Mini Travel Tripods
Whenever I speak at a photography club meeting, I always bring along some of my toys. Things that I think might interest camera buffs. A couple of months ago I spoke at the Clear Focus Camera Club, a local club that is very active. To my surprise, the ‘toy’ that most people were interested in was my mini travel tripod.
The Ultrapod tripod is a series of real tripods complete with functioning ball heads. Made of reinforced nylon, they are light and very small, so there is no excuse for not taking it with you.
A really handy feature on them is the folding legs and Velcro strap. By folding the legs in and wrapping the Velcro around the nearest tree or pole, you now have a camera support at eye level or where ever you like.
The Ultrapod II weighs about 4 ozs, folds up to about 7.5 ins long and holds my Canon 1D MKII with a 70-200 f2.8 in a pinch. Balancing my heavy gear at certain angles is sometimes a challenge but I find a way around it, turning the legs a different direction or moving the ball head’s center over the legs a little. I used in on a trip to France this year, taking longer exposures inside churches, mainly with my 24-70 f2.8, and it worked like a charm. 
I quite often mount the camera to the tripod and them push the legs against a wall for some added stability.
The Ultrapod (smaller one) weighs only 1.5 ozs and folds up to a mere 4ins long. My wife uses hers for her Canon S3IS. It even fits in her tiny camera bag.
I bought my Ultrapod for $25 and my Ultrapod II for $30 in the Vancouver area. I feel thay are well worth the money and the tiny space in your gear bag.
So now traveling light does not mean you have to leave your tripod at home.
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