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Gary Fong, the company behind those plastic-cup-like attachments you see atop many a photojournalist’s flashguns, has come up with an iPhone 4 tripod mount. The plastic adapter looks like it was given roughly a minute’s thought before a back-of-the-napkin sketch was put into production.

Thanks to the squared-off shape of the iPhone 4, almost no custom-shaping is needed to make a snug-fitting holder. Thus, Fong’s adapter is little more than a C-shaped plastic strip with a metal tripod-bush in the base. That is it, and it’s just the kind of thing that you’d make were you scratching around the junk-drawer for a home-made solution.

But despite its basic design and almost complete lack of fancifying, it could be the most practical iPhone tripod mount we’ve seen. There is no need for suction cups, permanently-attached stick-on adapters or even damage-inviting dock-connectors. You simply slip the iPhone in when you need to take a steady picture. Easy. The adapter should be live on the Fong site on Friday September 3rd for $20.

One final thing: The product pictures raise one really big question. Just where on Earth did Gary Fong get ahold of a white iPhone 4?

Fong website [Gary Fong. Thanks, Zach!]

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Source:wired.com

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Gary Fong, famous for selling a $60 plastic dome for your camera-flash, has come up with another “handy” set of accessories: the Gary Fong GearGuard. The security devices do for your camera gear what a Kensington lock does for your laptop.

First is the Camera Body Lock, yet another accessory which screws into the tripod-mount. This one is a flat plastic plate with a loop on the back. Another covering plate slides over this to stop the first from being unscrewed, and a cable run through the loops both secures the camera and stops the cover from sliding off.

This is really only good if you are leaving the camera unattended or are shooting handheld (in which case it is rather pointless). To use it on a tripod, the most common use-case, you’ll need to remove the cable and outer plate to access the integrated screw-mount. Thus, it cannot lock-down a camera when left on a tripod. $10.

The second part of the range is the GearGuard Bag Lock, a combination-locking plastic sleeve which clips over the quick-release clips on a bag and stops them from being opened. Two for $10.

Last is the cable and combination lock, which at $10 should prove to be as secure as your average Kensington lock.

Available soon at the Gary Fong store.

Gary Fong store page [Gary Fong. Thanks, Zach!]

Source:wired.com

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