Review Gary Fong Flip Cage

There’s plenty of times throughout the years that I’ve wished I had a small mount for my point and shoot cameras. While there are a lot of small tripods, they weren’t exactly what I needed. Thankfully, Gary Fong (makers of lots of interesting camera devices) has come through with just what I wanted – and some neat accessories for it as well!

At first glance, the Gary Fong Flip Cage is fairly simple in design; there is a black rectangular “leg” on each side of the mounting screw. They’re pretty much the size of a normal point and shoot camera, and they’re loose enough to move with a small amount of force, but tight enough to ensure they won’t throw off that perfect shot. Another really neat feature of the Flip Cage, is that two opaque plastic pieces can clip on to the middle of the legs, which can then be used to block extra light for a macro shot. When I was using the Pentax WG-1, this was really useful since it has special lights to illuminate a macro subject.

The Gary Fong Flip Cage is also meant to protect your camera against small falls and such – you can fold the legs up towards your camera, and you’ll see where they called it a cage. While it’s not a perfect fit for all cameras, relatively thin and flat cameras – such as a Sony CyberShot – fit perfectly. With a larger camera like the most any bridge camera, you’ll see that it doesn’t close all the way, and isn’t useful other than a tripod.