Today I'm gonna show you a new L bracket I've got from a company called Rogeti
if you've been watching my channel for a while you'll know that I've been using L
brackets for a long time now and I love them they make switching from landscape
to portrait orientation really quick and easy they also offer a little bit more
protection for your camera up until now I've had a pretty cheap one from Amazon
for my a 73 and although it's good it's a little bit flexible and flimsy
especially when in the portrait orientation so I always put it on a 5
second timer to let it settle and I never use any big lenses with this L
bracket however recently Righetti sent me an L bracket to try out and I have to
say it's solid now this is a full disclosure I'm not sponsored by Righetti
and they haven't paid me to do this video I just like showing you the kit
that makes life a little bit easier and this certainly does it uses the
arca-swiss system as do nearly all of the L brackets on the market but there
were a couple of things that really made this L bracket stand out from the rest
all of the other L brackets that I have are made from two pieces so they're
bolted together on the angle of the L bracket but this one is one piece it's
made from a CNC machined block of aluminium so when your camera is in the
portrait orientation it is as solid as it is in the landscape position the
second thing I really like about this L bracket is that there are no cutouts in
the portrait orientation mounting part my old one had a massive cutout which
made it really unstable with this one however they've pulled it away from the
camera while still keeping the full mounting point there so no more wobbly
portrait mounting and you still have access to all of the ports on the side
here you can see I can easily access the ports although the doors are really
annoying being flappy and weak but you can still get to them on the bit at the
back of the camera they've pulled that away and you've got this almost like an
entrance point down the side that all of these little doors kind of slide out of
another annoying thing with some L brackets is that when you want to remove
them from time to time you have to route around in some drawers and find a
screwdriver or an allen key with this one they have made this
magnetic coin on the bottom ready to undo the mount I think that's a really
cool little feature and these little things are what makes it stand out from
the crowd this also comes in handy if you have any other screw mounts that
need a flathead screwdriver the magnet is strong so I don't think it would come
off accidentally either you'd have to bang your camera pretty hard for this
coin to drop out the other distinguishing features are these little
bubble floats I thought they were a bit of a gimmick to start with but I've
actually used them quite a few times and it's quite nice having a bubble float on
the back so when you're in landscape position straight away you can get your
orientation spot-on and the same for the portrait orientation it does have a
level on the side as well but it's a little bit tricky to see also it has
center marks for the lens in both orientations so if you need to line up
your lens with the tripod head this is a nice little touch one other
good thing is then it has a quarter inch thread on the side which actually comes
in really handy for me as I use a shoulder strap I use these side straps
this is really good place to hang the camera from I find with these shoulder
straps when you attach them to the base the lens tends to push into your leg and
into your hip a little bit and for any of you that use a peak design capture
plate there is a quarter-inch thread on the base where you can still mount this
small plate the only downside to this is then it locks that coin in place so no
easy access to this and back to using a flathead screwdriver now there are a few
downsides to this l-bracket my old l-bracket had a small edge that went
around the battery door this offered a little bit of support for my little
finger and since using the Righetti L bracket my pinky doesn't have anywhere
to go and just feels a little bit lost but I am getting used to this so if they
do make an upgrade to it I hope that they put this little sort of little
extension bit around the battery also you it covers up the strap mounting
point on the left-hand side of the camera if like me have removed these
little triangular bits it's not a problem
but if you have these attached and want to use this l-bracket i'd suggest
getting a shoulder strap or a hand grip to offer some kind of protection against
dropping your camera now if you are interested in this L bracket it retails
at around about $80 but it's such a solid L bracket that I think it's well
worth it and as it is a one-piece product made from a solid piece of
aluminium with a full arca-swiss mounting point on the side for the
portrait orientation there's no chance of it falling apart or falling off your
tripod if you want a solid L bracket for your Sony a7 3r 3 and also the a 7r to
the a 72 and the a7 s to check them out in the link below
I definitely feel a lot more confident in using this and leaving it on my
tripod as it is so solid as always if you like what you see you give me a
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