Make Changing Tripod Attachment Plates Easier
Mar 9, 2018 10:47:09 #
I have always found attaching or detaching mounting plates to the camera to be a pain, especially in the field. I never have a coin in my pocket, or a screwdriver handy, but I have come up with a simple idea that works well. I went to the hardware store and bought several 1.25" fender washers and a few small carabiners. The fender washers are larger than a quarter and easier to use, come with a hole in the center and slide easily on the carabiner, which I clip to my camera bag where I can easily reach it. I put one on each of the bags I use the most.
Mar 9, 2018 10:48:59 #
lowkick wrote:
I have always found attaching or detaching mountin... (show quote)
My camera mounting plates use an allen wrench!
Mar 9, 2018 10:53:09 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
My camera mounting plates use an allen wrench!
I have some with slots, and some with a ring that stays attached to tighten it with, but none requiring allen wrenches. Most do require an allen wrench to attach the clamp to the head.
Mar 9, 2018 10:53:20 #
Mine have a "flip ring", or whatever you call it, attached to the screw head.
But that's an excellent solution.
But that's an excellent solution.
Mar 9, 2018 10:56:41 #
If you start out with a system like Manfrotto, you can have a plate on each of your cameras that will fit more than one tropod and just leave it on the camera all the time and never take it off. You are ready all the time. I have three tripods and all three use the same mounting plate.
Mar 9, 2018 11:02:21 #
lowkick wrote:
I have always found attaching or detaching mountin... (show quote)
Or you could simply by enough QR plates for all your gear and never have to worry about changing plates and losing the shot you missed while doing so.
Mar 9, 2018 11:03:05 #
Rashid Abdu
Loc: Ohio
I simply secured a penny with scotch tape to the side or bottom of the camera. Cheap, easy and always there!
RA
RA
Mar 9, 2018 11:28:57 #
I usually travel with a minimum of three cameras in the field. I've avoided all of this hardware swapping with a bit of forethought and planning. They each have their own Arca Swiss plate to attach to the Arca Swiss quick release mount on the tripod. Why make things complicated by having to swap small bits in the field?
--Bob
--Bob
lowkick wrote:
I have always found attaching or detaching mountin... (show quote)
Mar 9, 2018 11:38:51 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Or you could simply by enough QR plates for all your gear and never have to worry about changing plates and losing the shot you missed while doing so.
Except when you camera is smaller than a FF Nikon and the QR plate has to come off to change batteries or cards!
Mar 9, 2018 11:38:56 #
Smudgey wrote:
If you start out with a system like Manfrotto, you can have a plate on each of your cameras that will fit more than one tropod and just leave it on the camera all the time and never take it off. You are ready all the time. I have three tripods and all three use the same mounting plate.
Only problem I have with my Manfrotto is I have to take the plate off to put the camera on it's photo-strobe frame. Which works fine but then to use it without the frame means changing it again when I use both cameras in the field for sports shots. Different lens on each one keeps baseball field dust out of the camera body. Only way around I found so far is to mount the flash without the bracket which defeats my reason to use of the bracket.
Mar 9, 2018 11:53:12 #
My old business partner never caught on, but every wedding we shot, I'd ask. "hey, can I borrow a quarter to change the mounting plate?" I would do it and keep the quarter. Sometimes I would do it multiple times in the same wedding. My record was 4x. He never caught on. Once we stopped shooting together, I ended up purchasing several Arca Swiss compatible plates, and have them on all my camera bodies, and lens feet. I miss those days. It was nice making an extra 25 cents to a dollar per wedding. (tax free)
Mar 9, 2018 11:59:35 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Or you could simply by enough QR plates for all your gear and never have to worry about changing plates and losing the shot you missed while doing so.
That's what I have done - Arca-Swiss compatible system.
Mar 9, 2018 11:59:55 #
A photographer/instructor friend of mine put it very simply. Avoid buying bottom loaders. He was referring to video cameras, but the same can be said about still cameras, as well.
--Bob
--Bob
bsprague wrote:
Except when you camera is smaller than a FF Nikon and the QR plate has to come off to change batteries or cards!
Mar 9, 2018 12:13:31 #
rmalarz wrote:
I like my cameras well enough that I don't mind them being bottom loaders.A photographer/instructor friend of mine put it very simply. Avoid buying bottom loaders. He was referring to video cameras, but the same can be said about still cameras, as well.
--Bob
--Bob
Mar 9, 2018 13:35:06 #
lowkick wrote:
I have always found attaching or detaching mountin... (show quote)
Why would you have to change mounting plates in the field to begin with, why would you do that ( I sure never have)? I can not see a reason for doing that!
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