Flash bracket recommendation.

Boney · Jul 28, 2013

I want to get a flash bracket for my Nikon DSLRs. I looked at Samys and they only had 2 to look at. Not all that impressive. Amazon has a bunch making it hard o choose. The pictures don't help that much. So perhaps you folks have a good recommendation. I need to get the flash away from the camera line of sight.

tirediron · Jul 28, 2013

As with all equipment recommendations, budget is all imporant; you can spend from $30 - $300 on a bracket, how much are you willing to part with?

table1349 · Jul 28, 2013

Should be all you ever need. Digital PRO-M Kit - Camera Flash Brackets - Products - Custom Brackets

MK3Brent · Jul 28, 2013

$400 bracket.

oldhippy · Jul 28, 2013

Amazon.com: CowboyStudio Multi-Angle Quick Flip Off Camera Flash Bracket for Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Samsung, Sony and Fuji (LH01 bracket): Camera & Photo

cgipson1 · Jul 28, 2013

Depends on what you are wanting it to do!

Do you want the type the flips the camera for shooting vertically, or just the flash? Do you want compact or large? Extendable or solid? Portraits or Macro? Do you want to hold the whole thing by the bracket or the body? Lots of options!

What will it be used for primarily? And budget as mentioned above?

cgipson1 · Jul 28, 2013

oldhippy said:
Amazon.com: CowboyStudio Multi-Angle Quick Flip Off Camera Flash Bracket for Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Samsung, Sony and Fuji (LH01 bracket): Camera & Photo

Hippy, most Cowboy Studio stuff is pure junk... and will either not work, or not last long... you get what you pay for!

cgipson1 · Jul 28, 2013

Some possible options

Flash flip Amazon.com: Stroboframe Quick Flip 350 Flash Bracket for 35mm Cameras: Camera & Photo

Body Flip Amazon.com: Stroboframe Camera Flip Flash Bracket: Camera & Photo

Body hold Extendable Flash Flip Amazon.com: Stroboframe Digital Pro-T Flash Bracket (Black): Camera & Photo < I use this one for events, and such...

Boney · Jul 28, 2013

Not sure why one would want to flip the flash and not the camera. Don't you normally want the flash wide axis to stay with the cameras wide fov?

cgipson1 · Jul 28, 2013

Boney said:
Not sure why one would want to flip the flash and not the camera. Don't you normally want the flash wide axis to stay with the cameras wide fov?

On the Flash Flip type, you only flip the flash if you are flipping the body to vertical format... the brackets rotate 180 degrees, so the flash pattern still matches the FOV! I take it you have never used one?

On the body flip type, the flash stays stationary, and does not match the FOV of the flipped camera... but that has never been a problem, and I have used those also.

table1349 · Jul 28, 2013

The advantage to the body flip is the ability to use bounce flash off of a ceiling no matter what the orientation of the camera.

kundalini · Jul 28, 2013

MK3Brent said:
$400 bracket.

Custom Brackets are like RRS (Really Right Stuff). Expensive, but you'll not need another.

cgipson1 · Jul 28, 2013

gryphonslair99 said:
The advantage to the body flip is the ability to use bounce flash off of a ceiling no matter what the orientation of the camera.

Yea.. I probably should have mentioned that also... just seems obvious! lol! That works with the Flash flip type also...

Boney · Jul 28, 2013

No I haven't used any of these new brackets. Back in the film days the flash brackets did not flip, at least the ones used by us amateurs. The built in camera flashes certainly don't flip, thus keeping the flash fov to follow the camera fov. I must be missing why one would want to do otherwise. Now a 180 deg lip would move the flash a little farther from the camera line of sight, which could be useful in certain situations.