SmallRig 1/4" Camera Hot Shoe Mount, Ballhead Tripod with Additional 1/4" Screw, 2pcs Pack - 2059

The SmallRig 1/4” Camera Hot Shoe Mount is an essential accessory for photographers and videographers looking to expand their gear setup. Here’s a comprehensive review:Design and Build QualityThe SmallRig 1/4” Camera Hot Shoe Mount boasts a compact and lightweight design, making it easy to carry and integrate into any camera setup. Despite its small size, the mount is built with high-quality aluminum alloy, ensuring durability and long-term reliability. The precision machining and anodized finish add to its professional look and feel, making it a robust addition to your camera gear.Ease of UseUsing the SmallRig Hot Shoe Mount is straightforward and intuitive. The mount fits securely into the camera’s hot shoe, and the 1/4” screw provides a stable connection for various accessories. The knurled thumbwheel allows for easy tightening and loosening, ensuring a secure fit without the need for additional tools. This user-friendly design makes it quick and easy to attach and detach accessories during shoots.VersatilityOne of the standout features of this mount is its versatility. The 1/4” screw thread allows you to attach a wide range of accessories, such as microphones, LED lights, monitors, and more. This adaptability makes it a valuable tool for photographers and videographers who need to customize their setups for different shooting scenarios. Whether you’re shooting in a studio or on location, the SmallRig Hot Shoe Mount provides the flexibility you need.Stability and SecurityThe SmallRig Hot Shoe Mount offers excellent stability, holding accessories firmly in place even during dynamic shoots. The secure fit prevents wobbling or shifting, ensuring that your accessories remain in the desired position. This stability is crucial for maintaining the quality of your audio, lighting, and video during recording sessions.Value for MoneyGiven its high-quality build, ease of use, and versatility, the SmallRig 1/4” Camera Hot Shoe Mount offers exceptional value for money. It is priced competitively, making it an affordable yet reliable option for both amateur and professional photographers and videographers. The mount’s durability and performance justify the investment, providing long-term value for your camera gear.ConclusionIn conclusion, the SmallRig 1/4” Camera Hot Shoe Mount is a must-have accessory for anyone looking to expand their camera setup. Its combination of durable construction, user-friendly design, and versatile functionality makes it a standout choice in its category. Whether you need to attach a microphone, LED light, monitor, or other accessories, this mount provides a secure and stable solution. For photographers and videographers seeking a reliable and cost-effective way to enhance their gear, the SmallRig Hot Shoe Mount is an excellent investment.

These are really well made.... at least, they FEEL that way. There is some good sturdy materials used and they've got a little heft to them to feel durable. However, after attaching a ~2ft LED light bar to them, and setting them parallel to the ground, I felt like I might be on the edge of its limitations. What's great is that is the EDGE of the limitations as you can have ALL the vertical angles that are less than 90 degrees and be quite confident (especially if you weigh the tripod down with a sandbag). Putting them at 90 degrees and putting anything with weight feels like it MIGHT tip over (no sandbag) or worse, the "ball-in-socket" design will snap or pop out. For me, this hasn't happened but I also feel this light bar is just light enough to not make that happen. I also kept it low, like the lowest the tripod would go so it was the best base set it could be at. But if you're just looking for something to allow you to angle things around that are mostly vertical, you shouldn't have an issue. Hence the 5* rating. Oh, and it's basically $10/each so that's a good bargain (unless it falls over/breaks and damages your light.....)

Excellent material, the label that easily secures the base and remains stable, the size is a little small for some reason I thought they would be a little bigger, but on the page it is described correctly, in general 100% recommended and of good quality.

I love SmallRig for making so much fantastic gear at reasonable prices (plus, after them reaching out to me, I love them even more for their top-notch customer service!), though this item needs one simple fix - on the cold shoe end, you can only make it secure by tightening the whole unit all the way down, which turns the plastic tightening ring into nothing more than a washer. If you don't tighten it all the way down, either it won't be snug in the cold shoe, or the whole unit will spin freely.Instead, make the cold shoe insert screw longer and add TWO of those tightening rings. Then you can tighten the unit to the cold shoe, and tighten the unit, enabling you to easily position the unit in whichever direction you wish.In my case, I was able to crank it down a little extra tight in order to get the 90-degree bend where I wanted, but I wonder if I'll sometimes have to remove the cold shoe insert and rotate it 90 or 180 degrees in order to make that happen.Also, if you don't use the cold shoe attachment and simply screw the main assembly to your cage (or whatever), then my whole point becomes completely unimportant and irrelevant.

Turn your hot- or cold-shoe on your camera into another tripod mount point! I use it to connect a field recorder to my camcorder for audio; you could put a gopro on top of your DSLR to get video while you shoot photos; I believe it's designed to mount a monitor to the top of your digital video camera. Exceptionally well built, easy to use and adjust. Will buy again.