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The Hink Spacefish is the World’s First Flexible Flash

Chris Gampat
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03/31/2014
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Last Updated on 03/31/2014 by Chris Gampat

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A while ago, we reported on Project Spacefish. Then a Kickstarter was launched to produce what they were calling a groundbreaking new flash. Now, we have loads more details on the flash. First off, ti’s called the Spacefish and it is a flexible flash. So instead of using a Cobra head style flash or a more traditional speedlight, the Spacefish will be an acrobat of sorts.

The Spacefish has an LED modelling light, remote functionality, an output of GN 103 (which is weak sauce compared to typical speedlights), manual control, charges via USB and wireless radio functionality that the company is promising this year.

The company has launched the Hinkquirer as a blog of sorts to show off what the flash can do. Indeed, in the right situations and the right exposures it can do quite a bit. Some of the demo photos are incredible, but it will be interesting to see how it performs when put into softboxes and more. When you add a filter/gel to it, the light will be even weaker–which will require you to boost the ISO or open the aperture up even more.

We’re calling in a review unit, but at the moment we’re a bit skeptical. The company’s fun Kickstarter video is after the jump.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.