Canon EOS M50 and BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote – How?

I’m currently evaluating the Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera and after a few hours playing with it, I wanted to post this information so that it’s widely available by others searching for it. In short, the user manual for the M50 is the worst one that I have ever seen with a Canon camera – they should be ashamed of it. Not only is it incomplete, but what there is, is hard to decipher due to the tiny size of the images and graphics they use. The M50 doesn’t have a port for a cable release of any kind – …

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REVIEW: 3 Legged Thing QR11-LC Universal L Bracket

British tripod company 3 Legged Thing recently launched the QR11-LC universal L bracket. The bright orange colour immediately caught my eye, as well as the staggeringly low price of just $49. In recent years I have always equipped my cameras with L brackets from Really Right Stuff, but these can cost anywhere from $150 to $250, and they are camera-specific which isn’t ideal for the long term. Much as I like the RRS brackets, lately, they have made them heavier, bulkier, more complex and even more expensive. The timing was just right, so I contacted 3 Legged Thing and they …

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