Although dozens of good products were introduced in 2008, there was only one that really stood out: the Sachtler SOOM Camera Support System. Its innovative approach to the millennia-old tripod design allows the SOOM to adopt the "Camera Support System" title, which suggests more versatility than a mere tripod can offer. The SOOM performs all the functions of a standard set of sticks, plus, through a Transformer-like reconfiguration (as Shawn Lam described in June's In the Field), it becomes a monopod, an 8"-plus supertripod, and a low-rider minitripod. The system can be purchased as individual components or as a complete package, with or without a head. Now that's the way to sell a tripod!
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