Pentaxian Registered: September, 2017 Location: South Wales Posts: 2,979 | | Review Date: March 30, 2021 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Well made of solid metal, light stand or tripod mounting, good value | | Cons: | No sync cable connector, swivel wing nut fouls a tripod platform | |
This is a solidly made, all-metal, standard type of umbrella clamp, with a lockable tilt hinge, a hole and clamp for the umbrella stem, and a shoe for the flash unit. The bottom is designed to fit (I understand) a 5/8" post on a special lighting stand, but comes with an insert to convert this to accept a 1/4" or 3/8" screw of a camera tripod. The clamp screw for the stand head (or insert) acts as the clamp for the swivel movement. The tilt action is with very definite clicks (metal teeth) and is then locked with a clamp screw. The umbrella stem hole is slightly angled so that the flash head is more-or-less aimed at the centre of the umbrella.
The receptacle (or shoe) for the flash unit also has a clamp screw rather than being held in by spring action like on most cameras. This is a cold shoe (ie no electrical contacts) but is wrongly described as a hot shoe in the Wex catalogue. This is inconvenient if you are using an older flash unit without a built-in radio or optical trigger, and want to trigger it with a PC sync lead. I put a small adaptor between the cold shoe and the flash unit which converts it into a hot shoe and provides a socket for the sync lead.
A minor niggle is that the wingnut "wings" for the bottom clamp swing below the bottom face of the device, so you cannot turn it if the bracket is on the broader mounting platform of a camera tripod.
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