Shooting good pictures with adapter can come in handy; allowing you to position an external flash closer, further away from, or in the opposite direction of your subject.
Types of Flash Brackets
Not all mechanized systems.
* Since the shoe mount is the standard connection, the fixed shoe mount adapter bracket is the most basic mount, often simply positioning the flash straight forward.
* An swivel and position the flash in a variety of ways to suit the shoot.
* A rotating flash bracket usually attaches to the camera and allows you to fluidly move the flash forward and back as needed.
* Many rotating brackets feature padded ergonomic handles to ease the strain on your wrist when operating the camera.
* A standard swivel models allow more variable flash positioning.
* Some brackets feature slave flash with your external flash.