Camera On A Stick
- 4 Lashings
- Dropped Feb 8th, 2009 by Ted Murphy in gear
I had the pleasure of spending the entire weekend with bloggers at SeaWorld in Orlando. In addition to falling in love with Shamu and dolphins (I am going to buy one), I fell in love with my X-Shot all over again. I am an X-Shot affiliate and a HUGE HUGE fan of the product. I like it so much that Friday night I gave one to Lucretia Pruitt, Julia Roy and Alex Schek to film our SeaWorld escapades (I was one short and still owe Sarah Austin hers).
I took over 10Gb of photos and video in 30 hours, almost all of it with my camera attached to an X-Shot. An X-Shot is an expandable pole you can screw your video or still camera to. You can see an example of me using it in my side bar. I like to call the combined rig my “camera on a stick“, mostly because it reminds me of meat on a stick and that makes me happy.
My camera on a stick lets me grab shots I simply couldn’t get without it. Below is one of my favorite videos from this weekend, filmed with an X-Shot at SeaWorld.
If you don’t believe me just ask Alex, Julia or Drew how awesome the X-Shot is on Twitter. Go ahead. I dare you ; )
You can get your own X-Shot here.
Trackbacks
- Brothers Don’t Shake Hands | Ted Murphy posted on March 8th, 2009
The XShot has really taken flight with Bloggers. And to imagine It all started with an idea. I think that is a huge testament to ingenuity and imagination. Michael came up with a fantastic product that is great for everyone. I’m so glad to see bloggers embracing something that I have loved for so long.
@BenSpark:
You guys are just awesome. Watching the video, Ted’s review, the picture and Drew’s remark just put a big smile on my face. What I set out to do (making a fun device and putting a smile on people’s faces), is working!
Cheers you guys. We’re very luck to have hooked up with all of you and IZEA. (Thank you Drew!)
P.S. Ted, I’ll be sure that one gets sent out to you tomorrow for Sarah Austin.
XShot is such a fun gadget to promote, especially at conventions. It’s a great conversation starter and ice breaker