Okay I need something that will allow me switch back and forth from landscape to portrait mode quickly and be tripod mountable. I need it to be universal for camera bodies with and without the battery grip as while I have the 40D now I will be getting the 5D Mark II as soon as its out. So anything like the RRS L Brackets wont work since they are proprietary to the camera body and worse proprietary to whether or not you have the grip on the body. I would like something that will keep the lens centered in the same spot whether its in portrait or landscape mode but I realize that isnt always possible being that there is the variable of the battery grip thickness and whether youre using a battery grip or not. But if there is some way to adjust it to compensate for a battery grip being installed or not that would fix that problem. More than likely though I will only be using this with the battery grip installed. Also I would need the unit to be designed so that I could mount a Bogen RC4 plate and/or system to it to make it compatible with the rest of my system. For those who have never seen it this is what the Bogen RC4 system looks like:
I had my eye on the Bogen/Manfrotto 341 Junior Elbow Bracket and thought it would be the perfect solution for me but after finding out that two Bogen elbow brackets they make are either RC2 or RC0 I realized I couldnt use them as I am dedicated to the RC4 quick release system. Here is a picture of what those look like:
Now the other product I have really considered is the Stroboframe Vertaflip as this looks to answer my all my questions. However after owning the Stroboframe Pro-RL flash bracket which basically has this unit mounted to it and seeing how wobbly it feels with say my 24-70L on the camera I am hesitant to try another Stroboframe product like that. But if anyone here has one and can verify its stability or voice their opinions about it that would be helpful. Heres a pic of that one:
And heres a pic of the Stroboframe Pro-RL for reference:
Sorry this got so long but I wanted to be very thorough with my question. I have already poured a lot of time into this search and have yet to yield a good solution. So Im turning to the combined experience of POTN as I know I am not the only one to have come across these problems before. Thanks in advance everyone!
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