Flash Bracket

[ERamos]

Hi everyone!!!

Please advice me on a flash bracket, B&H has so many, I can't decide my self, I'll appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks,

ERamos

[robertwgross]

Pick one with "flip" capability.

If a flash bracket does not have it, then it can be worse than none at all.

The flash unit needs to be directly over the lens whether the camera is held horizontally or vertically.

---Bob Gross---

[ERamos]

Thanks Robert, I agree with you.

Cheers.

[LouDawg]

I have the stroboframe Pro-T, and would highly recommend it. Easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and works as well as any bracket should.

[davidwegs]

I have the stroboframe Pro-T, and would highly recommend it. Easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and works as well as any bracket should.

This is the bracket we use. Setup = 20d;bg e2;st-e2 transmiter; bracket and QR plate; 550ex.

used it for about a year and love it for solid build/reliable/light (ish) and the flip.

[DaveG]

I use the Pro-T as well. The smaller Press-T will not allow you to get the flash over the lens in the vertical position. You will need the metal anti-twist plate for this bracket. I use the BE1 plate for both my 10d & 20D. I had the 35H plate and it worked OK on my 10D but wouldn't fit on the 20D at all. The lip is much larger on the BE1 and works a lot better than the 35H, even on the 10D.

I like the Pro-T as it's light and very strong. I owned a Stroboframe camera rotating bracket for a couple of days but had to return it. It had nothing to do with the bracket - it just wouldn't work on the camera I had at the time - but the weight was not a happy surprise. I also have a Stroboframe camera rotating "device". It has no bracket and is just meant to let you flip a camera from vertical to horizontal on a tripod - while keeping the camera centered over the tripod head. It's exactly the same as on a Stroboframe flash brackets and I have to tell you that it vibrates like a gong.

[Toogy]

Anybody have any pictures of their camera in one of these Pro-T setups? I am having hard time visualizing what it looks like, especially in the vertical position.

[lkorell]

I use the Press-T with my 20D and 580EX and have no problems getting the flash over the lens in vertical. It is more compact than the Pro-T and even fits in my shoulder bag completely assembled with everything hooked up.
The Pro-T would be my second choice. Both light and easy to work with.

Lou

[davidwegs]

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009zVO

[DaveG]

I use the Press-T with my 20D and 580EX and have no problems getting the flash over the lens in vertical. It is more compact than the Pro-T and even fits in my shoulder bag completely assembled with everything hooked up.
The Pro-T would be my second choice. Both light and easy to work with.

Lou

Sorry I didn't make this clear: You can't get the flash directly over the lens (in the vertical position) when you are using the Press-T AND the vertical grip on either the 10D or the 20D.

[ERamos]

Thank you all for your help, I will start looking around for one of those.

Cheers,
ERamos

[lkorell]

"Sorry I didn't make this clear: You can't get the flash directly over the lens (in the vertical position) when you are using the Press-T AND the vertical grip on either the 10D or the 20D."

I think that depends on how you are attaching the camera and flash to the bracket. If you are using quick releases for both you can achieve a different positioning. I will have to double check my setup to verify that but I don't believe my flash is too far off the direct spot.

Lou

[NGrinerPhoto]

check out this one

http://www.justritebracket.com/

[Ferdinand]

I am using the Stroboframe Pro-RL for weddings and I like it a lot. The light starts where it is and you basically rotate your camera. I like it better thatn flipping the light. Just a personal preference.

---Ferdinand

[SnJPhoto]

I can't speak for the 10D or 20D....(although now I have to test fit it to see) but the press T works fine for my 1Ds and mkII bodies. I prefer the press T compared to the pro T because of its size, but other than that they are pretty much equal. Same build quality etc. the adjustments are the same on both. I'd say ou couldn't go wrong with either.....



Sure enough....the Press T makes the flash sit a bit off center in vertical/portrait mode. Its about the same offset as the space taken up by the hot shoe on the cord-2. So maybe an inch at most.......

http://www.pbase.com/snj/image/37784026
http://www.pbase.com/snj/image/37784027

Yes...I know the shots are poor...... ;)

Scott

[DaveG]

I can't speak for the 10D or 20D....(although now I have to test fit it to see) but the press T works fine for my 1Ds and mkII bodies. I prefer the press T compared to the pro T because of its size, but other than that they are pretty much equal. Same build quality etc. the adjustments are the same on both. I'd say ou couldn't go wrong with either.....



Sure enough....the Press T makes the flash sit a bit off center in vertical/portrait mode. Its about the same offset as the space taken up by the hot shoe on the cord-2. So maybe an inch at most.......

http://www.pbase.com/snj/image/37784026
http://www.pbase.com/snj/image/37784027

Yes...I know the shots are poor...... ;)

Scott

And that's more than enough to get side shadow, which is the very point of using a bracket in the first place.

The other thing to consider is that those example shots are with the 580EX flash which is shorter than the 550EX. I find - even with the Pro-T - that the 550EX flash can't be positioned exactly over the lens in the vertical position. It's off by about half an inch. The shorter 580 would fix that instantly! I'd be amazed if you could use even the Pro-T with a 1D (ANY 1D) without have this side shadow problem.

Stroboframe needs to make a Super Pro-T with the height of the arm being a couple of inches longer.