QuickPod extends product line
Strangely enough, that guy isn’t holding a QuickPod
Apologies for the bad pun in the title of this post, but QuickPod, makers of camera extension arms, have added a couple new products to their portfolio: the QuickPod Explorer and the QuickPod Pro+ Precision. In case you weren’t previously familiar with QuickPods, they’re telescoping poles to which you attach your camera, to allow you to take a better picture of yourself than you could otherwise do just holding the camera at arm’s reach.
The QuickPod Explorer is the longest QuickPod arm available, extending out to a whopping 38.5 inches, so you can be sure to get the whole scene behind you. The built-in mirror allows you to make sure you align your photo correctly before taking the picture. It also includes a base unit to convert the normally hand-held QuickPod format into a freestanding camera mount.
It’s easy to make fun of these things — as Greg observed in our chat room this afternoon “I love tools that allow us to isolate ourselves from others, even when in public” — but I’ve actually seen one in action and it proved to be quite useful. Sure, you can use a QuickPod to avoid asking strangers to take a picture for you, but you can also use it for all sorts of clever, totally-not-upskirt-picture purposes! Stay tuned for a review sometime in the very near future.