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any updates on plans for the flip device?

Right now I am still trying to get with an optics company. Stateside companies want way more than what I want to sell the end product for so I will be outsourcing it.

fil wrote:i agree with harry, i never understood why so many people want a flip device. as harry told before it costs money takes light (allthough it should be very little) and adds a lot of weight. moreover you still have to focus on the little (in my case) hv30 screen. i mean i surely would invest the money in an external hd monitor. however you wont get anything for less than 800 bucks (in europe even more). however finally a friend sold me an old mamyia prism (non metered) very cheap (50euro) because he didn't need it anymore. i remember when i searched for it in ebay it w
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i'm new to all this so pardon my ignorance. if u dont use a flip device then u guys shoot with the inverted imagine? doesn't that pose a prob while u shooting?

I guess like everything, you will probably get used to moving the camera without having to rely completely on the LCD after a while, but that would mean constant practice

Flipping the image in post should not be a huge deal - well... it isn't for Sony Vegas anyway. Also have you looked at modifying your camera to flip the image internally?

At the end of the day it depends on what sort of work you are doing, for me it's mostly event work so I'm happy not to have wield around a large heavy camera that looks like a prop from a science fiction movie

Sometimes I use a 3rd party flip device. But I find myself using it less and less. I always use it for pro shoots just so clients don't think i'm an idiot.

leetraceyj wrote:Sometimes I use a 3rd party flip device. But I find myself using it less and less. I always use it for pro shoots just so clients don't think i'm an idiot.

Uh oh...I don't have a flipping device. What does that make me? Lol

Bluesmudge wrote:

leetraceyj wrote:Sometimes I use a 3rd party flip device. But I find myself using it less and less. I always use it for pro shoots just so clients don't think i'm an idiot.

Uh oh...I don't have a flipping device. What does that make me? Lol

Ha Ha...sorry man I didn't mean anything by it.

I must say that a flip would be very useful for me since I don't process mirrored images in real-time very well. Yes, you can use an external monitor and flip it in post. It isn't that hard, BUT it is extra wieght, wires, and complexity that could be done away with. On the Sony FX1 you can simply flip the LCD image with a magnet. On my V1U, it uses a mechnical switch that i am not willing to corrupt. SO... the answer to my problem would most likely be a flipping device. I would already have one if it weren't so stinkin expensive...

So yes, Tracy, price would be a big factor.