The BL-D50 L-Bracket is custom fit for the Canon D30 & D60 Digital SLR Camera body (without grip). Custom-made one-piece bracket machined from light weight 6061T6 aluminium. Allows full access to all switches & battery drawers. In the words of a professional landscape photographer, it also allows for: Fast change from horizontal to vertical composition & viceversa without having to adjust your tripod and/or tripod head, while maintaining lens & viewfinder to eye-level relationship. Helps protect the camera body like a truck grill guard. Keeps the weight of lens & body over the tripod's centre of gravity. Weight 85grams