The kirk bl d7000g l bracket is a custom made one piece aluminium l bracket for the nikon d7000 with mb d11 battery grip attached it allows full access to all the switches and battery drawers and allows quick changes from horizontal to vertical composition and vice versa without having to adjust your tripod andor tripod head the kirk l bracket also helps to protect the camera body and keeps the weight of the lens and body over the tripods centre of gravity the l bracket from kirk attaches d