The Universal Swivel Holder tilts 180 horizontally and swivels a complete 360 left and right. The holder comes complete a flash mounting shoe, adapters to fit 3/8" or 5/8" studs or 1/4-20 screw thread and will also hold an umbrella. Precision metal casting.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Good value for the price:
I am an Amature photographer and bought this for portrait photography. It worked well sofar.
Adorama Universal Swivel Holder #4117:
This adjustable umbrella/flash bracket will meet most requirements of most photographers, regardless of their level. The body is made of high impact molded plastic. The upper and lower clamp adjustment screws holes are reinforced by the use of "pen-nuts." They are pressed into the holes as they enter the plastic body. This is good and should hold up to most torque requirements. Too bad they didn't do this for the screw that tightens & holds the umbrella into place. That screw hole is just a taped hole... more info
Very Important: Adapter On Backwards, But Easily Fixable:
Overall this swivel holder does it's job quite well. However, like most products, there are flaws to it (easily fixable). The first noticable one is the adapter position. The correct way a mount should be designed is that the stationary portion would located on the bottom, and the adjustable portion would be located on the top. When you first open the box, the portion that holds onto the umbrella is located on the bottom where it cannot be adjusted. This means that if you mount it on, the umbrella... more info
Strobist, one of the better one.:
Unlike what is depicted no hot shoe attachment came with mine. Not a loss though because the screw size on the stud fit well with the mount i had. It was bigger then i expected. Sign of good build quality? Time will tell. Everything fits nice and tight.