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Knowledgeable photographers know that the use of a steady camera support is absolutely essential to getting sharp photos in low light situations when a slow shutter speed is required, or for landscapes when a small aperture is needed to give a greater depth of field.

Knowing something and doing it can be two different things however. This is especially the case with camera supports for the handy small compacts many of us use and love because of their small size which makes them so easy to have with us at all times. Most supports will be bigger than these cameras, so using them would completely negate their convenience and portability, thus leaving us to have to make do without them and make compromises by resting our cameras on ledges, table tops, the tops of bags and such like.

Addressing this shortcoming, Manfrotto has developed the MODOPOCKET, a flexible and ultra-compact support. In fact, it’s so compact that it fits in any pocket and so small that it becomes integrated as part of your digital camera so you can leave it on all the time. Yes, you heard us right – all the time, even when you are using a tripod!

The MODOPOCKET provides a stable and very versatile support for many situations and its two wings allow for downward or upward tilts to take your shots from more dramatic angles.

Pick up a MODOPOCKET today and you can say goodbye to camera movement, blurry images and awkwardly framed pictures. Your images will be so much sharper and crisper that you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.