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Lens bracket for flash and extender (1 Viewer)

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Brian Egan

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Hi there
Just wondering if anyone knows of a flash bracket you can attach to your lens (Canon 500 F4)?

A bit like this maybe http://www.birdsasart.com/baaimage/vb1.jpg

However I don't have a Wimberly head so don't want one that attaches to the tripod or head but to the actual lens.

Done some sniffing around the web and couldn't find anything so if anyone knows of anything I would really appreciate it.

Thanks
Brian
 
tdodd said:
Also probably not what you are looking for, but this would attach to the tripod mount on the camera body or the tripod foot on a lens....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flash-Bracket...1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Here it is mounted to my tripod with an RC2 QR plate and shown with a 40D mounted by the camera body tripod thread and a 1D3 and 100-400 mounted by the lens tripod foot....
Click to expand...

Tim
Thanks for that, like you say not quite what I am after but in the absence of that then this might be the best alternative.
Appreciate it very much if you took the photos especially.
Cheers
Brian
 
What about this idea:
http://www.juzaforum.com/forum-en/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4027

though I have to report that (from my testing) a 580M2 is a bit heavy for this setup - you might find a miniballhead strong enough but the cullman's is not sadly - its ok if hte setup is static, but start moving around and the ballhead can come lose.
However a work around is to turn the tripod collar so that the base is on the righthandside of the lens (if pointing the camera away from you as in shooting). Then use the indent in the side of the ballhead to return the flash to the vertical and aim forwards - this is quite stable and results are good.
 
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