Velbon UP-4000 Photographic/Video Unipod

by Hakuba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 1.1 x 63.4 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TY7Q
• Item model number: UP-4000
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 4, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Velbon UP-4000 Unipod provides stability to picture taking without slowing you down. The UP-4000 has a four-section extruded aluminum leg with a direct-mount camera platform, a wrist strap, and a polyurethane handgrip. The side-lever leg locks allow for fast setup and fold-down, and an adjustable rubber foot with a concealed steel ground spike keeps the unipod in place.

Product Description

A hybrid still camera/video unipod, the Hakuba UP-4000 Unipod is light enough for rapid transit, yet more than sturdy enough to help you get smooth, professional shots. A 4-section aluminum leg, it features a rubber foot with concealed ground spike. The unipod also offers a direct-mount camera platform, a polyurethane handgrip, and quick side-lever leg logs. Unipods are the number one choice of sports, wildlife and news photographers and videographers, and it won't take you long to find out why!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Velbon UP-4000 A really great very adaptable product, August 27, 2001

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"werewolf56" (Rancho Cordova, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Velbon UP-4000 Photographic/Video Unipod (Electronics)

I purchased the Velbon 4000 monopod while on a vacation to Alaska. I needed it to take those late evening shots that needed slow shutter speeds. It's wonderfully compact attaches easily to the camera base and I found it quite comfortable to leave attached to the camera as I walked with the camera strapped to my neck. It easily extended to any length. It was so useful that with a short trip to a machine shop I built an adapter so that I could take and use it as a shooting stick for my hunts.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Have" !, September 30, 2001

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Roy J. Brandhorst "Skipper Roy" (Florissant, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Velbon UP-4000 Photographic/Video Unipod (Electronics)

For the Telephoto Camera user this is a must have item to capture those "Once In A Life Time" shots. Its much handier to use and carry than a Tripod. Everone should use one for every shot. You'd be surprised at the quality of your pictures, no more blurred shots from the shaking of a hand held camera. This Unipod is a basic model, but its all you need and it's advantage is that it is very light weight compaired to more elaborate models. The only thing you might want to consider adding is a Ball Head Camera Mount. Also at the end of a long day of shooting, with it's padded hand grip, you can use it as a Walking Stick!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lightweight and it locks tight, January 23, 2005

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Paul Trunfio (Stow, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Velbon UP-4000 Photographic/Video Unipod (Electronics)

This is a very nice accessory to have. As someone else said, a monopod is NOT supposed to stand on its own. You still hold the camera and it's meant to support it and reduce shake. I still use my tripod more, but for things like sports, plays, etc. where you really can't use a tripod, this comes in handy. You also should consider a head for it. I have a cheap Bogen 3232 that allows you to more easily mount the camera AND allows you to rotate 90 degrees in a jiffy. The only problem I have with it is that the sections sometimes get jammed and they are hard to pull out. This doesn't happen all the time, but does sometimes. But it's so cheap it doesn't matter. Also, make sure you extend starting with the top sections on down. This makes it more stable. That applies to all monopods, not just this one.