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Canon M6 MKII L-Bracket With Battery Door Access

Started 11 months ago | Questions
Larry Cunningham
Larry Cunningham Senior Member • Posts: 1,228
Re: Canon M6 MKII L-Bracket?? Battery Access and Tripod bump.

Jack Calypso wrote:

Larry Cunningham wrote:

Misha883 wrote:

I'm not exactly certain about your exact issue with the EF to M lens adapter. On the Viltrox adapter the "bump" on the bottom of the adapter is removable. I'm not sure if this is removable on the official Canon adapter or on adapters made by other manufacturers.

I can confirm that that "bump" on the bottom of the Canon adapter is not removable. It is part of the body of the tripod foot.

The "bump" on the Canon adapter is more like a flange. It's located on the camera side of the adapter, and apparently serves to keep the adapter from rotating. The red arrow in the photo below is the flange I'm referring to.

That "bump" also prevents me from using the tripod foot on the adapter with my apparently-now-discontinued SmallRig LCC2516 L-bracket.

Larry

But even if you could attach the bracket with the mount adapter installed, the foot would obstruct the clamp on your tripod. And if you were using the L-bracket, you wouldn't be using the foot. So why not just detach it and work?

That is precisely what I do. I seldom use that tripod foot because I seldom remove the L-bracket. I reattached it only in order to get the photo I included in the post.

Larry

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Combat By Design
OP Combat By Design Regular Member • Posts: 331
Re: Canon M6 MKII L-Bracket With Battery Door Access
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Welp, after looking and looking for a universal bracket that would work the way I wanted and stumbling across the Arca brand universal L-bracket for $300 I figured out a much less expensive alternative.
I ended up picking up the Sunwayfoto DPL-08 l-bracket ($29.90) and Sunway MAC-14 arca-compatible clamp ($34.95) from B&H, and it works pretty much exactly as I'd hoped:
- Battery door/adapter access
- Side panel access
- Don't have to fumble around with hex-wrenches outside/in the dark to install/remove
So for a total of $64.85 I'd call it a success.
Weight: 8 oz (according to Sunwayfoto's website description of the 2 pcs. - Shipping weight of the Arca bracket, according to B&H is 14.4oz)

Able to plug in both the dummy battery/power adapter, and intervalometer/wired remote.

Has enough clearance it off of the EF to EF-M lens adapter (currently attached to a Peak Design Capture plate)
We'll see how it works in the field!
Thanks to everyone who tried pointing me in the right direction!
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Mike Arledge Senior Member • Posts: 2,465
Re: Canon M6 MKII L-Bracket With Battery Door Access

Combat By Design wrote:

Welp, after looking and looking for a universal bracket that would work the way I wanted and stumbling across the Arca brand universal L-bracket for $300 I figured out a much less expensive alternative.
I ended up picking up the Sunwayfoto DPL-08 l-bracket ($29.90) and Sunway MAC-14 arca-compatible clamp ($34.95) from B&H, and it works pretty much exactly as I'd hoped:
- Battery door/adapter access
- Side panel access
- Don't have to fumble around with hex-wrenches outside/in the dark to install/remove
So for a total of $64.85 I'd call it a success.
Weight: 8 oz (according to Sunwayfoto's website description of the 2 pcs. - Shipping weight of the Arca bracket, according to B&H is 14.4oz)

Able to plug in both the dummy battery/power adapter, and intervalometer/wired remote.

Has enough clearance it off of the EF to EF-M lens adapter (currently attached to a Peak Design Capture plate)

We'll see how it works in the field!
Thanks to everyone who tried pointing me in the right direction!
--
Kevin M. Byers
www.combatbydesign.com
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook:
@combatbydesign

Interesting, look forward to your feedback in the field

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Jack Calypso Senior Member • Posts: 1,094
Re: Canon M6 MKII L-Bracket With Battery Door Access

Combat By Design wrote:

Welp, after looking and looking for a universal bracket that would work the way I wanted and stumbling across the Arca brand universal L-bracket for $300 I figured out a much less expensive alternative.
I ended up picking up the Sunwayfoto DPL-08 l-bracket ($29.90) and Sunway MAC-14 arca-compatible clamp ($34.95) from B&H, and it works pretty much exactly as I'd hoped:
- Battery door/adapter access
- Side panel access
- Don't have to fumble around with hex-wrenches outside/in the dark to install/remove
So for a total of $64.85 I'd call it a success.
Weight: 8 oz (according to Sunwayfoto's website description of the 2 pcs. - Shipping weight of the Arca bracket, according to B&H is 14.4oz)

Able to plug in both the dummy battery/power adapter, and intervalometer/wired remote.

Has enough clearance it off of the EF to EF-M lens adapter (currently attached to a Peak Design Capture plate)

We'll see how it works in the field!
Thanks to everyone who tried pointing me in the right direction!
--
Kevin M. Byers
www.combatbydesign.com
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook:
@combatbydesign

A similar ready-made product is the Kirk Universal Quick Realease Tall L Bracket.

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