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Recommended

AXIS BACKPACKS

Takeyourphotographyand

videographyequipmentwithyou

to the most testing environments

LEARNMORE:

Getting there

tenba.com/collections/axis

TheBLB1is a

goodmatchto

DSLRsandlarger

mirrorless models

L-BRACKETSarereallyusefulforshootingin portraitformatusinga
tripod,astheyallowyoutokeepyourcamerapositioneddirectlyover
thehead,whichis farmorestablethanhangingit offtooneside.It’s
possibletobuyversionsthatarematchedtospecificcameramodels,
buttheytendtobeeitherveryexpensive,orfromunknownbrands.
TheBenroBLB1aimstoprovidea universalfit foranycamerausing
a screwthatcanslideleft-to-righttomatchthepositionof your
camera’stripodsocket,witha setof rubberisedgripseitherside.It’ll
attachtoanyheadthathasanArcaSwiss-type quick-release clamp.
Whilethisdesignshouldworkwith
mostDSLRsandlargermirrorless
cameras,it’sunlikelytobea good
matchforsmallmirrorlessmodels
whosetripodmountsareplaced
forwardonthebodyclosetothe
lens(whichrequiresthescrewto
beabletoslidefront-to-back).
Also,there’snoanti-twist
mechanismtopreventthe
camerafromdroopingwhen
you’reworkingin portrait
format.Finally,it’simportantto
notethatL-bracketsgenerally
don’tworkwelloncamerasthathave
screensthatarticulatetotheside,
andcanoftenblockremote-release
portstoo.Butthesecaveatsaside,the
BenroBLB1is a sturdilymadebracket
that’lleasilyholda full-frameDSLR
withoutanyhintof flexing.
Andy Westlake

Benro BLB1

Theportrait-format

sectionofthe

bracketcanbe

removedusingthe

supplied Allen key