Thank you Joe Demb! And thanks to photo.net users for the recommendation to try your flash bracket.
I have 2 Nikon D700s. Love them. However, there is a problem using the hotshoe for flash. There is a grounding problem and after awhile they just won't work right. I am a wedding photographer and while I prefer off camera flash, I need it on my camera for fast action during part of the day. One camera went bad and while it was off not getting fixed(Nikon simply reset it and sent it back- messed up immediately-I was awfully discouraged), the other camera showed symptoms, as well. And the problem tends to repeat itself even after repair. Pretty discouraging. I had tried two other flash brackets already to get it off the hotshoe. Granted they were not high end models, but I kept looking at them and they are big and heavy! I am a small person and I hated the way they add weight and bulk, and throw the whole balance of the camera off.
I am so tired of buying equipment that I hate and won't use, I just couldn't see spending the amounts on the most expensive, yet highest rated brackets I was seeing to not use them because of their weight.
Then some fabulous person recommended the Demb flash bracket. It looks so similar to the ones I had tried, I was a bit skeptical. SO happy!!!
The session before I received it was a struggle. WB and exposures all over the place. Makes me feel like I don't know how to run my camera. Frustrating!
My bracket came, on it went. I forgot it was even there! I use it with a Rogue Flashbender on my SB900s also, which has a similar effect, but heavier than the bounce products offered by Demb. My camera and I were working together again! I could not be more pleased.
The first camera is off getting its hotshoe replaced, not just reset this time. But once it returns, this will go on that immediately so it stays fixed!
My only issue is the screw length. I use a hand strap and it was a pain getting the threads to grab because of the extra thickness there. I had to remove the antislip strips. Because of this, I will need to buy one for each camera as switching is not an option. I don't have 20 minutes to fiddle when I need to swap.
Maybe they have a longer one, I need to check. I still will likely get one for each camera.
Thank you, thank you! You have helped me love my cameras again:) read more