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Olympus FL-BK01 Flash Bracket | 
| Brand: Olympus
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $49.95
You Save: $30.04 (38%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 2.9 x 2.4
MPN: 200666
Model: BK01
UPC: 050332131149
EAN: 0050332131149
ASIN: B0000510VF
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Moves the external flash away from camera | | • | Results in evenly illuminated subjects | | • | Reduces red-eye effect |
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Product Description
Make your photography experience complete - with Olympus accessories. Of course, you can find a way to mount your flash in some way, but with the external flash mounting bracket for Olympus cameras you can do it the best way.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 This add on can make a big difference June 19, 2002
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
By using a flash bracket and cord (of course you'll need one!), you can move the flash up and away from the lens. This will create a more natural appearance in the shadows of your subject. I have always had problem with flash photography, your wife may roll their eyes when they see you with an E-10, Bracket and an FL-40 ... but it really will make a big difference in your flash pictures.
 Don't bother... July 3, 2007
T. Haines (NY)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The bracket isn't terrible, but it was a waste of money for me. It throws shadows on the wall to the left of my subject because it positions the flash to the left of the lens, rather than directly above the lens, where it should be. Yeah, the flash is placed higher, but I think the drawback of the shadows it creates (by being to the left of the lens) is actually worse than red-eye. You can at least fix red-eye! I didn't realize how much of a problem shadows would be until I bought/used this thing. This was just a bad purchase. I'll be buying a new flash bracket at some point, and throwing this one away. I'll need a hot-shoe cable for any other bracket, so the cable that I bought with this bracket was a waste of money, too. Live and learn.
One good thing I can say about this bracket is that it allows you to remove the handle and manually hold/position the flash away from the camera. That's nice I guess. It's a pain in the a-- to screw the thing on and off though. It should have had a simpler locking/unlocking mechanism.
My advice to others would be to save up for a proper flash bracket, and a hot-shoe cable. Like me, you may find that this bracket creates more problems than it solves, and you may wind up having to buy a different one. So get it right the first time. Don't make my mistake.
 Olympus FL-BK01 Flash Bracket September 29, 2007
K. Barros (Ohio, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Amazon's service was great! Flash bracket is a fixed flash bracket and feels solid and works great with my Olympus E-500 with an additional flash cable. Being it is a fixed handle, this does not allow the flash to be flipped when the camera is turned vertically, thus the flash is on the side rather than the top. Otherwise very nice.
FL-BK01 ---Good product March 8, 2007
R. Armstrong
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The flash bracket itself is a good well designed product. However, the flash hotshoe cable (separate purchase) that goes with the bracket has, in my opinion, a design flaw. I am using an Olympus Evolt E500 digital SLR with pop-up flash. When you connect the hotshoe cable to the camera's hotshoe, the hotshoe cable physically prevents the camera's flash from popping up thus you can't use your external flash and the pop-up flash at the same time. I am using an Olympus FL40 external flash unit. I must turn off the pop-up flash to use the external flash which renders some of the camera's pre-flash functions inoperable.
FL-BK01 flash bracket April 2, 2007
E. Sink
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pro: I bought the FL-BK01 flash bracket, to use with my Olympus C4000 camera. The bracket mounts easy to the camera and is very well made. I am using the Nikon speedlight SB 50DX flash with it. The TTL metering feature of the flash work with this adaptor and camera. Since the flash is mounted higher, I no longer have to worry about red eye. Also, able to use bounce flash with my pictures. Has allow my C4000 to perform like more expensive cameras. Should have bought this 5 years ago.
Con: Need to buy the correct cord to connect the camera and flash bracket for the flash to work. The cost of the bracket and cord together is high. Not able to turn the flash if you rotate the camera. This means that bounce flash feature cannot be used when camera is rotated 90 degrees.
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