Make a DIY Camera L-Bracket [DIY]

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A user at DIYPhotography.net was faced with a dilemna. He wanted to outfit his camera with an L-bracket to increase stability while doing portrait photography but he couldn't find a mount for his camera he liked.
The only mount he could find specifically for his camera was $130 and obscured the camera's battery compartment door which irked him. Faced with the prospect of paying over a hundred for a hunk of metal with a design he didn't even like he looked into making one himself. He found a metal supply shop that would accept small orders, in this case speedymetal.com, and ordered a small piece of pre-bent aluminum. After receiving it he used some inexpensive tools like a power drill and a hole tapper to set up the mount holes. His total expenditure for a the project including the raw materials, a new drill bit, and a hole tapper was $30, a substantial savings over $130. For more simple DIY camera equipment, check out the DIY camera stabilizer. DIY L-Bracket [via Make]



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