Thanks for making me understand...:-). I ordered for L bracket, body plate.
I found RRS's ballhead BH-25 very interesting because of its light weight and also has Arca swiss QR platform.
My existing slik ballhead weights ~700 gms and can take 3Kgs load.
RRS�s BH-25 weights 186gm and can take 4kgs load. Reduction in weight helps when I go for hiking.
Regards, Ramesh
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there is no Kirk L bracket for the *istD. you have to get the camera plate and then add the generic L bracket. the generic L bracket attaches to the camera plate via the tripod socket in the plate, which means it will no longer attach to a regular 1/4-20 threaded tripod screw. i assume you are going to attach the Pano clamp to your tripod using your existing plate. although this will work, you are losing a lot of the benefit of using a QR system because the generic L plate only works on an Arca-Swiss clamp. you will now have to get one for your head or you will have to remove the L plate when using the camera on the tripod without the panoramic equipment. almost all of the RRS gear assumes your ball head (they don't recommend pan heads) has an Arca-Swiss style clamp on it as your only QR system. if your head can't be removed and replaced with another one that has an Arca-Swiss clamp on it, it may not be sturdy enough to hold the weight of the camera and the panorama attachments.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 1:44 AM Subject: Re: L plate for *istD
Herb,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I have SLIK 700DX tripod & I want to make sure RRS & works with my existing ball head. My QR plate looks like this..
http://www.thkphoto.com/products/slik/photos-t/SLIK_6125QUICK.jpg
I think I need the fallowing, ls let me know if this is really the right stuff...
1) RRS Pano clamp ( PCL-1 3/8) & RRS Rails (MPR-CL II )
2) Kirk L bracket for *istd
RRS Pano clamp comes in two versions PCL - 1 3/8 and 1/4"-20 version. I think I should go for PCL - 1 3/8.
And there is no reference to *istD compatible L bracket in Kirk site.
