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| |  | Extra Wide AND Long Yoga Mats | Home » » Pedco UltraPod II Lightweight Camera Tripod | | | | | | | Description: | | The UltraPod II is a larger version of the popular UltraPod I and is an excellent platform for camcorders, spotting scopes, medium format cameras, and 35 mm cameras with larger lenses. The UltraPod II is made of high quality glass-filled Nylon and aluminum threaded components ready to provide years of support for the most demanding photographer. The system can stand on fold-out, no-slip feet, or attach to solid objects with a Velcro strap. A unique ball and socket camera mount assembly adjusts to multiple positions quickly and easily. Swiftly folds to a compact 7” packages and weighs only 4 oz. | | | Features: | |
• Lightweight and compact tripod with fold-out legs and non-slip vinyl feet
• Position camera at any angle with U-ball and socket mount assembly
• D-ring Velcro cinch strap secures tripod to posts, tree limbs, railings, pack frames, or any sturdy object
• Use with medium format and 35-millimeter cameras with larger lenses, camcorders, or optic scopes
• Weighs four ounces; folds down to seven inches for easy packing; lifetime warranty against manufacturer's defects
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 49 reviews |
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37 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Next best thing to a tripod.Mar 02, 2006
By Kort
"Art, Music, Book & Movie Enthusiast"
While it cannot replace a tripod, the small and easily portable UltraPod II can fold up to fit in your pocket and goes just about anywhere. When you need stablity for that long exposure or want to get yourself in the photo, this little bad boy is just the ticket. You can bring it into places they don't normally allow tripods, and the velcro strap lets you attach it to fences or trees for more point of view options.
For the price, it is truly a great deal. I humbly think every serious photographer, amerature or pro, should have one.
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
VERY VERSATILE AND VERY STABLEApr 11, 2008
By B. Herder
"YouTube: bradtube1"
I bought this because my Gorilla Pod was too flimsy to hold my Canon Powershot TX1 camera.
I really like this tripod. It is very light, holds your camera very securely. It has nice long legs for added stability, but they aren't too long and can fit into a pocket easily.
The double-elbowed ball-top allows for a huge variety of different positions to mount your camera so it's level, no matter what surface you put it on. No adjusting leg lengths or anything.
The velcro strap can be used to strap this on to a variety of things, like branches or sign posts, etc... And with the swivelling ball elbows, you can actually use this with your tripod strapped onto a vertical or horizontal branch or post. Depending on how you use it, you might have to mount it on the side of the sign post, just experiment a little and you'll get it.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Ideal for travelDec 29, 2006
By Miguel Lescano Cornejo
When I ordered this tripod, I though it would be flimsy, since it's made of plastic... but it is quite sturdy, actually. Get this one instead of the original Ultrapod, which is not as stable. I've used this with my Canon A75 and Canon A630, and I can put them in portrait mode without any problems. By the way, if you're going to use this on the floor, better get yourself a camera with a vari-angle LCD!
It's quite a pity that this tripod is not available directly here. But you can do a web search to find it.
24 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Too lightweight for SLRFeb 26, 2010
By T. Wichmann
I bought this tripod for use with a Nikon D90 + kit lens or other lightweight lenses. The tripod itself is well made, and behaves as advertised. The size of this thing is great. However ...
The tripod can hold camera/lens, but due to its flimsy construction, even minimal movements (such as mirror and shutter movements) result in unacceptble vibrations, even when the camera is triggered by remote control. The two situations where this tripod may still be useful for me are (1) taking very long exposures - shutter-induced vibrations may not play a significant role then, and (2) using the tripod velcroed to some other support - this may work, but I'm a bit worried about entrusting camera to the velcro.
All in all - this tripod is not very useful for the type of camera I'm trying to use it for. It may be useful for significantly smaller cameras.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Still going strong after a decadeFeb 01, 2010
By Spirit of 76
I've had this for over ten years. Other mini tripods and even a couple of full-size tripods have come and gone in my collection, but this one stays. In all these years, I've never had a problem with it. The silver lettering has rubbed off -- that's just cosmetic and I prefer all black anyway -- but I've never had loose vinyl feet like others have complained about. It's stiff enough for any point-and-shoot as well as most of the superzooms and digital SLRs without superlong lenses, with a weight capacity triple that of even the Gorillapod SLR. The Velcro strap is losing a bit of its grip after being peeled open many hundreds of times, but that's easy enough to replace. It's light enough that I almost always keep it with me, although it's not especially compact when folded, about the size of a small folding umbrella.
One addition that I consider invaluable (but is unfortunately very difficult to find) is the quick release head for the Ultra Pod II, for which Pedco itself (via Amazon) appears to be the only source. The quick release for the smaller Ultra Pod I is available from many places but won't fit this tripod. Nobody should have to struggle with screwing a tripod into a camera when a good picture is waiting. Especially since if you need a tripod, it's likely dark so it's hard to see, and you don't want to risk messing up the plastic threads in a camera's tripod mount. Strip those and the camera can never be attached to a tripod again. That quick release head is more secure than the ones on the Joby Gorillapods, which can sag when used to hold a heavier camera vertically. It even has a pan feature, which is used by leaving the locking knob untightened. The locking knob is much easier to use than Joby's sleeker but stiff locking mechanism.
Note that this is actually the Ultra Pod II, the biggest of the three Ultra Pod models, after the original (now called Ultra Pod I) and the Ultra Pod Mini. As such, it's the sturdiest and most stable of the three models. The Ultrapod Digital is nothing more than this model molded in translucent plastics following the original iMac design fad and with Velcro Onewrap rather than a Velcro cinch strap. I prefer the black Ultrapod II, which is more scratch-resistant and I'm guessing less susceptible to damage from ultraviolet rays in sunlight (assuming you're outside a lot).
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