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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 829505" data-attributes="member: 53455">Then I can give your my thoughts on that, as I always use an L-bracket. Its sole (but essential) purpose is to allow you to quickly, easily and securely switch your camera from landscape to portrait orientation when shooting on a tripod. Even if you use a ball head, flipping it all the way to the side to shoot in portrait orientation might make the whole setup unbalanced, especially if your payload is on the heavy side. Using an L-bracket will keep the center of gravity where it needs to be.And when you use a geared head like I do, it is always long and painful to orient the head so that the camera is flipped in portrait mode, so the L-bracket is really very helpful.As for models, I use the orange “Zelda” (below), as it was developed by the British, Stagsden-based company Three-Legged Thing together with Nikon especially for that camera model. They make good stuff, generally, and they have generic models for other cameras, of course.If I didn’t use a tripod and a geared head for most of my photos, then I wouldn’t need an L-bracket. I’d use a simple Peak Design Basic Plate (also below) that fits on the clips either on my photo backpack’s shoulder strap, or on my belt clip, and allow me to store the camera securely (ah, that satisfying “click!”) when I want. It’s what I do when in “travel” configuration.[ATTACH=full]415748[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]415749[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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