The Awesomeness of a Quick Release Plate and an L-Bracket
This is one of those accessories that, as a landscape photographer in particular, once you use one, you’ll wonder how you lived without it. In short, while shooting on a tripod, it lets you change from shooting with your camera wide (horizontal) to tall (vertical) in all of about four seconds. First, you release the small lever (or knob) on the quick release plate, which sits on top of your ballhead, to release your camera. Then, you turn your camera vertically, and the L-bracket that is attached to your camera (it just screws right into the tripod hole on the bottom of your camera) lets ...
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