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    I have been looking for a blind that would enable me to use a telephoto lens with a elevated flash bracket and a Better Beamer. I need one where the Better Beamer/Flash does not hit the top of the blind or protrudes past the blind walls and allows rotation of the camera/lens at least 90 degrees. All I have found doesn't allow a Better Beamer and flash extender without hitting the top of the blind. Does anyone know of a blind the would possibly work?

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    Hey Randy, I was looking at blinds recently and came across the Tragopan V4 blind which has a dedicated window for flash and looks really well made -

    http://photographyblinds.com/
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    I have used Ameristep Outhouse blinds, they are tall enough for a person to stand up in the center. The window will allow you use a flash and better beamer but I had to set my tripod just a little lower than I would have preferred.

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    Randy - I've owned and shot in many Ameristep Doghouse blinds over the years (they are far and away the most common model I see photographers using). My usual method of shooting with the Doghouse is through the door (as the windows are usually just too high) - this means you set up with the zippered door edge corner pointing in the direction you want to shoot - no issue with a flash bracket through the door.

    I recently purchased the aforementioned Tragopan V4 blind - I've only had it a few weeks and haven't yet extensively put it through it's paces, but I have played around enough in the backyard with it that I can honestly say it seems to be very well thought out photography design (it is designed for photographers, not hunters like most blinds) and the materials and quality of construction seems better than the Ameristep offerings. In it, you are able to shoot through any side of the blind at any height from the ground to the roof - big plus in my books. There are multiple accessories that come with the blind for the openings - you have zippered solid coverings, a few different netting options and a "lens-tube" w/ a zipper opening in the top to accommodate your flash bracket - again, very well thought out. Even without the lens-tube, you would have no problem setting up a flash bracket by configuring the blind with two different openings (one for the lens and one for the flash extender) or one single tall one. Something I really like about the Tragopan (which helps with the flash issue) is the ability to get the head of the tripod right tight to the opening of the blind with the tripod fully splayed out - it is designed to allow one of the tripod legs to go through the wall and be outside of the blind. Definitely worth looking at.
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