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Benro’s New S6 Monopod is for Bigger Camcorders

Chris Gampat
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10/17/2013
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Monopods aren’t just for photographers; they’re also very useful to news videographers as well. Benro recently announced their S6 monopod for folks that need to use larger camcorders. The monopod has legs that sprout under the center column for extra stability when recording. Combined with the special video head to be used with the monopod, te product can support up to 13.2 lbs of weight. The head has all the bells and whistles that shooters want like panning, locking, etc. plus it can also be detached from the monopod and used for other applications.

The new Benro S6 Video Monopod is available now in both flip leg lock (A48FBS6) and twist leg lock (A48TBS6). Suggested retail price for the new Monopod is $249. Specs are after the jump.

Features include:

  •     13.2 lb payload capacity
  •     4-step counterbalance
  •     Fixed pan drag
  •     Adjustable tilt drag
  •     Independent pan lock
  •     Independent tilt lock
  •     Tilt range +90/-75
  •     Includes 501PL compatible QR6 plate
  •     Max height of 70.5 inches
  •     Min height of 27.8 inches
  •     3 leg folding base with fluid pan cartridge

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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