Dot Line RPS Digital Flash Bracket Kit With Off-Camera Cord & Cable Release for Canon EOS Rebel RS0420EOS

by Dot Line

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000ORGEQ8
• Item model number: RS-0420/EOS
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

The Dot Line RPS Digital Flash Bracket includes all the necessary components for using a shoe mount flash raised above the lens, off-camera. Included are the required off-camera shoe cord that maintains full E-TTL and E-TTL II flash control, even with the latest digital cameras, and an electronic cable release that allows triggering the shutter directly from the bracket. Flash brackets are designed to increase the distance between the flash head and the lens in order to minimize the occurrence of redeye and to also reduce flash-shadows behind the subject. The rotating camera platform the flash centered over the lens both for horizontal and vertical compositions

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flash Bracket, September 23, 2007

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C. USA "Joe Cool" (Hillsboro, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dot Line RPS Digital Flash Bracket Kit With Off-Camera Cord & Cable Release for Canon EOS Rebel RS0420EOS (Electronics)

Great rotating flash bracket, it's light and easy to use. You even have the choice of using this bracket left or right handed & it has the ETTL2 cord for Canon EOS cameras to install your speedlite on this bracket at different angles. Only issue was the other cord, 'the push or clicker extended cord' installed already in this bracket. It's purpose was to make taking pictures a little easier, but it was no use for me. It was not the right extended cord recommended for my type of Canon camera, this cord was probably made for Nikon cameras. Seller should of gave us a choice to request for the right extended cord for your particular camera, thats why I gave this review 4 stars. Anyway, it's still a great bracket.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As expected, July 14, 2007

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Clyde Stith Jr. (st louis, mo USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dot Line RPS Digital Flash Bracket Kit With Off-Camera Cord & Cable Release for Canon EOS Rebel RS0420EOS (Electronics)

The bracket was as expected. I'm able to take better pictures and wish I had purchased this product years ago.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Talk about Pro!, February 4, 2009

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Chantal Boutros "Photography & Designs" (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dot Line RPS Digital Flash Bracket Kit With Off-Camera Cord & Cable Release for Canon EOS Rebel RS0420EOS (Electronics)

This flash bracket has almost everything a photographer could want. It holds my Canon Digital Rebel XSi with an Opteka Battery Grip and Canon 430EX II with the option of adding a Canon 580EX II down the line and demoting the 430 to a slave. My decision was between this and the Stroboframe Quick Flip 350 - 35mm Flash Bracket, but this one won my vote for a few reasons.

1) It looks substantially more sturdy and professional and is still really light. The stroboframe looks flimsy and I was afraid it wouldn't be able to handle the weight.
2) It's more versitile in its options as to where you want to put the camera and flash in reference to each other, swing the flash in another direction, or raise the flash an extra foot or so.
3) I don't know if the stroboframe does, but i can mount this to my tripod (it's off-center, but I don't care)
4) It locks almost effortlessly in both horizontal and vertical positions.
5) I can easily change the batteries in my grip while the camera's in vertical position and change the memory card when the camera's horizontal. If I didn't have a grip I'd have to take the camera off the bracket to change the battery.

Here are the few problems I found with this bracket.

1) The trigger is SO sensitive it's near impossible to half press it to focus. I would rather it had almost two stops to it like a regular shutter release: half press focus and full press shoot.
2) It renders the shutter release on my BG obsolete which means I probably could have opted for a cheaper one that didn't come with this feature. I guess that's kind of my fault.
3) The bag it comes with isn't padded and is a pretty tight fit to velcro shut. Because of this I'm afraid I might break the trigger if too much pressure is ever applied to it.
4) It could be that I'm not used to it or that I have weak hands, but with everything attached it's kind of awkward to to hold the flash bracket and 1/2 press the trigger with one hand while either zooming or manual focusing with the other. I really needs both hands to hold everything, ESPECIALLY when I raise the flash higher. It's just how the weight is distrubuted that's making it awkward for me.

Anyway, would I buy it again? If I start lifting weights and do something to strengthen my wrists, definitely! I think it would also help if I didn't have to concentrate so hard on the amount of pressure *not* needed to 1/2 press the trigger for focusing. All in all it's a good buy, there are just some things I need to figure out to make it work more effeciently for me.