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To some degree you can adjust the legs or bend it so the camera faces where you want it. But let's say you have it wrapped around a railing and want to aim the camera elsewhere. With a small ball head you can turn the camera easily. If you have to adjust the legs, it may take a lot of trial and error to position the camera just right. Or if you have it ...

No, but a ball head does offer real advantages Using a gorillapod without a ball head is a practical option. As you point out, you can use the inherent flexibility of the tripod to angle the head in any direction. However, if you add a ball head then you can point the camera in the right direction with much greater speed and accuracy. This may be ...

Look at the Joby website. They are all different! Pay attention to the color of the joints and if yours has a joint above where the legs join or not. If there is a built-in head, look at it and compare as they are three distinct ones. It is not easy to see but the focus joints has rings which are metallic instead of grey. The specs are available there too. ...

I would recommend a ball head, it's very hard to do minute adjustments without the ball head. I was using a gorillapod without ball head, but later bought a ballhead. It's very easy make composition corrections with ballhead and also to go for portrait. Joby sells a Gorillapod with ball head ...

yes, yes and yes. I bought a gorillapod for my canon 550D and it was useless - I was spending more time adjusting it than taking pictures. if I'm honest, I had read reviews saying this before buying it, but I thought "it can't be that bad...otherwise they wouldn't sell any". Actually, it was that bad! I've stopped using it. i didn't even try to buy the ...

I have used the GorillaPod SLR (the one below the SLR zoom, so lower capacity) with my Canon EOS 550D + 18-55mm IS kit lens, and had no issues with stability (less than a kg combined). My GorillaPod is almost 5 years old now, but still going strong. I also have the 55-250mm IS lens, but haven't used it with the GorillaPod yet. The main concern I see when ...

It's fine for a railing or something you can really wrap it around well. Something like a tree trunk or large vertical pole, not so much. It's well built, the camera wouldn't fall off, but it could slip down if there's not much friction to hold it in place. Edit: the GorillaPod SLR-Zoom is rated at 3kg (6.5 lbs). My D90, which is a heavy camera, with ...

I use a mount called the Glif for my iPhone. It is essentially a small holder for the phone that has a standard tripod mount on the bottom of it. You can see more of it here Glif website. I think your best option is to get any adapter that is designed specifically for your phone and that adds a 1/4 mount for a standard tripod.

I entrusted my DSLR to one when attaching it to street sign posts and a 19th storey balcony railing when I was on holiday a while back. It didn't give me any concerns about the legs slipping although I was careful to have the strap looped around my arm when mounting and dismounting the gorillapod. -edit: This was using the kit 18-55 lens, not heavy at all, ...