Stroboframe Camera Flip Flash Bracket

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009UTLU
• Item model number: 310-900
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #9 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Flash Accessories > Camera Brackets
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 11, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Stroboframe Camera Flip is a compact, lightweight flash bracket designed for cameras without large, add-on accessory motor drives. The affordable unit sports Stroboframe's low-profile Rotary-Link system, which lets you turn your camera from horizontal to vertical with a flick of the wrist while still keeping the flash centered above the lens. As a result, your photos will receive optimum light regardless of the camera's orientation. On the side sits a cushioned neoprene foam grip that's comfortable for both shooting and carrying. And thanks to the Camera Flip's compact chassis, the bracket stuffs conveniently in most camera bags, making it ideal for traveling. The Camera Flip--which offers a nominal lens-to-flash distance of 12 inches and comes with a machined, positive-locking shoe mount--is backed by a five-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Camera Flip, shoe mount, 1/4"-20 camera mounting knob, cork base pad.

Product Description

Compact, lightweight bracket at a very affordable price. Best for cameras without large add-on accessory motor drives. Comes complete with a machined, shoe-type flash mount.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Camera Flash Bracket, February 25, 2010

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Scotty "Brooklyn" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Stroboframe Camera Flip Flash Bracket (Electronics)

I shoot weddings professionally and there are too many products available on the market, even in this price range, to settle for this one. It is very unstable. There's no provision for locking the camara into the vertical or horizontal position. I have a number of camera rotation flash brackets and this is about the worse. The others I own did cost more but they're well worth it. If you really intend to use this type of equipment, save up and get yourself a Newton or the like. Don't confuse this with the Stroboframe RL-PRO unit which is far better.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring Your Pictures to a New Level, November 30, 2004

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Stephen M. Witty (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stroboframe Camera Flip Flash Bracket (Electronics)

I bought a Strobo-Frame about ten years ago and I do not do flash photography without it. Yes, it is another piece of equipment to haul around, and it does require a synch cable to trigger the flash, but the monumental difference in the pictures makes this worth every bit of extra effort.

With the ability to keep the flash over the lens, whether the shot is vertical or horizontal, truly gives the pictures a much more professional look. The "blown-out" look from a flash being right in your subject's face is eliminated, as is the harsh light from a flash mounted on, or built-into, the camera. Red-eye is also eliminated as the flash, again, is not firing directly onto your subject.

It's a great accessory for any photographer looking to improve the quality of their photos.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crude and Pricey, But Still Useful, August 14, 2006

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A. Kendall - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stroboframe Camera Flip Flash Bracket (Electronics)

Been wanting to get something like this for a long time, but always bucked at the cost. Finally bit the bullet and I will definitely find this useful for weddings, hoping to minimise ugly side shadows. Haven't found it necessary to flip the flash as well, so the fixed flash position is fine for me. In other words, prefer this to the Quick Flip.

It is, though, too expensive. I paid 66 GBP for this, but it's really a very unsophisticated piece of equipment, and 15 quid would be plenty. It consists of about 5 pieces of black-painted aluminium, a few nuts and bolts, and some cheap foam for the grip. Plus a stick-on cork base if you don't intend to purchase an anti-twist plate. Not terribly refined. Sturdy enough, but the nylon nuts intended for additional tightening of the rotating plate are useless and wouldn't tighten at all; just kept going round. Fixed problem by replacing with ordinary metal nuts; wingnuts would be better, avoiding the need to keep a spanner handy.

For my combo of Nikon D70, SB-800 and SC-29 cable, the supplied flash mount was of no use, and I had to obtain an ordinary Hama camera retaining screw to fix the base of the flash end of the SC-29 cable to the top of the bracket. Only a couple of dollars, but it's a shame they couldn't chuck this in for free.

Surprised also that there is virtually no means to adjust for different cameras. It's a universal appliance and, if you've not had a chance to try before you buy, you have to hope that your camera will line up ok for the portrait position. In horizontal position, assuming your lens sits directly over the tripod screw, no problem. But flipping to portrait position, it just so happens that everything lines up *ALMOST* central for the D70, but what about other cameras? There are extra holes in the frame for moving the flash from side to side, but that then screws up your horizontal camera position. Haven't really tested it yet, but I assume normal flash coverage allows for a greater tolerance than I am anticipating but, again, for this money I would expect the ability to adjust more accurately.