L Brackets
Aug 12, 2023 18:52:34 #
pahtspix wrote:
Most good L-Brackets DO in fact have a dovetail ARCA type "groove" as part of thier design and each side of the "L" can easily be mounted to an ARCA type clamp. Another advantage to a L-bracket, is that your "view" stays in " center" when you are shooting in BOTH portrait and landscape mode..You do not have to re-compose due to flopping the camera to the side!!
Do you not have to recompose anyway?
Vertical vs horizontal require you to recompose. Will not height of lens vary upon changing? Flipping head is such a miniscule difference except for macro and even then recompositon would be required.
Aug 12, 2023 19:18:22 #
There great for shooting vertical panoramic images. Simply attach a 140mm extension arm with integrated clamp to the L Bracket and set it to the correct nodal point on a tripod.
Aug 12, 2023 21:03:55 #
I got an L bracket when I started with a DSLR. I find it very useful. I bought one for every body I have and I have never taken them off. Almost 2 decades now. Using Kirk. I have an ArcaSwiss clamp on my tripod and monopod.
Aug 13, 2023 05:21:08 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
B&H does have them for manfrotto
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=manfrotto%20l%20bracket&sts=ma
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=manfrotto%20l%20bracket&sts=ma
Aug 13, 2023 06:31:29 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
Manglesphoto wrote:
I have making my own QR plates for a few years now, I just finished a 6"X 5/8" plate for a cost of $8.75 for materials and a little over an hours labor..
You can buy a 50mm swiss arca plate, anodised (ie finished), no labour time at all for about USD 6.
Aug 13, 2023 06:39:30 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
jerryc41 wrote:
One thing that surprised me is that it must be paired with a Arca Swiss QR Plate. I've been using the Manfrotto type plate for years, and I like it. If I decided to buy an L bracket - just to have one - I'd have to buy all new QR plates.
I checked a few of smallrigs L brackets and they all had builtin dovetails for swiss arca. I suspect you meant they all required a swiss arca clamp, rather than plate, to hold them on the tripod head. Of course if you were using most standard tripod heads these days they will already have the swiss arca clamp builtin so nothing further should be required.
I had about 10 devices using Manfrotto clamps/plates. Unfortunately there were some things I couldn't do with Manfrotto so I swapped everything to swiss arca. My only regret was that I hadn't done it 10 years earlier.
Aug 13, 2023 06:49:26 #
It's big advantage is that it keeps the camera body over the tripod, so said a manufacturers video I watched the other day. Not a consideration if the lens in use comes with a rotating foot.
Aug 13, 2023 07:07:18 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Do you not have to recompose anyway?
Vertical vs horizontal require you to recompose. Will not height of lens vary upon changing? Flipping head is such a miniscule difference except for macro and even then recompositon would be required.
Vertical vs horizontal require you to recompose. Will not height of lens vary upon changing? Flipping head is such a miniscule difference except for macro and even then recompositon would be required.
On some Nikons, like my D850/500, there is a setting, A7, in the CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU, that is called STORE BY ORIENTATION that will maintain the focus point when switching from horizontal to vertical. Nothing to do with the L-bracket.
Aug 13, 2023 07:26:03 #
chrissybabe wrote:
I checked a few of smallrigs L brackets and they a... (show quote)
Took me a couple years, but I converted everything to A/S with the exception of the Manfrotto 393 and 357 releases...haven't used in years. Converted a Manfro ball head as well. No more multiple plates/adapters...!
Aug 13, 2023 07:27:48 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I’m all for quality and for paying for what’s need... (show quote)
If I ever do get one, I'll make sure I can replace the battery without removing it. I would have to replace all the Manfrotto-style QR plates on my other cameras and tripods, though. That could get expensive.
Aug 13, 2023 07:31:13 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I’m all for quality and for paying for what’s need... (show quote)
Some prefer Timex and Chevy. Nice to have choices!
Aug 13, 2023 07:32:59 #
cmc4214 wrote:
B&H does have them for manfrotto
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=manfrotto%20l%20bracket&sts=ma
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=manfrotto%20l%20bracket&sts=ma
$189. KInda pricey.
If I sell some cameras and tripods, conversion won't be so expensive.
I'll look through these comparisons later.
https://www.google.com/search?q=arca+swiss+vs+manfrotto+qr+plates&oq=arca+swiss+vs+manfrotto+qr+plates&aqs=edge..69i57j0i546l3.8382j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Aug 13, 2023 08:05:40 #
I wonder if any cameras makers have thought about including the Arca-Swiss shape on the bottom of their cameras. No QR plate needed. Industry-wide standardization would be nice.
Aug 13, 2023 08:09:37 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder if any cameras makers have thought about including the Arca-Swiss shape on the bottom of their cameras. No QR plate needed. Industry-wide standardization would be nice.
Nikon won't even do it for the feet of their big lenses.
Lot of money in aftermarket necessities.
Aug 13, 2023 08:15:40 #
DaveO wrote:
Lot of money in aftermarket necessities.
Yes, I think we all realize that.
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