seemingly easy flash bracket question

hi,
i was considering this bracket

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Bracket.html#Re​viewHeader

one of the reviewers gave me pause though
"In a vertical camera orientation your shutter release button is on the bottom which is a minor hassle."

can't you just flip the way you mount the bracket on the camera, and have it so that the foam handle is on the right side of the camera (when looking at it from the back)? this would let you have the shutter button on top while in vertical camera orientation (which is my preferred way of shooting).

let me know if i'm wrong! i want to get this bracket, but if the only way to shoot portrait orientation is with the shutter on the bottom, then i wouldn't really like it...

wow i spelled seemingly wrong. sorry

o i found this..not sure if i really need it

"I found the same problem that other users of this product experienced. Particularly the issue of the shutter release being at the bottom of the camera when composing a portrait oriented shot. I found a stroboframe flash bracket that rotates the camera counter clockwise within the flash bracket instead of flipping the flash. This leaves the shutter release at the top of the camera and also alleviated the other problem of speed light hot shoe breakage from repeated "flipping" of the flash that some other users have reported. The item is manufactured by Stroboframe and can be found at an ebay store called "Gadget Infinity" under the listing title of "Flash Bracket with 90 degrees Camera Rotate feature". Buy it now price is $29.99. I just bought one and it arrived yesterday and I could not be happier. Pass the word of this ingenious new product that will solve the issues that have plagued photographers for the past several years. "

elbow-in

shutter button underneath camera

the most stable way to hold your camera in portrait orientation.

the whole elbow-out with hand on top way of doing things if far less stable and will exhibit more shutter speed blur than the elbow-tucked alternative.

that's my findings anyway

Edit: What k_strecker said
You could, but I think it would just be awkward mostly based on how it works.
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Your shutter should be on top in portrait orientation. That implies a counter clockwise rotation.

Titus213 wrote in post #8100356
Your shutter should be on top in portrait orientation. That implies a counter clockwise rotation.

"should be on top" based on what?

when shooting landscape, elbows-in is a key to steadier shots at lower shutter speeds, just like shooting a rifle.

Rotating your hand up above the camera to hold onto the grip is a far less steady position. I'm sure if it's how you've been shooting for years then you can be pretty steady with it, but the raw structural point of view maintains steadier shooting with elbows in, camera braced from beneath and further steadied by your left hand under the lens.

But hey, it's a free world, hold your camera however you want

Based on the proper way to hold a camera.

If you are holding the weight of the camera with your right hand then putting your right hand under the camera in portrait is more comfortable.

Hold the weight of the camera with your left hand - that's a lot steadier. In fact, put a 70-200/2.8 IS on your camera and try holding it with just your right hand while shooting. I shoot a bracket the same way I shoot without. Rotate counter clockwise.

BTW - don't try shooting a rifle in portrait orientation.

There was a poll about that on another forum i was on, think the majority went on top.

Though gripped cameras or 1 series have you rotate the camera so the normal shutter is on top, seems the natural way to go to me.

k_strecker wrote in post #8100576
"should be on top" based on what?

when shooting landscape, elbows-in is a key to steadier shots at lower shutter speeds, just like shooting a rifle.

Rotating your hand up above the camera to hold onto the grip is a far less steady position. I'm sure if it's how you've been shooting for years then you can be pretty steady with it, but the raw structural point of view maintains steadier shooting with elbows in, camera braced from beneath and further steadied by your left hand under the lens.

But hey, it's a free world, hold your camera however you want

Well, Canon and other companies who design battery grips with auxiliary controls seem to agree with the rotate counter clockwise to Portrait orientation when they place the addtional controls.

As stated, counter clockwise takes the weight off the right hand, which would have the double duty (conflicting, BTW) of holding camera steady yet squeezing off the shutter release without inducing shake in the camera.

i think i found the answer

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …_Camera_Flip_Br​acket.html

this bracket will allow you to flip the camera within the bracket, and maintain the shutter on top (CCW rotation).

i think the thread drifted a bit. i will always shoot with shutter on top. i find the other way too weird. i tried it a couple times and i just can't stand it. i agree with titus, i hold the weight with my left hand so there is no real additional stability that i've noticed. but like it was said previously, everyone is free to their opinion!

thanks anyways!

oo thanks to the person who corrected my thread title

Sfordphoto wrote in post #8109415
oo thanks to the person who corrected my thread title

And as you have probably discovered, there is no such thing.