-Machead
10/29/08

In reply to Biopod Is the Automated Tripod for...Cement Study
Biopod, ATTACK!
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Acerbus Letalis
10/29/08

@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO Hug Machine (with Cookies): Ha ha. It looks like it will just jump out at you doesn't it?
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