Need flash bracket...

[OdiN1701]

Recommend me a flash bracket.

I've looked at the Pro-RL Stroboframe..it seems rather bulky and looks like it might get in the way.

Anyone used this:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...goryNavigation

I'm trying to figure out how it keeps the flash centered over the lens.

Anyone have other suggestions to keep the flash centered?

[tim]

I have a pro-t, i'm not 100% happy with it. Newton bracket owners always seem quite happy with their purchases, and there's another brand that gets good reviews. There's a big thread in the lighting forum about it if you want to have a read - advanced search works quite well - just search for "flash bracket" (without quotes).

[cdifoto]

I have a FlashFlip. Not too expensive and works pretty nice:

www.cdi-ink.com/bracket.htm

[VanceW]

I use the Stratos.
Light weight, and grip is comfortable, and price is pretty good too. B&H $43.00us

[OdiN1701]

Originally Posted by tim

I have a pro-t, i'm not 100% happy with it. Newton bracket owners always seem quite happy with their purchases, and there's another brand that gets good reviews. There's a big thread in the lighting forum about it if you want to have a read - advanced search works quite well - just search for "flash bracket" (without quotes).

I read through the big thread.

The problem with the Pro-RL - which I like because the camera flips.

Now...it looks like the grip shtter release would be hard to use...that's okay...I can just have my hand rotate with it.

Now...the problem is that I focus with my left hand. If I don't hold on to that grip under the lens...I'm assuming the frame will just twist when I let go of it to adjust my zoom/focus....you can lock it in landscape but apparently not portrait mode.

[jamiewexler]

I really like the Stroboframe Camera Flip because...the camera flips. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...goryNavigation

[Inspired Photography]

Love my Pro-RL, but it all seems to come down to taste.

Rob

[Phil V]

Flash brackets are like camera bags and tripods, impossible to recommend, because what's comfortable to me might be unworkable for someone else.
For instance; I won't have a tripod head with QR, because I don't use a tripod much BUT I do use the grip and shoot portrait quite a bit - so a QR plate is really uncomfortable.
I have spoken to lots of people about this and it seems I'm almost unique; however it seems the most obvious thing to me.

I have the cheapest stroboframe grip, the handle is at the wrong side on the camera, if I was going to buy another one I'd buy the Pro T. But at the moment I'm falling in love with the Lightsphere, which negates the need for a bracket.

[Inspired Photography]

Originally Posted by Phil V

But at the moment I'm falling in love with the Lightsphere, which negates the need for a bracket.

That is debatable. I know it is meant to be great, but you really can't avoid everything if the flash is still to the side. It's just physics.

Rob

[kawter2]

i say


ixnay on the racketbray

[Phil V]

Originally Posted by Shooter-boy

That is debatable. I know it is meant to be great, but you really can't avoid everything if the flash is still to the side. It's just physics.

Rob

In my (limited) tests so far it's holding up and producing the nicest flash photo's I've ever produced (without studio lights). I've seen and heard other photographers using it camera mounted and say how liberating it is. I didn't believe it - until I tried it. I'll post a demo pic if anyone is interested.

[cdifoto]

It's great in small rooms. Try it in a banquet hall though. You'll find out that your flash will eat through batteries like an SUV drinks gasoline because of all those full power shots it has to keep popping off.

[tim]

The LightSphere is really inefficient, it throws light all over the place. That's one reason I stopped using it.

[jamiewexler]

My FlipIt! works pretty well without the bracket, though I still use it on the bracket so I don't have to constantly flip the flash head...

[kawter2]

Originally Posted by cdi-ink.com

It's great in small rooms. Try it in a banquet hall though. You'll find out that your flash will eat through batteries like an SUV drinks gasoline because of all those full power shots it has to keep popping off.

I don't understand your point.. I have energizer AA Rechargables for a9 per 8pack.. I just rechager them... Ive never used more than 8 in a wedding (that said I am only using flash about 3 hrs), but if i did need more, i'd just pop em in.