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 Stroboframe
Quick Flip 350
Stroboframe's most economical flash bracket
is lightweight and fast-handling and accepts all 35mm cameras, with the
exception of battery-pack equipped and motor drive-types cameras. Includes
shoe mount and 1/4"-20 camera mounting knob. This is a flash-rotating type
bracket with a pivoting arm. The nominal lens-to-flash distance is 12
inches.
Weight: 10 oz.
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Comments/Reviews:
A must have for wedding photogs...
It keeps the flash over the lens at all times, in both landscape and
portrait orientations. Positions the flash far enough away from the lens to
avoid red-eye. Also is nicely balanced with SLR with battery pack and flash
mounted. - Sudoku Junkie, Amazon.com
It is an ok frame for the money,
When you receive this product you will need to place some thread lock on the
screw and the top of the fram. This is the screw that hold the flash sync
hotshoe. If you do not fix the screww the flash unit will swival all over
the place. Hey Stroboframe-place a lock washer between the screw and the
frame. I cannot be the only one that has had problems. - S. Michaud,
Amazon.com
Much better than expected.
I purchased this with modest expectations, but it has exceeded them. It
is very solidly built and I believe it meets professional standards in that
respect. Let me address a few concerns that I know other people have
expressed:
Vertical shooting: yes, with this product vertical shooting becomes fairly
difficult to the point of effectively ruling it out. However, I shoot
vertically about 4 times a year. That's not 4 sessions per year--4 frames.
If you are someone who does a lot of vertical shooting then I would
recommend steering clear of this item. For me, someone who rarely ever does
shoot vertically, this does not bother me at all.
Camera and/or flash coming loose: I have not experienced this issue at all,
not even a little bit, not one time. All I did was tighten the bottom screw
down fairly tight. I didn't use a pair of pliers to tighten it or anything;
just my hand. The camera stays in place perfectly all the time. This may be,
however, because I have a Canon battery pack on the bottom of my camera
which also has grip to it. I haven't tried mounting the camera directly to
the bracket so I don't know if that would cause the slippage issue or not.
Anyway, for me this is not an issue at all. Also, in all positions my flash
has remained in place as well. My flash is attached to a remote cord so
actually it is the remote cord which is screwed down technically speaking,
but regardless everything has stayed in place in all positions. I have
experienced no issues with anything coming loose. Now, I did just buy this
and I have only used it a few times so I can't speak to long-term
reliability in this area. If it fails down the road I will come back and
revise this review, so if you are reading this then everything is still
fine.
If I had a gun to my head and was asked what the shortcomings are with this
product, I would say the bottom camera mounting screw is so large that it
makes setting the camera down incredibly difficult in any position with this
bracket attached. You have to find a soft surface (like carpet or a chair)
to set this down when your camera is attached. Setting this down on
tabletops or counters will scratch them and your camera might tip over and
get scratched or damaged. Also the grip is pretty lacking in ergonomics.
Those are really tiny issues that would not stop me from buying or using
this item. I mention them just to be thorough.
This is a great bracket and I am very pleased with it. I will likely buy
another one or two of them for other cameras that I have. - Mark Twain,
Amazon.com
Does the job
Pros:
Lightweight
Best Uses: Cold shoe
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
I use the Stroboframe Quick Flip 350 to
hold an external mic with my Canon ZR900. The bracket is small, the
camcorder is small, and my mic is small, so it all makes a nice little, err
small, package. It is easily held by the bracket and there's enough room to
flip open the lcd and operate the controls.
It doesn't hurt that it also works with my DSLR to mount a flash. - pernell,
buzzillions.com
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