Saturday, July 14, 2007

this is so cool!!

Q: What would make these photos that my friend I took when we were out sightseeing WAY better?

in need of an xshot

Original Photos in this mosaic can be found here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

A: An XShot.

If we had had an XShot, we could have not only gotten more of us in the photos (you can hardly see Mio at all in pictures 5 and 6), the cool landscapes would have been much more visible too (in picture number 3 you can't even see the twin hearts behind us)!

Ok, so what exactly is an XShot and why do I think it is so cool?  An XShot is a small extendable contraption that allows individuals to take self-portraits at lengths much further than arm's length.  It compacts to nine inches, yet expands up to thirty-seven inches. 

Like a tripod it safely holds onto your camera; unlike a tripod there is no running to get back into place before the timer goes off (and no worries that a perfect stranger is going to walk off with your camera and tripod in tow).

As a single gal living overseas, having one of these would be so much fun and enable me to capture many more great pictures of life here in Taiwan!

At first I wasn't going to enter the contest, I was just going to go order one of these really cool photo-taking tools (because I can use the coupon code SparkRocks to save $5.50 off of this nifty thing till tomorrow)--but the company doesn't ship internationally, yet the contest holder does. 

So . . . here I am attempting to win an XShot from BenSpark instead.  (You can enter the contest too if you want--entries are being taken till Sunday at noon.)

See the photos on this page or check out this video to see exactly how the really cool XShot works:

(Disclaimer: This post is as close to an ad as you'll ever find on my blog.)

Jul 14, 2007 9:58:00 PM | bloginess

4 Comments

Drew

great entry, good luck.

Posted by: Drew | Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 12:28 AM

Raesmom

nice entry. That background is gorgeous. An Xshot would help to capture more of that. Good Luck!

Posted by: Raesmom | Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 04:44 AM

Jackie

Hey there!
Just in case you don't win . . .
This was has been out a while. It has a few more goodies for the same price or it can become a small tripod. Check it out here:
http://quikpod.com/
J & F
Taipei

Posted by: Jackie | Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 11:45 AM

amanda

And, they ship to Taiwan . . . I wonder how much . . .

These things are so fun!!!!!

Posted by: amanda | Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 11:52 AM

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