recently picked up the Sony A7iv and one of my A7siii to a friend. i capture quite a bit of vertical footage, but none of my tripods really mount cameras vertically very well.
for that reason i put a cage on one of my A7siii, and then put an arca swiss plate on the grip side, and that worked fine for mounting it vertically, but once a cage is on, it’s on (not quick release) and it definitely adds bulk to the camera.
so this time around i decided to try a more temporary option, which is a universal L bracket, and a handy dandy quick release (i have like 6 of them already).
if i mount the L bracket directly to the camera, i can either have the L block the memory card and battery door (how it is currently, in that photo) or i can have the L extend up the side that the screen flips out to. if i have it extend up that side, when i mount it vertically, i can’t flip the screen up (to see it) — in that case it would flip down and be hidden by my tripod. so, have to block the memory & battery doors, but still need quick access to them, so added the arca swiss quick release in there for easy access. i also really like the camera to be cage/bracket free the. majority of time and for most uses, so this makes it easy for me to take the L off (and doesn’t leave me stuck with a hard to remove cage or L bracket)
if you have any questions, let me know! seems to be a good solution so far!
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