Oh, thanks, was a bit worried. My average split on any particular pack shot is 70/30 portrait/landscape, and mostly with the 100mm macro, which to me is pretty heavy. I think I'll get this....
When Brian said twisting I assumed that the plate wasn't made thick enough to prevent it warping and that the plate wasn't well made. Feroze Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > There's no "problem". > > Some camera and lens assemblies are heavy and/or unbalanced enough > that simple friction between the plate and the body are not enough to > hold them in place properly when flipped over on their side for a > portrait oriented photo, they'll tend to twist. So Manfrotto offers a > plate with a ridge on it that allows the camera's edge to butt up > against that and help prevent twisting. > > Most of the tripod QR systems offer standard flat plates and fitted > plates like this, to handle a variety of needs and situations. > Calling it a "problem" is exaggerating the reason for their existence. > > Since I use mostly lightweight lenses, I have never needed a fitted > plate for the DS or K10D. > > Godfrey > > On May 9, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Feroze wrote: > > >> Ok, but if they selling a solution then there must be a problem in >> general with manfrotto QR plates, what are the QR alternatives? Or >> does >> this work well to fix the problem? >> >> Thanks >> >> Feroze >> >> Brian Dunn wrote: >> >>> In case you get a ball head with the RC2 quick release, check out the >>> following: >>> >>> Manfrotto RC2 plate - anti-twist version: >>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/216481-REG/ >>> Bogen_Manfrotto_3157NR_RC2_Anti_Twist_Quick_Release.html >>> >>> Works with K1000, ist-DS, MZ-M, etc. >>> >>> There is one version with a 1/4" bolt, another with a 3/8" bolt. >>> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
