Can anyone recommend a flash bracket for a photographer on a budget? I primarily shoot birds/wildlife and up till now very rarely use a flash. IF it matters, I use a canon10d and 100-400mm IS lense.
On the same topic, does anyone know anything about the Strobofram camera flip? I was looking for a cheaper bracket as well, and came across this on Henrys.com.
The cheapest bracket I've seen was an old sideview mirror bracket from a Ford truck. No kidding. An acquaintence of mine used it for macro photography with great results.
We have a couple of Stroboframe brackets, and used them extensively with our Mamiya 645 gear in the days before our strobes had rotating heads. They are terrific, but at the time we bought them they were expensive. Lots of little screws on them requiring an allen wrench, but so long as you carry the wrench for occassional tightening, no problem. They're comparatively heavy and bulky, but very comfortable and easy to use when you have the tension adjusted just right. Instantaniously flip the camera from vertical to horizontal and back without moving the strobe, allowing virtually mindless use of strobe for bouncing off ceilings at preset angles.
My first strobe bracket for use with long lenses was along the lines that Pete describes, but I wasn't smart enough to use a sideview mirror bracket, thereby saving labor and fiddling. I bent a "U" of the right size from a 1/8 x1" aluminum strap and drilled a hole in each end. Then I used a screw to attach it to the tripod mount on the camera body and another to attach the strobe (my strobe at the time had a threaded hole in the foot). Camera and strobe communicated by my off-camera cable. Cost was just right (free) because I had all the right materials on hand.
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5 repliesThey have a "used" section that might have something you can use.
Pete D.
My first strobe bracket for use with long lenses was along the lines that Pete describes, but I wasn't smart enough to use a sideview mirror bracket, thereby saving labor and fiddling. I bent a "U" of the right size from a 1/8 x1" aluminum strap and drilled a hole in each end. Then I used a screw to attach it to the tripod mount on the camera body and another to attach the strobe (my strobe at the time had a threaded hole in the foot). Camera and strobe communicated by my off-camera cable. Cost was just right (free) because I had all the right materials on hand.