 New RRS Wedding Pro Flash Bracket
Got back from wedding today... man it was hot! 86F + humidex was well over 90. Luckily we were close to the lake so had a small breeze - enough to cool us off - but not enough to blow the bride's hair too much.
Anyway.. the bracket worked amazingly. I can say after using it for only one wedding that it's the best flash bracket I've ever used (and I've been doing this for close to 20 years). I had two cameras with me - both D200's - one with battery grip and one without... both with RRS L-plates. I had the bracket mounted to the one with the battery grip since this was my main camera using the Nikkor 17-35 AF-S and 28-70 AF-S. The other D200 had the 70-200 VR. I use the 70-200 VR mainly for candids, during the ceremony and some portraits as well. But the D200 with the flash bracket was used the most.
Once you get used to pushing the release to unlock the hinge and rotate the flash, it worked very well. Actually, just using it and playing with it for about 15 minutes this morning before the wedding was all I needed to become comfortable with it. It flipped easily and since it locks into place once flipped, it never flopped.. no matter what angle I tilted the camera. The movement was quick, clean and precise and positioned itself directly over the lens at an appropriate height each time. As mentioned in my first review, I had wire-tied the cable from my SC-17 cord to the bracket and it stayed out of the way better than any other bracket I've used.
It's also light-weight so I had no problem hand-holding the set-up at any time. The flash (an SB-800) didn't feel out of balance with the set-up and it was easy to hold. And when I did use a tripod, for the family groups, I was able to shift from horizontal to vertical on my BH-55 very quickly and smoothly. The flash bracket has the integrated Acra-Swiss style mount so switching to vertical was no problem at all.
I switched the flash from one camera to the other only once, but the clamping bracket built into the flash bracket came off in an instant and remounted very easily - and back again. I really don't need two brackets - this worked so well one bracket is enough.
And the coolest thing of all... was that when I was done, I unclamped it, folded it up and stuck it in a side pocket of my camera bag. Nice and neat, compact, quick and out of the way. I've never had a bracket do that before!
All in all.. I'm very pleased with the RRS Wedding Pro Flash Bracket. Well worth the money even if you have to puchase the L-plate to go with it.
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