educate me... flash brackets.

I think I need a plate, as I didn't get one with it. I've used it before, but the screw really doesn't support the 5D with 24-70 very well, at least not as securely as I'd like. Maybe it is the plate.

SuzyView wrote in post #5156810
I think I need a plate, as I didn't get one with it. I've used it before, but the screw really doesn't support the 5D with 24-70 very well, at least not as securely as I'd like. Maybe it is the plate.

As with most flash brackets, you need to use an anti-twist plate between the camera and the bracket if the bracket itself doesn't have it built in.

The Newton comes with a very nice plate - as I believe they all can - makes it feel like the camera is welded rock solid onto the bracket.

sapearl wrote in post #5155014
Sorry Mark - honestly have no idea. As Wilt says either call Bob Newton direct or drop him an email. He loves to talk photography and is very customer focused.

Wilt - Suzy mentioned about being left-handed. If I recall correctly, the Newton is NOT hand specific. Is that correct? Because you typically support it from underneath with one hand, it makes no difference if you are a lefty or righty?

Thanks, Leo and thanks, sapearl.

Wilt, thanks - what I wondered was whether attaching the camera's L-plate to the Newton via a QR clamp kind of thing was possible.

The Newton has its own QR baseplate which bayonets to the rest of the bracket. That permits the camera to be quickly removed from the bracket so that you could change batteries in the camera, for example. The bracket itself has a design which can accomodate the mounting of a QR plate from any usual tripod QR, like from Manfrotto or Arca/RRS/Markins/Kirk, so the camera+bracket can be rapidly connected or removed from a ballhead QR clamp.

I don't think the plate I have actually works well, so I may just take a look at buying a new one.

Is this the one I need?

http://www.amazon.com …TF8&qid=1206130​934&sr=8-2

Suzy, it's hard to see from that picture - are they any embedded rubber "grip stirps" or pads on that plate? If it's just metal to metal, those things have a tendency to slide. The Newton plate has rubber. Once it's screwed down to the base of the camera it does not budge at all.

SuzyView wrote in post #5162688
Is this the one I need?

http://www.amazon.com …TF8&qid=1206130​934&sr=8-2

sapearl wrote in post #5162742
Suzy, it's hard to see from that picture - are they any embedded rubber "grip stirps" or pads on that plate? If it's just metal to metal, those things have a tendency to slide. The Newton plate has rubber. Once it's screwed down to the base of the camera it does not budge at all.

The Stroboframe antitwist plates are bare metal bases, but they have a raised lip along one edge, so they do not twist once tighted with the screw that goes into the tripod threads in the camera base.

SuzyView wrote in post #5162688
Is this the one I need?

http://www.amazon.com …TF8&qid=1206130​934&sr=8-2

It's hard to make out the part number in the link you provided but if it's the 300-EOS, that's what you'll need for the 5D and the 40D without the grip. If you're going to use it on the 40D with the grip, you'll need 300-BE1.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …era_Anti_Twist_​Plate.html

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …era_Anti_Twist_​Plate.html

Now, I know the 300-BE1 will not fit the camera without the grip but what I don't know is whether the 300-EOS will fit the grip.

SuzyView wrote in post #5162688
Is this the one I need?

http://www.amazon.com …TF8&qid=1206130​934&sr=8-2

Suzy, if you expect to be attaching and removing the flash bracket during the course of a shooting session, you might want to consider using the Stroboframe QR clamp (on the bracket) and plate (on the camera) combo. It makes attaching and remove the bracket to and from the camera very easy and quick (in less than 2 seconds).

These are the clamp and plates:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Quick_Release_C​amera.html
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …ick_Release_Mou​nting.html

Or, you can get a combo package for $2.00 more (I guess you're paying for the luxury of only having to open one bag instead of two ) :

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …C_Quick_Release​_Set_.html

Thanks, Leo, I will do that instead of spending 4x's more money. The Press T is very light and I have used it, and I was going to order the Custom soon. If I can make that other work, I'll go with it. I like the idea of holding the camera and lens and not the grip on the bracket. Too bad B&H is closed. It always happens to me.

It's the Sabbath time for them at this point in the weekend..... sundown Friday to sundown Saturday .

SuzyView wrote in post #5163688
...... Too bad B&H is closed. It always happens to me.

I know. It's always on Friday evening that I decide to order something. Or I order on Thursday afternoon so it won't ship until late Thursday and not get to me until Monday. If only I had the nerve to buy something on Monday.

Get the best you can afford, imho, because they never wear out.
I got my stroboframe in 1987, a flip bracket one, and its still going strong.
I use it every day, just because of the flip bracket alone!