Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I have one of these:




I use it for motorcycle traveling where space is a premium. It works well, gives you a cool low angle and it was dirt cheap. It's not robust enough to hold anything heavy though, like a long zoom.

I've got a small one made by quantaray. Its pretty nice in the fact that it makes setting up a shot when you don't want to carry a full tripod pretty easy. Its a bit light so it doesn't do so well with a heavy lens on the 40d if the legs aren't fully extended, but it works pretty decent. I used it yesterday to shoot all my macro shots.

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Originally Posted by tardypizza

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I have one of these:




I use it for motorcycle traveling where space is a premium. It works well, gives you a cool low angle and it was dirt cheap. It's not robust enough to hold anything heavy though, like a long zoom.

I've got one of those too (Ultrapod II). It works pretty well and would hold a small SLR I think with no trouble.

Moduleum, if you're doing macro you'll want a very stable tripod. Vibrations in that close focusing range will destroy the image in a hurry. It's much more important to have proper support when doing macro work than anything else. Since you mentioned macro, I assumed you're thinking about getting a macro lens or something to get you close to the macro range.

Agreed on the above. If you're planning on doing macro work, I wouldn't get a small/cheap tripod. You'll regret it pretty quick. Spend a couple hundred bucks and get something that will work better for you. I would also recommend getting a tripod with a removable center column so you can flip up side down or stick out to the side for other angles.

Originally Posted by quirkeejames

Looks like a bipod. How does that camera not fall over?

thats the magic of a bad angle

My fiancee has a gorillapod for her p&s, its nice.