Do you leave on or take off your L-Bracket?

Mine is on all the time no matter what I'm doing. Especially with landscapes there's no reason to ever take it off.

On all the time since I do lot of landscape photography.

I leave mine on my 5dii all the time, and I shoot hand-held most of the time. As a mater of fact, it never occurred to me to remove it. I bought it to use with a pano setup I bought last year when I went to the desert.

Ditto. Me also.

Becomes part of the camera! On always! The weight is undetectable for me!

It's always on. Not just for use on a tripod, but I use the RRS WPF-QR for my flash bracket; fastens to the vertical piece of the L bracket and packs away to no space whatever.

I know I responded earlier but when i have held the bracket alone it is pretty much weightless. Not enough weight to think removing it lightens the camera significantly.

I leave it on all the time because I'm lazy.

v35skyline wrote in post #15918721
I leave it on. Defeats the purpose of a quick release plate for me. PITA to put it on/take it off, IMO.

+ 1

If I used a tripod more, I'd leave it on. As it is, I use a tripod so infrequently, I don't see the point in having the additional bulk on the camera when its not needed 95% of the time. Even an extra 1/2" makes a for a tighter fit in the bag when the camera is already gripped.

DavidR wrote in post #15918793
It never comes off, weighs next to nothing and actually helps protect the camera.

+1 for this statement.

S_Egbert wrote in post #15918817
This^^
I assume you have an Arca type quick release clamp on your tripod. So now you want to shoot that beautiful sunset you weren't expecting, dig out the L-bracket, find the wrench, put it on the camera, now the light is gone. Missed shot.
Quick release does you no good if it's not there. Leave it on.

Well if you are hauling around a tripod with you, then I guess you should just leave the bracket on...but if you have no tripod with you, the bracket will do you no good.

That's how I approach it. Tripod with me, bracket on. Tripod at home, bracket at home.

The L-bracket can come off?

My brackets stay on my cameras at all times.

My Black Rapid straps attach to the bracket, or the tripod does, so either way I need it. And the last time I swung my backpack onto my back and hit a pole I was standing next to, I was glad the bracket was on the camera.

I leave my on most of the time as well, especially for landscape trips. Much easier that way.

Have one one every body, they are a permanent fixture...