Peter3171

I had the Nissin and gave it away. My main system is the Cactus setup that I think is fanastic. I was recommended to this by Damien Lovegrove who is a professional photographer based in the UK and switched to Fuji exclusively. He has a great website and appears to be incredibly helpful. Website: https://www.prophotonut.com

I ran out of room on the prior post I think because of photo size, but here is the attachment RRS makes for the X-Pro 2 bracket I have (I would not be surprised if they have updated the oroginal model to make it slide like the one for the X-T2. It is another piece of equipment to carry, but not a big deal. Here are 2 pictures of it:

As usual with a lot of these forums, there is a lot of misinformation that does not help anyone. I shoot X-T2 and X-Pro2. I use RRS L brackets on each of them. They are different brackets, but they both work for portrait mode, but there is a difference. As I initially said, the L Bracket for the X-T2 has a slide on the bottom that allows the small side of the L (the one you want to use for portrait mounting) to slide out allowing room for clearance of the shutter release cable. Also, there is no issue with battery access. Here are two pictures that hopefully dispel any misinformation about this (I did not clean the screen, etc., as I am leaving on a trip and am short of time):

I have 2 of them from RRS and 2 X-T2's. The L Plates from RRS work well and one great thing they fixed was the annoying lack of clearance on the plates for the X-Pros. One used to have to buy a separate spacer to get the necessary cable clearance. Now, to go portrait, you use the wrench (held on by a magnet) and loosen 2 screws and the plate that goes on the tripod slides away from the body thus allowing for the shutter cable. It works very well.

I use the Watson and love it. It has a charge display, and comes with a car battery charger, which I have used on several trips. I think it is great.