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Mounting with magnets

Mounting with magnets

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Mounting with magnets

- I'm sure you've seen a Joby style tripod before and what make this little mini tripod different than the traditional Joby style tripod are these feet. These are actually magnets and their perfect for adhering to the side of a car now just be warned that these magnets are not the most powerful magnets in the world. And while I'm going to show you this setup on the side of the car first pointing out and then pointing into the car in my opinion, this is a setup that you probably want to use when parked. When going over bumps or with wind blowing into this setup, yeah, that makes me a little nervous but you can try it just be warned that the camera might actually fall off the car. So as I mentioned, we have some magnets here so I can simply just place the tripod here on the side of the car. If I let go, look at that, it's stable, it's staying right there, and it's actually pretty strong. Now as I said what I would worry about in this setup is wind resistance and vibration. You can see…

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