On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 08:20:04AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > On 7/26/2013 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >Yesterday, I ordered the custom slr m-plate slim with the hand strap > >attachment. The USPS was able to get it the 2.9 miles between their > >shop and my office overnight. It is a very well made piece of kit. > > > >That's the good news. > > > >There are two pieces of less than wonderful news. First of all, the hand > >strap attachment interferes with the battery door on the K-5: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157634799370466/ > > > >The second bit of bad news is that while it works with my old manfrotto > >ballheads, it doesn't work with with my 804RC2 tilt and pan head. > >Since I have two ball heads that take arca-swiss plates, being able to > >use it with the tilt-pan head was a far bigger motivation for > >getting it than convenience if I need to use someone else's tripod, > >which could well be an RC2 plate. > > > >I've talked to them about doing a swap for their m-plate micro, and > >don't anticipate any problems. I'm just hoping I can drive over to > >their shop to do so, rather than dealing with mailing it in. > > > > > > If that's supposed to be the attachment point for a hand strap, I think > you put it on backwards. Have you tried flipping the plate around 180 deg? > > I bet it would still work & not block the battery door.
That has crossed my mind. They specifically show the strap being in that position, closer to the center. The point is moot however, since the mount that has the hand strap won't work with my remaining manfrotto head. I need to go to the micro plate anyways. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
