A lot of those systems have "long" plates used for video cameras that would probably stick out far enough from beneath the camera for that to work. Alternatively you could make a steel spacer that goes between the camera and the QR plate and attach a lock or cable to that. The biggest problem is finding a way to lock it all down so that the thief doesn't simply unscrew the tripod head and walk off with that with the camera attached.
I have a Berlebach wooden tripod with a Manfrotto three way head with hex QR plates. I have attached a short length of 1/4" alloy bar to the back of the plate to prevent the camera from rotating on the plate, so that once the camera is attached to the head you can't simply unscrew the camera. I could probably put a big set screw in between the legs and the base of the head to lock them together. That would just leave me to find a way of preventing the release mechanism for the QR plate being used. That bit isn't so simple since it is all cast parts and drilling holes in them might weaken them to the point of breaking. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia On 10/04/2013, at 5:13 AM, "Collin Brendemuehl" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a laptop lock so that if anyone steals it they have to destroy it and > thus its value to a thief is greatly reduced. Don't use it often, but it is > handy at times. > Does anyone make something similar for a DSLR? I'd like to keep ours on a > tripod and secure the tripod. > Since we're using the Manfrotto 394 flat plate system, I'm thinking a simple > hole drilled in the plate and a tall padlock might do the trick (Master Lock > 175DLH or similar). > Any other thoughts or input? (Might be a good product for some innovator > out there.) > > Collin > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
