I wanted a small V mount for a relatively compact setup with a small camcorder and handle and this fits the bill quite nicely.The bracket is stout. The metal is much thicker than I expected it would be. There's virtually no give or flex here and it's certainly not going to be the weak point in any mounting setup. The hot shoe screw is threaded into the bottom of the mount and it arrived a little loose but it was nothing a few turns of a wrench didn't fix up. It's plenty tight now and I have no worries about it going anywhere on me now, the extra paranoid could add a dab of thread lock if they really wanted to. It's also threaded all the way through the mounting plate so you can attach a tripod plate to it for off camera mounting options.
The spacing and offset between the shoes is just perfect to fit an LED light panel and small boom mic. Third shoe mount in the middle is a nice touch but I don't plan on really using it for anything. Shoes themselves are very sturdy and firmly attached with 3 screws each.
The whole thing has a very nice powder coat finish and looks quite nice and has a nice sized thumb wheel for locking it down in place.
All in all, an excellent value.
Well balanced for low strain on the camera shoe, tightens down very securely, and lower profile for convenience in operating and adjusting the mounted accessories. A valuable, reasonably priced addition that goes everywhere my camera does.When you are on a mobile shoot on your own, and don't have a crew to handle lighting and sound, it's nice to be able to mount your light and mic onto your camera and have them move with you, without the lengthy rearranging processWhen you first receive this mount the weight and feel of it might throw you off into thinking it is a well made product. Think again.
Upon installing this into the shoe of the camera, we attached a lightweight NEWEER light to it. The mount immediately rotated downward.
After removing the mount, we found that the base was not attached or tightened properly. The threads had been cross threaded, so no manual tightening was going to work well.
Also, there were burrs where the "foot" was removed from the mold.
I won't say all of these will be delivered like this, but I am requesting a refund and will shy away from this product.Good quality and sturdy. Bought it to do multi led mounts for my Sony NX5U. It's a little tight for my front shoe, and a little close to do lets say a monitor and led. This is definitely still camera specific, but if you need multi mounts for your pro/semi vcam definitely works well.
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