I bought the other day the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Plate for 50 euro. The
battery is easily accessible without removing it.
The whole thing feels very sturdy and compact, like it is part of the
K-1. It makes me wonder why Pentax doesn't fit one on.
No more loosening of the base plate. And I'm already getting used to the
switch from Manfrotto RC2 to Arca-Swiss system.
Henk
Op 2019-02-15 om 22:48 schreef Mark Roberts:
I just got an L-bracket for my K-1. I picked up a new old stock Three
Legged Thing QR10-L for a great price: $39.00
It worked acceptably as-is but the base plate covered the battery door
slightly, necessitation the loosening of the bracket with every
battery change. Annoying. But it was a simple matter to fix it. I just
disassembled the bracket (two allen-head bolts), sawed off 5mm of the
bottom plate, drilled extra depth into the bolt holes, tapped with the
proper thread and reassembled. Nuthin' to it.
Obviously, the end I sawed off no longer has that beautiful anodized
finish, but it's hidden when the bracket is assembled so it's no big
deal.
Snapshots here: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/TLTQR10L.jpg
The bad news is that the QR10-L is discontinued and its replacement,
the QR11-L mounts the vertical part of the bracket *on top* of the
base plate rather than bolted to the end, as with the QR10-L (see
B&H's web page:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1284442-REG/3_legged_thing_qr10_l_100mm_l_bracket_release.html)
so this trick won't work with the current product. So if this seems
like a good solution to you you're going to have to scramble and find
an old QR10-L.
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