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Looks very good Yuri!!

Isn't there already a thread on this?

eta: Oh yes, here it is, for anyone interested: http://www.microstockgroup.com/blog-updates/yuri-arcurs-steadypod-review-first-impressions-%28blog%29/

What about round rubber bottom but which is loosed when you step on?

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Regarding price: Custom Brackets makes top notch gear. It's for the professional.
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Being a professional and the price of gear are two separate, unrelated things. That price for a monopod is simply ridiculous.

There's a sucker born every minute, so I'm sure there's a market for this thing.

Considering the expensive nature of most photography gear, I don't see this price being so outrageous. There are plenty of tripods that cost triple what this monopod costs, as well as many other monopods in the same price range. It's expensive, but so is most photography gear. It's an expensive business.

The problem I see is in the potential the market interest. Being most well known for his microstock work, Yuri's audience is largely microstock photographers (I'm assuming), and the segment of the microstock business that is working at a level that would afford some expensive gear like this is probably very small. It's going to take some marketing muscle to get this thing recognized in the more mainstream photography channels where Yuri is more likely to find potential buyers. Or he'll have to get it stocked by a major retailer.

But based on microstock industry awareness alone, I'd be surprised if there was much demand for this product.

Custom brackets including the set up here have been available here in the UK at all the major retailers for quite some time, I've been toying over getting one of these for a over a year or so, the only thing that's stopped me is trying to figure out which actual plates, accessories I need (the custom brackets website ain't that good). The product itself is quality.

I think Yuri's just cut an endorsement deal where his name is on the product.

I'd like to see someone other than Yuri say that

Did you read the blog post on the monopod
http://blog.microstockgroup.com/yuri-arcurs-steadypod-review-first-impressions/
I covered most (I think all) of the differences between Yuri's new monopod and the old one he was using.

The rotation part (mounting bracket) seems the same yeah, (Yuri can step in if I'm mistaken), the Yuri monopod also has that tilt head - which was a new piece.

I agree that the website is not the best and is holding back a lot of potential sales, because people can't figure it out. I have included some extra text in on the page about the steadypod and if you read it, it should make it clear what extra parts you might need. I was confused myself too you see.

The whole system is built partly on existing parts, but almost all of them are slightly modified so the system can't be built on just old parts. The older parts are also simply not as nicely built as the new ones.

Agreed.  I'm a firm believer in camera support and have tripods small and large thru a camera stand in studio and have invested far more than this costs, yet I do not own a monopod.  I find that I like to direct models posing with one hand while I am firing with the other which would be compromised with a monopod.  Additionally if you are working with an art director or client and you need to discuss the details of a shot either on the camera back or tethered to a computer, recomposing the exact shot when not locked down on a tripod is simply guess work.  Outside of sports arenas with long lenses (which rotate on their own), monopods are marginally useful.  Just get a tripod and ball head--far more versatile use of funds.