How to Use monopod in a Sentence

monopod

noun
  • Tripods and monopods that cannot fit inside a standard backpack or that extend over six feet.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Like all my colleagues, I would be loaded down with cameras, lenses and monopods.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2017
  • Tripods, monopods and other camera support pods are also not allowed.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t bring a tripod, collapsible monopod, or any gear that could be mistaken for, or used as, a weapon.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 3 June 2020
  • Many photographers have started to use monopods, which offer a faster setup time than their three-legged brethren.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Get a travel model or a monopod—something that features knobs instead of appendages.
    — Paul Sarconi, WIRED, 21 May 2017
  • Cameras with professional lenses, tripods/monopods and iPads.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Large professional detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods or selfie sticks.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Slypod Pro, a telescoping monopod with a motor built in that can extend up to 20 inches.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Other available accessories are bag riders for the stock, a barricade block, and a folding monopod for the buttstock.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Trying to balance your phone camera on a cart, bag, or tree is a losing game, especially when a solid monopod like this one is so easy to use, pack, and travel with.
    — Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
  • The aluminum-alloy tripod features a 360-degree ball head for panoramic shooting, and one of its legs can be removed to convert it to a monopod.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2022
  • Some shrink down small enough to fit into luggage for traveling shooters, others transform into monopods for people who like to shoot and move, and some even employ flexible legs to grip surfaces other tripods only dream about.
    — Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Professional photo, video and audio equipment — detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, selfie sticks or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The protesters built their tree stands in February, and another protester erected a monopod—a freestanding perch atop a tall pole—at a separate site in late March.
    — Kathryn Miles, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, GoPro mounts and attachments, detachable lenses or other commercial equipment.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Digital stabilization is available; its default mode works well for handheld recording with camera motion, and there's also a Boost mode that works nearly as well as a monopod for scenes without camera movement.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • GoPros, video cameras, tripods, monopods, professional cameras, and cameras with detachable lenses are not permitted, though Polaroid cameras are okay.
    — Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • Basic point and shoot consumer-grade cameras without detachable lenses and other accessories (monopods, selfie sticks, tripods, GoPro mounts, and other attachments are not allowed).
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond that, Kalouche has plans to integrate the GOAT leg into a variety of different robot morphologies, including monopods, bipeds, tripods, and that quadruped in the rendering above.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2016
  • Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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