Stroboframe Pro-T/Press-T

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $86.00 from B&H

Summary:
Well made, well designed, sturdy. It gets the flash way up (which I like). It is light but rigid enough to use with 645 format gear. Good accessories available. Best bracket around for bodies with bulit in "handles" like modern 35 mm bodies. It lets me handle the camera in a more natural way.

Strengths:
Quality. Design. Flexibility. Weight.

Weaknesses:
Price. By the time you add an antitwist bracket and a flash mount (both essentials in my opinion) you are at $105-110. Also, no tripod mount. Screw mount for body is a bit clumsy, but designed to allow low bracket mass and the ability to stand upright.

Similar Products Used:
Several over the years. All OK. I have 3 Pro-T's at this point and use nothing else.

Customer Service:
Never needed

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Calumet Photo

Summary:
I use this bracket with an F100 & MB-15 grip. It allows you to hold your camera just like normal, but gets the flash up and above the lens for red-eye and shadow reduction. One nice thing about this bracket is that it has a "kickstand" that you can pull out if you want to set the camera down and not have it tip forward. I did have to put some felt on this "kickstand" because it was a little uncomfortable where it rested against my hand during long photo shoots.

Strengths:
Durable, nice grip, the kickstand is handy, has a loop to keep the flash cord tied up.

Weaknesses:
When doing vertical shots, the kickstand rests against my middle finger of my right hand, during long shoots, the metal pressing agiinst my finger was hurting, I solved this by lining the kickstand with a small strip of foam rubber/felt.

Similar Products Used:
Qwikflip bracket-Didn't like with the F100.

Customer Service:
n/a

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.50 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $90.00 from B&H Photo

Summary:
This item is essential for wedding photographers or photojournalists. It drops the shadows below the subject so they are not as noticeable. I did find a mistake in another review however. The bottom of the bracket has a tripod socket, so even if your camera''s tripod socket is taken by the bracket, you can attach ther bracket to the tripod (On the Pro-T anyways).

Strengths:
Nice and durable. I''ve dropped mine and kicked it around a few times, and it hardly even scratched it. Very nice when used with the anti-twist plate.

Weaknesses:
The cost is a bit much, but it''s a nice bracket! You have to buy an off camera shoe cord, but that''s not really a weakness, just an added expense.

Customer Service:
Don''t need it. It''s not a hard product to figure out.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00

Summary:
Excellent accessory for improving flash pictures?xD;?xA;Sturdy, simple and extremely easy to use (Press-T)?xD;?xA;"Accessories" required to make it work

Strengths:
Amazingly Easy to use?xD;?xA;Durable?xD;?xA;Effectively kills red-eye (although not green-eye in my dog) and lowers shadaws?xD;?xA; behind the subject where they''''re not so noticable?xD;?xA;Looks really impressive on your camera

Weaknesses:
Attaches to camera tripod socket camera so it can''''t?xD;?xA; be used with camera on tripod.?xD;?xA;Also requires a camera-specific and extra-cost?xD;?xA; anti-twist plate?xD;?xA;Also requires extra-cost remote flash cable

Similar Products Used:
None

Customer Service:
Never had to use it

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $84.00 from Abbey Camera

Summary:
Sturdy bracket designed for pro SLRs with battery grip. Camera(F5)felt very balanced with the grip and Vivitar 285HV attached. Flash remains upright and approx. 10" above lens at all times.

Strengths:
Allows you to hold the camera rather than the grip; very easy to flip the flash when camera turned to vertical.

Weaknesses:
small plastic tab that holds sync cord to grip broke after a few uses, though not having it has not interfered with ease of use.

Similar Products Used:
none

Customer Service:
not needed