QUOTE(samsungfreak @ Jul 19 2012, 10:35 PM)
Did you notice you enjoy shooting in Landscape mode more than in Portrait mode when using your tripod? Do you notice when you shoot in portrait mode you ended up need to do a lot of adjustment to your ballhead and sometimes even the leg? And then your knob position is changed and you find it hard to align your shot properly? L plate is something after you use it, you always want one (so it is poison, be warned!).
I guess some people can find some use for it, the Japs produced it so they must have thought it through.
Anyway, here's my own 2 cents... There's No landscape or portrait bias for me when on the tripod, because it's based on the composition and subject I am looking at and not the convenience of either. Here's one taken in May 2012 where i decided a portrait orientation was more appropriate for the sunset.
Portraits and model shoots, generally I don't use tripods, even the Sony workshop didn't use tripods for portrait shots.
I do see at studio's, weddings and during Convocations, where they use tripods for portraits since the customer's position and background is already preset and the camera is not going to move around. I think this L bracket will be good in that kind of shooting.
For me, tripod is mainly for slow shutter situations or,
- want to get multiple exposures of the same scene,
- video, zooming using the tripod
- when I don't have another friend with me.
Of course this is not an exhaustive list and all of you will have other creative uses for it. Some even disassemble the tripod and turned it to some special Video rig.
Well.. sometimes even the elbows acts like a tripod. Below is an earlier tripod shot. Anyway, all these are tools and up to us on how we use it to fulfill our creative aspirations.
This post has been edited by nlik: Jul 20 2012, 10:59 PM 
Jul 20 2012, 06:11 PM
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