DBW wrote:
I was looking at a video on Youtube and the guy had a set of RISERS for his unit. They raise the flash heads about an "inch" higher so you have a little more room to work with. He did not say where he bought his and I can't find anything on the net. If someone can point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.
DBW
I use a Lepp/Stroboframe Dual Flash Bracket with my MT24EX.
That's highly adjustable and let's me position the flash heads any number of different ways, as needed....Up, down, wide apart, close together, horizontally oriented (as shown) or vertical... and independently from each other. To mount the flashes, I chose to remove the small "ballheads w/cold shoes" provided with the bracket and got a couple short, 1/4 x 20 TPI thumbscrews to fasten the heads directly to the ends of the "arms" of the bracket. The thumbscrews are widely available at hardware stores or online (may need to trim the threaded section a little shorter, a Dremel with a cut-off wheel works well). There are threaded sockets the thumbscrews fit, already in the base of each flash head. And those bases on the flash heads have some tilt movement. The dual flash bracket is a lot more versatile than the original mounting system that clips onto the front of the lens (seen in the RH image above). The bracket also solves the problem of different diameter Canon macro lenses that require adapters to fit the Twin Lite... or any third party macro lenses that don't have a means of mounting (though adapters can be used on them, too)... or even use the Twin Lite with non-macro lenses.
I don't think the Lepp/Stroboframe bracket is still being made... but you might find one used or find another similar to it, from some other manufacturer (One of the Chinese manufacturers would be smart to clone the old Lepp Stroboframe.... It's a fairly simple design with relatively common parts and materials so wouldn't be difficult... and I bet they could sell a bunch of them!)
Prior to getting the Lepp/Stroboframe, I used a homemade bracket. It was rather large and bulky, though (I was using it with a pair of medium size Vivitar flashes, so it needed to be fairly sturdy).
I know at one time Manfrotto made a dual flash bracket, but it's pretty hefty. EDIT... Apparently Manfrotto is still offering a dual flash bracket. Relatively inexpensive, but doesn't appear to have nearly the same range of adjustability as the Lepp/Stroboframe.
https://www.adorama.com/bg3278b.htmlI haven't done it yet, but thought about getting an Arca-Swiss compatible quick release platform to attach the bracket to my cameras, which are already fitted with Arca camera plates. The bracket as shown is just using another 1/4 x 20 thumbscrew (included w/the bracket) to fasten either to the tripod socket on the base of the camera (plate removed) or to the same that's threaded into the Arca-plate that's installed. Although that's not shown in the photo above, I've also got a universal Arca "lens plate" that fits onto the bracket, which allows the camera to be mounted on my tripods while the bracket is attached.