L Type Vertical Clapper Bracket

DWhat is an L-bracket and why am I obsessed? The L-bracket is, at its name implies, an L-shaped device that you attach to your camera. It is used when you are shooting on a tripod. Its primary purpose is to allow you to rotate your camera from landscape to portrait perspective (horizontal to vertical) without having to roll your tripod head 90o or try to find that notch on your ball head so that you can shoot vertically. The L-bracket is usually designed to connect to a tripod head’s quick-release (QR) system. Most have the common dovetail mount we call “Arca-type compatible.” (Some tripod brands, like Manfrotto, have proprietary QR plates and those manufacturers usually sell L-brackets that are compatible with their tripod head QR system.)