The blade is pretty thick compared to most blades. Pretty decent dwell time for a harder blade. Better in every way except maybe control than the TBS. It goes well with most euro/jap rubbers. Works well with a soft to a medium-hard chinese rubber.

A fast blade with good touch and dwell time for looping. With Tenergy 25 or Sriver G2 2.1 you have a very advanced blade with world class speed and spin. Expensive by any standard. A dream blade. Very comfortable flared handle. Has "gears" for all aspects of the game.

This blade may very well be the best blade for a significant amount of well advanced players out there. It has the strongest catapult effect of any blade on the market which has been in my hands (e.g. amultart, waldner black devil, persson dotec, yasaka carbon and many many more...). The touch for the short game is ok if you have some feeling in your hand and an advanced technique. However, despite the fact that it is actually hard and stiff, it feels very soft and some players might be confused by that. The consequences are a very high throw and a very springy feel. But simply enjoy!

I absolutely love this blade! Nevertheless, i play with a mizutani, because it facilitates the initial states of a point, meaning serve and return, which is very crucial for my style. However, once a point really got started, this blade is a dream! It softens up when you loop hard, but this does not mean at all that it gets slow. Different to other soft/medium soft blades, you have a very springy feel, the blade does its part in replacing speed glue! It gets softer, but faster! A paradox? Not for this one!
Perfect in middle distance, a bit bouncy after initial attack close to the table. If you like to play somewhat far of the table, with a lot of pace and spin, give it a try!

A dream blade from Butterfly. Very expensive but oh so worth it. A blade with gears that can loop very well due to dwell time. This blade is fast to very fast depending on rubber. A thick blade but has good ball feedback. With 1.9 fast rubbers it becomes a hitters best friend. With 2.1-2.5mm rubbers it's a looping monster. Not as fast as other pure carbon blades from Butterfly but more control with great power due to the Z fiber construction.

Dream blade, with tenergy it really is like playing with speed glue catapult like. High High throw combo allows me to dominate under-spin. My play partner was amazed at the amount of speed and spin of my loops, combines both well. Has excellent control for being so fast. Better at looping than smashing. best flared handle ever. good short game after some adjustment. worth every penny. get this over the innerforce if you loop more than smash the feel is amazing.

An amazing blade.

As others have said, bit of a bipolar blade in that it seems to "flatten out" when hitting hard, but has a fair bit of spring when looping. This really suits my game when moving between slow loops and hard punches, especially on the b/hand side. This dual character also makes blocking a lot easier than most fast blades I've tried.

I've had T05FX, Macro Era and Spinart on there in different combinations and it all seems to work for me.

Expensive, but worth it.

Cons - Not talking about money anymore if you want this blade!!

Pros - It does everything in any aspect or game you ever will play. Reason why I'm rating it so high? Looping was very well the easiest thing on the planet to do. Inside the table looping was a lot easier than most of the blades I used. Everything else was a breeze. Third ball attacks were very easy if you understand this blade. There's no stopping this blade. Money doesn't matter anymore. Using it with Tenergy and it's splendid. Definitely recommend it.


Update: What I found in the first two - three weeks that if you were used to wood or carbon blades, this one needs quite a bit of time to get used to. Wood and carbon blades have little or no vibration when contacting the ball, and the feel is lighter. The Photino, which consists of ZL fiber, have a lot of vibration. What was interesting was that when I added my Tenergy's on there (05 and 25), it had extreme vibration to it. Now, I tried a Bryce Speed FX on it, and it lost significantly a lot of vibration. This blade is fantastic, you just need to get used to the vibration and the crazy springy catapult.

Excellent quintessential blade. Along with the HK, this is the light at the end of the EJ tunnel.

IMHO, Photino can fit nicely will all all-round and offensive players. However, it is very important to choose suitable rubber for your particular style of play to get the best fit.

I never use this blade, my friend does and he said that this blade needs very careful treatment as its fiber will somehow crack once fell even from low height

a fast blade from butterfly using with ZL fiber layers which makes the blade very flexible. it makes your shots fast and spinny at the same time. goes well with a variety of rubbers. very comfortable ST or FL handle. a bit on the expensive but its very well made. highly recommended

This blade is AWESOME!! Looping is easy. I am using Butterfly Photino with Hurricane 3 Neo both side and it's really good. Control, loop, counter loop, Push, and Chop are very stable and controlable. Very high recomemended. Try using Tenergy 25 fx i think it would go great with this blade

I just played a photino and i was surprised with the consistency on blocks and drives. At first, i thought i'll have a hard time looping, but i was able to adjust in just a couple of hours! I'm playing with xiom vega pro on FH and Tenergy 64 on BH. I'm very pleased with this setup!

Love it!!! Ultimate Speed, High throw, highest catapult effect of all blades I think, Not To Hard-> nice Feeling and aGood Touch because of vibrations. Suitable for a fast and spinny Game in all Distances with the best Balance in catapult, Ball Feeling and Control.
-> Ultimate Blade
Its Not Suitable for Players who want a Hard and Stiff blades and Powershots near the table because its just Medium Hard.
But for the Allround Off+ attacking style its One of the best blades ever...(Of Course the best ZLF
Blade available and much better than a Boll ZLF!)

Very strong catapult effect makes European and tennis style strokes effortless; Excellent dwell helps impart maximum spin;
Catapult+dwell creates a rebound and spin effect that increases the overall speed of the ball;
A higher throw angle helps the catapult get the ball over the net quite easily, while the spin imparted from the dwell time reduces the trajectory enough to keep it on the table.

A fantastic blade! Works well with most rubbers; however, I would recommend something with a slightly lower throw angle (since the Photino already has a fairly high one).

Tenergy 80, Xiom Omega IV Pro and 64 work exceptionally well.

This blade has almost too much power up close to the table without chinese (angled) strokes, but is great from mid-distance. The thickness and the power makes it pretty hard to control without very advanced technique.