How does the product flip to allow for pics in portrait position with flash? I can't tell from pic.
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Both previous answers are right: Swing down the camera arm to vertical (portrait) position. Very easy.
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Both arms move and lock into various positions. Lower the camera arm down to the portrait position and leave the flash arm in place.
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Lower arm swings down 90 degrees to place camera into portrait position. Flash and upper arm stay in place.
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Miss Woracheck: I take a lot of my indoor pictures without flash, but always include at least one with flash. Work with the camera settings--"Auto Flash," "Flash On," Flash Off," etc., and check out how the Portrait setting changes things. You have a wonderful camera and it has more features than so far I have used. Best wishes.
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I am having to think about reposition my fingers when I turn the camera on. Your natural grip has you hold the camera where the pop up flash is when you turn the camera on. I have had mixed results with the flash. On some shots it looks fantastic and seems to compensate exposure for nicely lit shots. Other times it is pretty typical of single source on-camera flash. I'm still getting use to the camera but would have liked direct access to the flash controls.
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You could install it upside down - but it is not designed to be installed upside down. There is a rubber piece that sits between the bottom plate and the camera when installed properly. If installed upside down, the metal plate would make direct contact with the camera - no rubber. Additionally, I suspect that the weight of the flash would swing the top plate open. I would not do it.
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The video covers some of the more obvious things but not the less obvious ones. If you have the base (where the camera screws in) level with the handle pointing at you, the thing you can unscrew on the right side is for the pivot (to take portrait pictures), which will let you tilt the base plate by lefting the left side up and over to the right. The round knob on the left side unlocks the left-to-right pivoting. There doesn't seem to be any knob to adjust the up and down pivoting; you just have to push hard (unless mine is broken?)
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No. There's a button you push and it flips out. Then you have to wait for it to charge. It isn't too long, but definitely inconvenient if you need to take a picture quickly.
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Mine rotates a little, maybe a 16th of an inch or so. As long as it is secure and does not pop off, it should not matter. I also have a pinch style lens cover that snaps onto it so I do not have to try to reach inside to remove or replace it and it has never popped off. The only time I remove it is when I use the flash.
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When you look at them later, the photos taken with the phone in the vertical position come appear sideways. And I can't figure out how to rotate them.
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The camera can be mounted upside down. That is how I have my camera set up in my house. With the click of a button the software will flip the image. Works great and I watch my house from my phone. It's the support staff that's is the real plus to buying it. I would of never got it up and running without them.
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That's actually a software question rather than a camera/hardware feature. I don't use the software included with the camera but just using the standard Windows Photo Gallery it is easy to rotate the picture to any orientation you like and it is automatically saved in that orientation for future viewing.
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Because it is a picture in picture. Not the whole screen. You would need to flip.
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You bet. I have a pair of them and it works fine. I find it best to tighten the bottom thumb screw when the camera is at a 45 degree angle and then you can move the camera to either vertical position or horizontal position. I have a SB-800 flash that sits on top of the frame with a stretch spring cable connecting it to the top of the camera. That's the main purpose of the frame: to locate the flash above the camera. The other advantage is that it makes the carrying of the camera easy. This is a jewel.
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To use the flash, you have to manually lift it up from the top of the camera. It does work quite well though.
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I don't know of any flash issues, I have a white case though and it doesn't really seem to affect the flash? Then again, I don't take too many indoor/night photos so I may not have noticed. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help :(
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Hi. I too received a Reverse only camera with no way to switch to Front mode. Ask Amazon for refund. This is definitely a wrong description of the item and needs to be removed or corrected.
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No it doesn't change on the fly from landscape to portrait, you would have to unscrew it and remount it in the position you would like.
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I got that too. I kept trying to insert and reset. Finally it said "formatting" and that was the last she wrote, i.e., the camera froze there. Packed it up and returned it the next day. I bought a (slightly) used Flip on eBay. I know opinions differ, but I had used (and loved) a Flip for years, had broken the lens and was looking to replace with something newer... hence the Kodak, which I found was shabbily made. Now back to another Flip. Even though Cisco dumped them, the Flip videos import as mP4's, and for my purposes, that works great and couldn't be happier with my new (used) Flip. Good luck!