Warning! The illustrations have put in situations that appear the Gorillapod with a handle-ball. In fact, the Tripod is sold naked. You have to buy the patella separately. Without head, tripod is almost unusable because the position of the unit when it hangs rarely corresponds to the angle that you want. Otherwise it does not take too much space, the feet can easily be folded to make it fit in a camera bag. No problem to use with my Canon 400D even with a 75-300mm.