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Attaching a smartphone to a tripod

Attaching a smartphone to a tripod

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Attaching a smartphone to a tripod

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- Bob, there's something to be said for tripods. - Of course. - This is probably the smallest tripod I own. It's kind of cute and dainty. - Yeah, it is very dainty, but it's fitting for you. - All right. So what's nice about this is it can go small and collapse. - Of course. - But it opens up, and what's good is that it's pretty easy. Your phone's out. Could we slip that in there for a second? - Yeah, of course. - So we'll just take that and expand, and it's the same idea of a vice-type grip, but spring-loaded. - Yep, and just kind of fits right in there. Now the cool thing about this is that you can also sort of rotate it. So if you kind of want to do the traditional portrait, kind of selfie deal you can, if you're going into more movie-mode, we're right there. Now, I've actually used one just like this. Not this particular one. But I actually had a family member who was getting up there, and it was actually a World War II survivor, and we're just sitting around the kitchen table…

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