Customer Reviews

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

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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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.

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

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.

Sure makes my job easier. I have used it for many occasions now. Its easy to assemble, and makes the amateur look like a pro. Love it.

This may be one of the best products, and one of the best valued products I have ever purchased in the camera department. Absolutely rock solid, easy to use. The only con that I can think of is when you move your camera to vertical position it doesn't lock in the up position like it does when horizontal, so they have this little peg on a swiveling metal bracket that you move over to hold the camera from sliding out of the vertical position. However, this peg doesn't lock in position either, so as you are taking pictures it will occasionally vibrate out of position and the camera will start sliding out of vertical, so you have to stop and readjust everything and move the locking peg back into position before you can continue. It hasn't cost me any critical photos yet, but it's just annoying more than anything. But for the price this may be one of the best valued pieces of equipment on the market, and built rock solid sturdy.

I purchaed this bracket couple weeks ago. It is great in puting the flash above the lense. I liked the remote control too. The camera flips very easy. But I have one problem. Since the flash is a little high there is a shadow at the bottom in all the photographs. For the portrait photo, down to the legs of the people it is dark. Is there any solution?