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 p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · SmallRig Rotatable Horizontal-to-Vertical Mount Plate | |
Good video review at
Concluded foldable L is pretty good. Bu would use foldable for video (rarely use portrait mode) and inclined to swivelling for landscape (portrait mode used more).
Read through the comments.
A comment on foldable on amazon.ca is
"the bracket is solid when mounting it in its landscape orientation, because the arca-swiss bracket is mounted securely w/ 2 contact points (the hinge and the snap on the right end). However, when switching to vertical, everything rests on the hinge, which does lock in place but not with zero tolerance. With my camera mounted in vertical, any weight on the camera translated to the camera also sagging under pressure. Note - if this is acceptable - similar to how many landscape photographers use a remote to avoid touching their camera after setup - then I don't think this is an issue. However, there are multiple factors that lead to camera shake or drift and the L-bracket the camera is mounted to shouldn't be one of them.
while you are mounting in landscape orientation, the arca-swiss mount is actually pretty offset to the left of the camera. I would have preferred if they had ditched the piece that surrounds the battery compartment, but instead extended the arca-swiss mount until it reached the battery compartment (some L-brackets stop just shy of the battery compartment). This would have extended the mount another 3/4 of an inch. Note that if you center your camera perfectly you only have this much (or maybe even a little less) to the right side of the center line."
Also on amazon.ca
"even with pull out connections may still not be sufficient on Sony a7r4"
re Sony a7r4
"I'm going to start out with why I said almost. With the l bracket flipped out to shoot in portrait orientation, the bracket is not rock steady. Pressing the shutter release causes some movement in the bracket itself. Not a ton, but enough that this will not be suitable for landscape work for me. That's really a shame, because other than that, it's wonderful.
Because this folds, it takes up much less room in your bag. I'm going to be carrying this at times I wouldn't have carried a non-folding bracket (and wished I had!)
Folks, you can really and truly access the battery compartment with this on!
This has a cut out for the strap lug, so it doesn't get in the way.
You can pop out the screen all the way with this on.
You can flip down the bracket and fully rotate the screen with this thing on.
You can adjust it so you have room to plug cables in while using it.
It has a bladed screwdriver attached magnetically so you don't have to hunt down a coin to install or adjust it.
I do wish it had provision for safety lugs on both sides of the Arca Swiss plate. I don't know if I'd use them, but I wish I had the choice to. I know some photographers who will not ever use a plate that doesn't have safety lugs.
If they could get rid of the play in portrait orientation and make it rock solid, this would be the only l-bracket I'd use for my A7IV."
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In summary re foldable, when folded and used in portrait mode, the commenter felt the vibration /flex was not appropriate for landscape. [I have similar but lessor concerns with the small rig without folding because its not as stable as RSS or Kirk. But I live with it because it was available and lighter than Kirk/RSS.
Edited on Sep 14, 2023 at 06:02 PM · View previous versions
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