NiSi Wizard Camera Bracket

Andy Westlake tries out a handy device for fixing a camera onto a tripod

- Andy Westlake

The NiSi Wizard Camera Bracket is a device for attaching your camera onto a tripod. By means of a rotating collar around the lens, it allows rapid switching between portrait and landscape format shooting, while keeping the camera directly above the head where it's most stable. Compared to using an L-bracket, this approach potentially offers some real advantages.

Firstly, the design won’t interfere with articulated rear screens, which is crucial when shooting at awkward angles. Secondly, it's unlikely to block access to your camera's cable release port. Thirdly, it allows you to hang your camera from an inverted tripod centre column for low-angle shooting, but turn it back the right way up again, rather than struggle with operating it upside-down. It also lets you rotate the camera freely around the lens axis to tweak the composition.