Product Description

Canon is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. By developing innovative, high-quality business solutions Canon makes it easy to create, manage, and share images and information better, faster, and more efficiently.

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: 6195A005
• Dimensions: 2.10" h x 2.20" w x 21.30" l, 1.10 pounds

Features

• 4-section monopod that comes with mini-ballhead
• Extends to 64.5 inches; folds down to 21.3 inches
• Foam grip on the top leg section, a hand strap, and rubber leg tip
• Weighs just over a pound

From the Manufacturer
The Canon Monopod 100 is a compact, lightweight 4-section monopod that comes with a mini-ballhead. It features a foam grip on the top leg section, a hand strap, and rubber leg tip.

Specifications:

• Maximum height: 64.5 inches
• Folded length: 21.3 inches
• Load capacity: 4.4 pounds
• Leg lock type: Flip lock
• Male thread size: 1/4-inch
• Weight: 1.1 pound

Customer Reviews

Canon Monopod up close..
Never did find more than the one photo of this Monopod on the Internet so thought I would upload some since it arrived here..

Time will tell of course, but it does seem sturdy and the locks are very tight to start with etc. The mini ball head, while not the quality of one costing what the whole monopod costs.. seems to be capable and holds my heavy DSLR with grip firmly.
Again, we'll see what some wear does to it and edit this then.

Update after some use..

Well, working very well and clamps are still nice and tight, socket and ball are also doing just fine.

I find that I'm not going to leave the monopod screwed in my battery grip while I walk to next shot etc. It seems to put extra pressure on the grip to camera mount that you don't want.
But this is nothing that this Canon product does that another will not however. No problem if the camera is setting on the monopod, but best not to hold horizontal etc.

Update 8/06

Price seems to push high now and then.. my review is based on a price of $30 ,other brands come into consideration at $50 and up.

Canon unit is still working just fine and giving no signs of wear or trouble, I'm still happy with it for the price I paid.

Update; July 8,2007

This monopod is still doing well and I have no complaints.

Update; Nov 2009

Showing some wear but still working as it should and no reason to replace it.

Best thing since sliced bread!
I love this monopod! I'm a person who uses my camera nearly every day (Canon EOS Elan 7 35mm). This item is one of my favorite accessories for the camera -- so much easier to travel with than a tripod! It's sturdy, but lightweight, easy to use and is very portable. I am mostly using the monopod to support my camera with an enormous, extremely heavy 500mm telephoto lens attached. I'm actually able to hold that huge lens steady with just the monopod -- not one blurry photo! I've dragged it all over the Bluegrass of Kentucky ... across fields of horse farms, and even to the racetrack. I've taken it out into the wilderness to photograph elk. I had to keep closing it down and extending it out every time we got in and out of the vehicle, which was often. Also recently traveled all over Arizona with it to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Canyon De Chelley, etc. I was constantly opening and closing it, taking literally hundreds of photos (about 14 rolls) with no problems at all. I'm wondering if the other reviewer just got a defective one. I wish I'd bought one of these years ago! I highly recommend it.

Best Monopod at a GREAT Price
I purchased this monopod a couple of weeks ago now because I am shooting a Canon 20D with the Canon EF 100mm-400mm f/4.5 L IS lens. I also purchased the BG-E2 Battery Grip and the E1 Hand Grip thinking those would be enough to help steady the camera enough with this L lens on the front. I was wrong. I still love my hand grip for security reasons with my other lenses, and my battery grip I can't say enough about. This monopod, however, is the ABSOLUTE BEST. My shots have improved to the point where I have literally no blurry pictures at all. I have shot well over 5,000 frames using this monopod and I have only had maybe 10 shots that were blurry.

I attach the monopod to the ring mount on the lens and just start firing away with absolute confidence that my shots are going to be perfect. And they are. The monopod can handle the weight in the horizontal mode just fine. The vertical mode is a bit weak with the support, but it's not that big of a deal.

I stand 6'4" tall and the monopod is the perfect shooting height for me. I don't have to bend over at all to look through the eye-piece on the camera.

This is a PERFECT addition to my equipment and I am loving this.