Opteka VLB-3 Video Light/Microphone Dual Cold Shoe Y-shaped Splitter Bracket (Includes Sony AIS Ada

The bracket is made of metal and very sturdy. The shoe adapter is plastic and doesn't tighten down very well it strips if you over tighten, which I found out is very easy to do and makes the bracket useless.

I happen to have a metal cold shoe adapter (HDE 1/4"20 Tripod Screw to Hot Shoe Adapter) and added a wing-nut on top and it works great. This basically makes it the same cost as the more expensive Cool-lux Light & Sound Bracket, Camcorder Dual Mount Bracket for Video Lights & Microphones which looks like it already comes with a metal shoe adapter.

I have a 160 LED light and Rode mic attached, the same as manufacturer picture implies (but mounted the other with Rod mic on the higher bracket since the other way blocks some of the light). Considering the weight it holds the plastic shoe adapter might have snapped anyway.

I own a small camera so I had in mind to put a light and a microphone, when I tried to tide the plastic thing went loose, I had to put some Teflon to make sure doesn't fall.

If wasn't for that I would recommend this product.

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The bottom hot shoe on this is just too big to fit on any camera that I have. It does come with a sony adaptor, but I have never used it since I do not have a sony camera. I had to file down the edges on the hot shoe so it would fit on top of my camera. I am surprised at such low quality from Opteka

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So this right out of the box wouldn't even stay tightened. It would just re-run through the threads.

I had to ninja this item which I bought simultaneously together.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005005EEM/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00

So now, with that it finally stays. There are versions that are full metal, and just know this won't even hold its own weight on your hotshoe, let alone a light, Rode VideoMic or anything beyond.

If you get this and ninja it or a better version, grab this too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CNPK3M/ref=oh_details_o02_s01_i00

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A very cheap product. Does not come with hotshoe adapter for Sony alpha series like promised and when mine arrived one of the metal brackets was completely bent shut, making it useless. Obviously a company not focused on quality. Obviously not going with opteka ever again.

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