Why Canon does not make a new strobe like this:

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=cKn5Bs1mNaI

Nice. My 430 EX II has some flexibility in terms of moving the head around but certainly nothing like the Sony in the vid link you posted!

dave

Looks like it's just a different take on swiveling. Can't see any advantage it gives you that a regular bounce/swivel head doesn't.

Well, nikon doesn't have anything like that either... but it's soo damn cool.... i would love for a canon/nikon version of that....

i played with one
pretty interesting
pretty bulky .. like it has a big belly

I think that design is what all flashes should have.

Pretty interesting...

I think the lens hood design is one of the reasons. E.g. the 24-70 lens hood..

The design is much smarter then both Canon and Nikon (imo) and works very well, for those who use alot of on camera flash that is. But beauty isnt everything, especially when it lacks a brain...

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9023720
Looks like it's just a different take on swiveling. Can't see any advantage it gives you that a regular bounce/swivel head doesn't.

The practical diffrence is real if you bounce with flash on camera. Instead of twisting and turning you just push the flash sideways.

It is a small detail, but I also appreciate how the camera's menu also rotates depending on the camera orientation. Not that I would be willing to switch for that, but attention to details like that are likely to be bigger selling points as the easy gains in optics and sensor technology have already been (or soon will be) achieved.

it doesn't look like a gamechanger, but definitely something i'd appreciate if it were incorporated into canon's flash designs.

alt4852 wrote in post #9024544
it doesn't look like a gamechanger, but definitely something i'd appreciate if it were incorporated into canon's flash designs.

I think this statement pretty much sums it up. The over all size of that thing might keep people away from it. The idea of having 2-3 of those in your bag along with everything ele... hmmm I think I'll keep my canon and sunpak (those are big enough)

great vid. That thing rocks, rotates. Love it.

I think allot of people are in denial, that thing is wicked awesome.

kinda what my flash bracket does.

I guarantee Nikon and Canon will follow suit. At least Nikon, with it's much vaunted CLS flash system that a lot of people feel is better than Canon's, finally swivels 360 in both directions.

mark