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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023
The price is good. The quality is just fine. The length and width are convenient for small stuff, like pocket cams and some LED lights. But the thickness is a tiny bit excessive for its intended use with small items (one star off for that). This plate is 11mm thick (with rubber pads, but not including the stop screws)! Typical is about 8mm. My RRS BPnS-A plate is square (mounts in A-S clamp either way) and only 6mm thick. That's what I use on my RX100mVII pocket cam. I've got some small LED lights (such as 4"x4" and 4"x6") that I use frequently for quick tabletop closeup shots. With convenient A-S screw-clamps on small ballheads on various Gorillapods and small tripods, it's easy to get the lights placed on the best tripod for the job in the compact space for shooting small objects. This tiny plate is perfect for those lights.
The tight space between the stops on this unusually small plate is not typical, but not a huge problem. I wouldn't expect my clamps to handle them. I simply removed the lower stop-screw and kept the top one. (Use a 3/32" hex key. If you don't have proper hex keys, buy the Hithut brand of this this plate that includes 2 hex keys. Or buy the Fotasy kit that includes this 25mm plate and their skinny screw-clamp.)
This plate is a bit shy on the standard A-S length. My RRS lever-clamp will not tighten it firmly. (I've got camera plates too BIG for the lever-clamp, but never had one too small. Interesting!) I use my RSS lever-clamp on my big ballheads for DSLRs, so the fact that this small plate doesn't work in it does not matter. All my A-S screw-clamps cinch this 25mm plate down tight. So I'm good.
The price and quality are quite reasonable for this unusually small (but useful) Arca-Swiss camera plate. If you've got a need for such a plate, I recommend it!
The tight space between the stops on this unusually small plate is not typical, but not a huge problem. I wouldn't expect my clamps to handle them. I simply removed the lower stop-screw and kept the top one. (Use a 3/32" hex key. If you don't have proper hex keys, buy the Hithut brand of this this plate that includes 2 hex keys. Or buy the Fotasy kit that includes this 25mm plate and their skinny screw-clamp.)
This plate is a bit shy on the standard A-S length. My RRS lever-clamp will not tighten it firmly. (I've got camera plates too BIG for the lever-clamp, but never had one too small. Interesting!) I use my RSS lever-clamp on my big ballheads for DSLRs, so the fact that this small plate doesn't work in it does not matter. All my A-S screw-clamps cinch this 25mm plate down tight. So I'm good.
The price and quality are quite reasonable for this unusually small (but useful) Arca-Swiss camera plate. If you've got a need for such a plate, I recommend it!
