Home Made L bracket for 20D

Thx guys. And sorry, it's not my intent to make and sell it, more of out of self enjoyment and sharing the idea.

As Curtis mention, it's pretty easy to find the parts and make it yourself. I think the hardest part is that not everyone has a set of tap and die at home. My original plan for the cold shoe part was to take the old one off the old bracket and screw it on the steel bar, but I couldn't get those 3 tinny screws off, so ended up cutting the whole end off. Otherwise it would look more nice and compact.

I am still working on the finish of the bracket, may even try to paint it. As soon I am done, I will show all the small parts involved.

And yes, the tripod is a Slik 300.

Finally. A realistic homemade bracket. I have been searching high & low for a simple bracket. Do you think I could find one??!? -- NO!!
I'm glad that you put your parts list down so that now I can search for the misc. hot shoe items that I need.
I knew this site would come in handy!!

The next prototype should be able to hook up the cables on the side of the camera.
For instance the remote controll. Make it longer on one side and everything is good.

what did you use to bend the steel? It looks pretty beefy.

he didnt bend it, he took apart an old one.......

You can get aluminum bar stock at your local hardware store that should work fine. Easy to bend in a bench vise and lightweight. Should be just the thing.

Try local welding shop, unbelievable the odd pieces they have lying around and they'll usually bend if for you for nothing! Just a thought.

I had a great bracket which my wife has stored somewhere and I can no longer find. It accomodated the camera with flash on camera and had an approx 0.78m umbrella on it. The slot also allowed for mounting the flash independently of the camera for an offset. It was great for it's portability and helped me take many portraits with my 35mm back then. Wish I could find it now! I've searched pawn shops and ebay and couldn't find another one.

Id be interested in buying one if you made one for the 5D! Dont need the hot shoe part, just the threaded holes lined up center to the lens.

Bravo man, I'd buy one

wow, im glad i found this link. i've wanted an l bracket for awhile, but $160 for a RRS bracket is way out of my budget.

Yea I ended up just going the RRS route. There really isnt any better way...

Some black paint and it would look like a professional big $$$ solution. Well done.

This is very nice. Wish something this simple was easy to find prefabbed. But, when you do it yourself and it works like a charm, all the better it feels. Good job!

It will probably do the job with some very lightweight gear, but I wouldn't use it with a larger lens. With an engineered L-bracket by RRS or Kirk you're able to keep the load centered over the apex of the tripod, whether in portrait or landscape orientation, without having to utilize the drop slot. In the second image, the camera/lens/flash combo is really slung way off to the side of the tripod head, which will create instability. There's also no way to attach the remote cable. Not knocking the OP's efforts, but a few more mods and he'll have a workable, alternate solution.