Stroboframe Quickflip- Bad design?

ImageX PhotographyImageX Photography Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
edited July 12, 2010 in Accessories
I use the quick flip but I mount it backwards... with the handle to the left. If you mount it properly with the handle to the right.... you have to hold the handle AND camera grip in your right hand. What's up with that??? They should have designed it where the handle comes out further to the right so your hand can fit in between the camera grip and frame handle. The way I use it puts the flash on the bottom when shooting vertical but..... I really just bought it for an extension bracket to hold my SB600 for quick removal for off camera flash shots.



Here it is.... but just for grins!!! The dance of the D300S.... with a bow. It takes a minute or so to load before it runs at full speed. lol I was bored, ok? :D

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,133 moderator
    edited July 12, 2010
    Let me start with the animated GIF:

    That's just totally weird, ... so, of course, I love it. thumb.gifthumbclap.gifclap

    I have a QuickFlip 350 and I mount it on the left, because I thought that was correct. I too find it very clumsy to use so I don't use it anymore.

    I switched to the Stroboframe Pro-T, which mounts on the right "ahead and in front of" the camera grip. Since it mounts with the vertical component ahead of the camera, it is out of your way and allows fairly normal operation of the camera and lens. The balance is shifted a bit forward, but not so much to be a big problem. The bracket is large enough to accommodate both cameras with an added vertical/battery grip and the high-end cameras with a built-in vertical grip.

    I personally prefer the movement of the Pro-T (as compared to brackets which rotate the camera under the flash).
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • ImageX PhotographyImageX Photography Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2010
    Laughing.gif! :encore



    It seems like mounting the quickflip to the left is how it's suppose to be but then the flash is on bottom when shooting vertical. They could have easily addressed that by allowing adjustment on the top arm that holds the flash. Then you could slide the handle far enough to the right of camera and still center the flash above the lens as needed. They didn't do that for some odd reason. headscratch.gif
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2010
    I've heard of the AF searching in bad light, but this is going beyond the call of duty. Should get a medal!

    Neil
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  • gecko0gecko0 Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2010
    very cool gif and great way to demo the unit! 8.5MB...i was wondering why the thread was slow to open. lol
    Canon 7D and some stuff that sticks on the end of it.
  • ImageX PhotographyImageX Photography Registered Users Posts: 528 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2010
    NeilL wrote: »
    I've heard of the AF searching in bad light, but this is going beyond the call of duty. Should get a medal!

    Neil

    haha Good one!



    gecko0 wrote: »
    very cool gif and great way to demo the unit! 8.5MB...i was wondering why the thread was slow to open. lol

    The original gif I did was 25mb and I couldn't find an image hoster that would accept such a big file. Laughing.gif I thought it was kind of funny... especially the bow.... so I resized all the images and made it smaller so I could upload and share. It IS a pain that it runs so slow for a minute. Some people won't wait around for it.
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