Camera Mount for Mono Pod
Aug 26, 2018 14:14:52 #
gray_ghost2
Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.
I'm using a 7Dmii with a manfotto mono pod for mainly sporting events. Hand hold this camera with a 70-200 gets heavy during the game. I use the 2piece quick-release plate. The problem is, when I attach my battery grip, the release lever prevents the camera from seating into the plate. There is no way to slide the camera away. Any suggentions of a different style mount?
Aug 26, 2018 14:56:39 #
Use the tripod mount ring and mount the lens to the monopod. For the f/4 models, this is a separate piece of equipment from Canon. Then, put a lens plate on the collar for quick release.
Aug 26, 2018 14:58:59 #
gray_ghost2 wrote:
I use the 2piece quick-release plate. The problem is, when I attach my battery grip, the release lever prevents the camera from seating into the plate. There is no way to slide the camera away. Any suggentions of a different style mount?
You will have to tell us more about the QR system or the head you are using please ....
And yes, the 70-200 has an optional tripod collar that you SHOULD be using - third party metal ones are OK - about $12 on ebay.
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Aug 26, 2018 17:30:39 #
gray_ghost2
Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.
I'm creating another post because I'm unable to add photos to this one once it posted. I qwasn't thinking at the time. A picture tells a thousands words. I will be ' Camera Mount in a Mono Pod, Pt 2.
Aug 26, 2018 18:00:26 #
gray_ghost2
Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.
The camera does mount using the collar bracket and no battery grip. As you can see with the battery grip attached, the lock lever prevents the camera from dropping down into place and locking. If I add the 1.4x there is enough clearance but I loose a stop and that won't work when shooting HS football games at night. Even by partically releasing the lever, the shoe won't drop in. So, I need a different style of quick release attachment that will allow the camera to mount with battery grip. Even by removing the grip and use a single battery, I still have to change to another before the game ends. Which isn't difficult and what I have been doing. I do carry a back up battery.
Aug 26, 2018 18:03:30 #
gray_ghost2 wrote:
The camera does mount using the collar bracket and... (show quote)
Turn the piece that mounts to the monopod 90 degrees on the lens mount and come in at a different angle. Easy fix, you just have the wrong angle placement on your lens.
Aug 26, 2018 18:13:18 #
gray_ghost2 wrote:
I'm creating another post because I'm unable to add photos to this one once it posted. I qwasn't thinking at the time. A picture tells a thousands words. I will be ' Camera Mount in a Mono Pod, Pt 2.
Use <Reply> or <Quote Reply> and you can add attachments to your reply.
Aug 26, 2018 18:16:06 #
orrie smith wrote:
Turn the piece that mounts to the monopod 90 degrees on the lens mount and come in at a different angle. Easy fix, you just have the wrong angle placement on your lens.
I was about to say just about the same thing, except that I would go 180°.
Aug 26, 2018 18:19:23 #
gray_ghost2 wrote:
The camera does mount using the collar bracket and... (show quote)
Buy a proper tilt head and solve all your problems.
Aug 26, 2018 18:27:37 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Buy a proper tilt head and solve all your problems.
Carter, you know more about these things than the rest of us combined. How about some specific recommendations? Thanks.
Aug 26, 2018 18:34:19 #
BHC wrote:
Carter, you know more about these things than the rest of us combined. How about some specific recommendations? Thanks.
i-Shoot, Andoer, RRS, Manfrotto, they all make standard tilt heads designed just for monopods. Simply putting a flat mount on top of a stick serves no real purpose at all. Manrotto takes the RC-2 plate the OP shows, the other 3 are all Arca-Swiss plate compatible. I use the i-Shoot model myself.
Aug 26, 2018 18:52:32 #
BHC wrote:
Carter, you know more about these things than the rest of us combined. How about some specific recommendations? Thanks.
Here's a "proper" monopod head. Full tilt, and clamp top is rotatable 90 Deg.
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/MH-01-Monopod-Head
And, possibly a longer plate on the lens foot
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/plates-brackets/plates-brackets-lenses/tamron-lenses
Here is RRS's guide to monopod heads.
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/guide-for-monopod-heads
Aug 26, 2018 19:09:59 #
Could you remove the lens collar and mount it to the monopod first, then attach it to the lens?
That wouldn't be convenient, but it might get you through the game.
That wouldn't be convenient, but it might get you through the game.
Aug 26, 2018 20:05:09 #
gray_ghost2
Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.
Sometimes you need to step back, take a breath & listen to someone else. Thank you for seeing what I was unable to see. I did rotate the block but that didn't work. I didn't rotate the shoe. Thanks again to all.
Thanks Paul for your comment.
Thanks Paul for your comment.
Aug 26, 2018 20:17:44 #
gray_ghost2 wrote:
The camera does mount using the collar bracket and... (show quote)
This is a better solution:
https://www.adorama.com/sisul20s.html?rfkref=productPage
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