Happy Friday Creactives!
It has been fantastic weather here in San Francisco with lovely summer-like evenings. Of course, elsewhere in the world, they seem to have made the transition to cooler climes. I love the miniature look of the video below taken by Fredrik Nordheim as he rediscovered his winter feet (ie skis again).
A short film from my first day on skiis this year in Engelberg. from Fredrik Nordheim on Vimeo.
Crunch Gear published a great story about how to take good pictures of the night sky and even gave a shout out to our lovely Gorillapod.
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The Gorillapod Focus and Ballhead X got even more attention this week with this full review on Crunch Gear.
The press keeps coming for the Gorillatorch Blade, below are a few excerpts from some of the great hits we received.
The Blade on the other hand is solid all around. It’s body can best be described as a chunk of solid metal (aircraft-grade aluminum) – that’s a good thing. And of course there is Joby’s patented bendy legs with magnetic feet, which means it works just about any where you need to stick it. It’s rated IPX-5 water resistant and uses a an ultra-bright CREE XLamp XP-C LED bulb.
The battery, which lasts about 2.5 hours on full power (130 lumens), is completely rechargeable. A mini-USB port is hidden behind the rubber switch, which flips opens to reveal the port and they’ve include a wall wart with a USB plug, so if need be you could charge this thing via your computer’s USB port. Charging is indicated by a blue LED inside the lens that remains lit until charging is complete.