Adorama Flashpoint Matte Box Pro Review

This week I put together a review of the Adorama Flashpoint Matte Box Pro. I made the video for my good friend Scott Eccleston's blog Weekly Photo Tips. Now I have retooled it for my blog as well.

The Flashpoint Matte Box Pro is a well made heavy duty matte box offering a swing away design that makes changing lenses a breeze. The build quality of the unit is great. For me the best part is all of the adjustments can be made by hand no tools required. I know that sounds like common sense but I have a smaller unit that requires two different allen wrenches to adjust normal use positions. Here is a link:

http://www.adorama.com/FPVMBM2.html?K...


Check out the review,

Mark

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everyone I'm scott welcome back would be
photo tips
and I am here today with the man who's
been behind the scenes for
every video you've seen the bars except
for the first
hands ago I everyone is shocked by
Martin he's done a beautiful job
but we're talking about coming today
which is his field of expertise
and not mine which is idea so far video
photography and today marc is going to
be our reviewing
a digital matte box and two not be
confused with an Abrams
am one which I'm not sure why is here
what
I brought the tank out cuz I couldn't
think of a better way
to describe the build quality on this
matte box
I Y-one proper got brought this to me to
look at
I was blown away recordist the meets
your way to this unit nothing further to
having to use an appeal to me like that
just
it has really be feel to it have to get
a chance to you know we get took a look
at this thing
if his all machined aluminum is
beautifully made weaver's
thumb screws for all the adjustment and
that further I really like about you
know I've got a small unit a robot a
while ago
that would perhaps a little cheaper but
not a whole lot considering the bill
called difference here
but I'm not unit out the other you never
have every adjustment is a %uh allen
wrench or
weird screw film with hidden from your
access everything in this unit
is adjustable by a a knife from Turner
thumbscrew or a locking hub
on its just a beautifully made unit for
you'd use in and others past week I got
a chance to work with this
and I was in a situation where I had to
go from set to set to say that we had a
report like
film seven locations throughout a over
in one day
I was parried up and tearing down and
having the ability did
to use this map box in that circle do
outdoor stuff
was just great we're the cool things
about the delay in approving whether a
lot my old my pocket where the desire to
slide the lens of influenza
to build a process one call about this
me for unity into
it is a slip away map Oct this
completely
put away from now we can actor for lands
pull that off
and put it right back comparably went on
really quickly the
we with the the a backpack back in place
your back in business this is just
a great feature to have heart my pockets
go and you know I we have omitted the
price point yet
and this is the cool thing with norman
was priceless unit is
349 I believe it is right now it's on
sale for $2.99 which
if you've got a map boxes would also
what the quality is
that amazing Bryce Anna 2009 this thing
is just
a great mailboxes in addition to the
finger just mention
it has all the kindest everything you
think I'm gonna hire another popular
health
to corporate six degree rotating my up
to two boxes rain I think all those out
we can put in our sixteen by nine
filters going out there in the holder
put those in writer back an unlock it
then and then wrote a very likable
writer speaker rotate at to the position
you to be an
graduated ND whatever the case might be
just a really nice thing to have
the course he comes with the flags the
french wife and these guys go on with
again really nice thumb screws that
these go on with
well you know that the top like is great
but the Scion pleasure it is a really
well made
with a little track that hold that plug
n play for its my sins burr
stable and when you put it on how to use
other my partners in the peace flags get
loose
they penned the fall right off now with
these their two daughters there's a
will catch on their the holdup it not
for of even a post piece front group get
a little loose which they probably won't
if it gets loose it'll still hang on to
the unit the thing that is really
just beautifully made you can't you know
are you doing this stuff
in the field quickly you appreciate all
those little details
lose 20 knobs always around which you
know that noting you run into
for the interview like the other 1i have
Union our rights to tension
up the flags and if you're the field he
got when going on in whatever
that blessing on a deal with trying to
find a tool 26 something very quickly
you just don't have the time to do it
this map Oct is really just perfectly
year
for rugged you'd use you can use is day
after day and you're not going to be
disappointed with the bill Collier
bike so I i'm just blown away with the
swing away you know from price point
like 350 the normal price point $2.99 on
sale with free shipping
this is a phenomenal phenomenal matte
box
for the money on I only I could say more
than that really
a that covers all the bases were I think
about this product II
can't tell you how much time you plan on
using more more this with our upcoming
camera with gonna end up at seven
hundred coming with you know anything
about the camera
wicked cool wicked fun having this map
pack to its gonna make it even you even
better to you cell
i'm mark and will see on a boat ride the
them