All right.  Set self timer.  Perfect.  Get in, get in!  Your friend hurriedly scrambles into the group to get in right before the automated *snap*.

For those of you who know a family member or friend who can't get enough of their point & shoot camera - and simply loooove taking group photos ...

this is a cool gift!  Sure, some of you may say, ah, why bother, when you can stack some books under it and achieve the same thing.

Ah, but this doo-hickey tripod latches on the bottom so it's convenient for you to angle it up if you need to.  Just set it, and voila, kodak or in this case -  digi moment.  It fits most point & shoots with a standard 1/4"-20 tripod socket.

It's the Manfrotto 797 Flat-folding Digital Camera TriPod and retails on average from $25 - $35.

Man