September 30th, 2009
How to make a tripod for free
If you can’t bear to cough up a buck or two for even the cheapest little tripod to stabilize your table-top images (or are just too lazy to carry one around), this awesome tip is for you: With a few strategic bends, you can fashion a stable stand for a compact camera from a lowly paper clip. Originally “designed” as an iPhone stand, the reincarnated paper clip works great for both horizontal and vertical shots (though the vertical orientation may take a little bit of balancing, depending on the heft of your camera). I actually tried this trick at home and it works a treat. It’s perfect for those super slim ultracompacts that won’t really stand up on their own.
Check out the inventor’s video:
[Dean and Ying via Photojojo]
Janice Chen has been covering technology for almost two decades. She got her hands on a Nikon Coolpix 900 back in 1998 and has been a digital camera enthusiast ever since. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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