Keychain camera tripod- how cool is that?

Use one of those cameras that will fit in a shirt pocket and always needing a tripod to mount that baby for the perfect picture?  What if you could pull your keys out of your pocket and open up a tripod to prop that camera right up proper?  That's just what you can do with the Manfrotto 797 Modo Pocket Camera Mount, a name much bigger than the tripod itself.  Just look how sweet this little mount is:

(via Rodfather Mobile)

Comments

[Patrick Perez]

Well, as nifty as the gadget is, it isn't a tripod. It has four points that contact the surface upon whi it sits. It is a quadpod. The design could easily be changed to a trippod, but it isn't one as shown.

Now, you might think, 'well, a quadpod is better, because it has 1 more leg' but you would be mistaken. It takes three points to define a plane. A three legged stool (a tripod) can't wobble. A four legged stool can (and usually does). This is the reason that full size tripods, and not quadpods exist where portability isn't an issue and stability is.

Patrick

[Chris]

That is awesome. Very handy.

[Rodfather]

Thanks for the link. I haven't ordered one yet. I just ordered a GorillaPod for SLR sized cameras so should have fun with that.