Simple Travel Tripod

 by mbmosher
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Here's a really simple travel tripod, erm, camera string...
 
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Step 1: Materials

- Six feet of light duty rope or heavy duty string
- A spool
- A 1/4-20 eyehook
bassmasta1010 says: Apr 8, 2009. 3:49 PM
That would actually be called a stabilizer not a monopod...but good guess.
dduck1947 says: Mar 21, 2009. 1:39 PM
Fishing line works well, too.
Saint says: Feb 18, 2008. 8:21 AM
It will be a bit more stable if you stand on it with both feet and knot the end of the string back to the eyehook, thus making a triangular shape. It's even more stable if you keep the cord of the camera around your neck. Also, if you add a few knots to the rope to mark the space between your feet you can keep the height of your camera constant.
fattymcbutterpants in reply to SaintOct 11, 2008. 8:08 AM
but that amount of string would get a little annoying wouldn't it? but it is still a good idea, it would keep it from moving back and forth when you don't want it to, but if you want to take a video, it would limit your movements.
UltraMagnus says: Aug 5, 2008. 5:38 AM
its more of a stabilizer than anything, really
iectyx3c says: Mar 26, 2008. 8:19 PM
I like it. +1 points for your snappy Instructable. You should enter this in the Pocket-Sized contest. I am going to link to yours from my own tripod entry.
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GorillazMiko says: Feb 18, 2008. 11:58 AM
Actually a pretty smart idea. You could like hang the thing to a tree, and your camera will hang there or something. That might not work, I'll have to work on that...
Kiteman says: Feb 18, 2008. 11:37 AM
** Cough **
PetervG says: Feb 17, 2008. 7:03 PM
Maybe change it to string pod or something? Not a tripod.
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