17Mar Budget cold shoe bracket from Dzone2
Sometimes it’s nice to add two or three items to the top of your camera. For $36 Juicedlink sells the VideoMic accessory bracket or for $35 you can buy the Cool-lux Light & Sound Bracket. But what if you want something a little bit cheaper?
Well you’re in luck, at $12.50 the will probably do the trick. For the price you get a small bracket with 2 cold shoe adapters and a mount for your camera. I wouldn’t call the bracket rock solid, but for the price it can handle a reasonable amount of weight.
The nice thing is that you can remove the two cold shoe adapters and you’re left with a nice bracket that gives you room to slide in a few extra items. The bracket is about the same length across as my t2i so adding more then two accessories can get a little crowded, but if you set it up just right you can fit the Zoom h1, a Rode VideoMic, and a wireless receiver all on one bracket.
The camera shoe adapter also has a 1/4 20 on the bottom so you can easily mount this to a , or anything else you can think of. The bracket even had enough strength to support that Haier 7″ monitor while I was testing, although I wouldn’t walk around with it on there.
For $12.50 the seems like a pretty good deal.
March 18th, 2011 at 8:03 am
Ha! I just bought the Cool-Lux Light and Sound bracket a few weeks ago! I like the solid construction and tiered design, but it is kind of tall. The DZone2 may be worth it for being able to cram more things on it with a shorter footprint. Nice find!
March 18th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Mike, I felt the same way about the Cool-lux bracket. It makes me nervous having something that tall attached to my camera hot shoe. The t2i hot shoe just doesn’t seem solid enough for that much weight. I’ve found that the Dzone2’s low profile makes life a lot easier.
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May 25th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
I have a Canon Vixia HF200, and I want to get two of the shock mounts for the Zoom H1 but my camera has an advanced Mini hot shoe. What route should I go? Do I need to get an adapter to cold shoe then get the Dzone 2 hot shoe adapter so I can put the two mounts on? Let me know!
May 25th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
I would say that would be the easiest way to go.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Cool. Good deal.