The hex-plate has a textured rubber grip. It seems to work fine. Unfortunately, the holes in the plate don't line up with the extra mounting holes on a Mamiya.
On 7/21/05, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 21, 2005, at 3:33 PM, William Robb wrote: > > > The head looks like the one I have on my big tripod. It's OK, but > > you will want to take it apart and grease it if you want it to work > > smoothly. > > The legs look kinda junior. > > I had to look up the Bogen codes and translate them to Manfrotto: > that's 055C legs and 229 head. I have those same legs with an 029 > head (3047). > > Do the newer hex-plates actually grip properly? Mine are the old > cork ones and they were hopeless. Any twisting force would cause the > camera or lens to loosen. My 6x7 and my bigger lenses have a second > hole so I ended up putting an M4 screw through the plate. The screw > protrudes into the hole and stops the twisting. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
