How Much Weight Will You Put in YOUR Hotshoe!
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Loren Simons
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I've mounted my Marshall 70XP on my 7D and it's been fine. Not only that but I've used the redrock microHandle Plus (http://www.evsonline.com/redrock-micro-microhandle-plus.html) to do plenty of low mode shots, so it for sure can support at very least the weight of itself with a 24-105 on it. Would I put a 70-200 on it? Probably not.
Also, its very important to know which camera we are talking about here. The 5D and 7D are the only ones i can feel safe about really mounting anything to the hot shoe because of it's single cast magnesium body which the hot shoe is drilled directly into. On the t2i, it's basically a bunch of plastic peices snapped together, and the MOST I'de but on that is the marshall 5" if I'm not swinging it around.
Also, its very important to know which camera we are talking about here. The 5D and 7D are the only ones i can feel safe about really mounting anything to the hot shoe because of it's single cast magnesium body which the hot shoe is drilled directly into. On the t2i, it's basically a bunch of plastic peices snapped together, and the MOST I'de but on that is the marshall 5" if I'm not swinging it around.
Yeah on my T2i I wont put any more than my LP micro directly to the hot shoe.
Otherwise i use a flash bracket like this one
http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Heavy...2OVM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1288987619&sr=8-5
works great for a good bit of weight and helps stabilize in the same way a fig rig works.
Otherwise i use a flash bracket like this one
http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Heavy...2OVM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1288987619&sr=8-5
works great for a good bit of weight and helps stabilize in the same way a fig rig works.