Rotating flash bracket/mount : Need info.

Greetings,

At a recent wedding, I noticed that the photographer had a circular flash bracket/mount around his Canon 24-105L lens. It appeared to be a perfect fit for that lens.

Whenever he switched the camera body from landscape to portrait orientation (and vice versa), he simply rotated the bracket so that the flash remained in the same upwards orientation. He was using a Canon 5D camera.

I did a Google search and came across the Really Right Stuff B-series flash brackets. However, from what I remember, the photographer's setup didn't seem to include the L-plae.

I would love to get myself one of those brackets. Does anyone have any idea what he could have been using?

Thanks,

Sabesh.

You don't need an L-plate to use the RRS circular bracket. You can attach the circular bracket to a regular Arca-Swiss style plate at the bottom of the camera (or lens tripod collar).

There is another company that makes a circular flash bracket but I don't recall what the name of that company is.

Hi Leo - I think that other company may be Custom Brackets. The bracket is more or less a partial circle but does allow for incremental rotation, unlike my Newton bracket which just stops at 90 degree increments.

http://www.custombrack​ets.com …s/default.asp?s​toremode=y

Custom's office is actually about 3 miles from my home. - Stu

I know nothing about the brackets mentioned above, but the Just Rite bracket sounds like a similar thing. Here's a video of it in action....

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=7MjqWuxedug

It's kind of pricey though. I've placed an order on eBay for a cheaper bracket that also allows the camera to rotate within the frame, rather than flip-flopping the flash, but the mechanism is a bit different. It'll be several days before it arrives, so I can't comment on quality, but here it is....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

Newton also makes camera rotator brackets:

http://www.newtoncamer​abrackets.com/default-old1.htm

The Newtons really are extremely lightweight, compact, finely crafted brackets. Here are some shots of mine with camera:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=338933

pman67 wrote in post #5642453
Newton also makes camera rotator brackets:

http://www.newtoncamer​abrackets.com/default-old1.htm

Thx everyone! I think this was it (a compact solution):

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …ails&Q=&sku=518​643&is=REG

Cheers,

Sabesh.

tdodd wrote in post #5641636
I know nothing about the brackets mentioned above, but the Just Rite bracket sounds like a similar thing. Here's a video of it in action....

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=7MjqWuxedug

It's kind of pricey though. I've placed an order on eBay for a cheaper bracket that also allows the camera to rotate within the frame, rather than flip-flopping the flash, but the mechanism is a bit different. It'll be several days before it arrives, so I can't comment on quality, but here it is....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

What you have here is a Stroboframe CameraFlip bracket - or a knock-off. It's what I've been using and seems OK for some use. If I did lots of events and/or weddings I'd probably go for a Newton or Custom camera rotator.

Titus213 wrote in post #5644273
What you have here is a Stroboframe CameraFlip bracket - or a knock-off. It's what I've been using and seems OK for some use. If I did lots of events and/or weddings I'd probably go for a Newton or Custom camera rotator.

Thanks. I've since discovered that. It looks like I've probably paid roughly the going online rate so hopefully it is the real deal at least. I'm in the UK and can't even find any suppliers here that stock this item. on amazon.com it's under $70 with free delivery but that won't help me much

Wow! It turned up today. That's not bad going for an order placed on Thursday from Hong Kong. I don't know whether it is a genuine Stroboframe or a knock off. The only packaging was bubble wrap and there were no instructions, not that any are needed. But it seems to function OK. I had to tighten the bolts to stiffen up the mechanism and I have heard that people have stripped threads doing this, or found them already to have been stripped during manufacture. No such problem with mine. Here are some photos of it....

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I bought something very similar off ebay a few months back. To be honest, I took one look at it, felt the weight of it, and then threw it in the store cupboard where it has sat every since! Another waste of money on what seeked like a good idea at the time! What's the old saying? " A fool and his money are soon parted" - That's me!!