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Gorilla pods are awesome. When you want to level your camera on rocky terrain, they are great for handling uneven surfaces.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 23rd 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/
Might be a disadvantage if you like attaching your Gorillapod to server clusters... But apart from that it looks the same.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/
But I'm skeptical that it wouldn't at least shorten the life of the card. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/
"But I'm skeptical that it wouldn't at least shorten the life of the card. "

It won't. The memore cards work with electric charges that are immune to static magnetic fields. With rapidly changing magnetic fields the charges might start moving, but the induced current would smelt the card before that.

The camera on the other hand has moving parts, moved by motors, and possibly parts that could magnetize. So, a strong magnetic field might screw the cameras moving parts.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/
In theory this is true, but honestly, modern hard drives are quite well shielded. I had a degausser at work and tried wiping a number of hard drives with it, repeatedly, and was unsuccessful. This was with an older hand-held degausser meant for erasing magnetic tape.
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I was thinking more like the camera's like:

"SAY WHAAAAAA?!?!?!?"]]>Feb 22nd 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/Feb 22nd 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/i was thinking about the same thing, so i went over to their website and checked out their lineup of products. guess what, their product capable of handling a heavier DSLR (as recommended for my 50D by the website) costs $100, and the ballhead comes at another $80 or so. i dun understand why anyone would go for this rather and my good old manfrotto, at least when it comes to serious equipment. ]]>Feb 22nd 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/joby-gorillapod-magnetic-flexible-tripod-hands-on/
Anyway before buying gorilla pod, i was also thinking why do i need this thing when i have a good Slik tripod that can carry it... but in the end, I uses gorilla pod way more than my Slik because of one thing. I leave the tripod mostly at home since its too much hassle to carry it.... With gorilla pod, i just stash it away on my bag. So it's there when i need it.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 4:10AM