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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
So I ordered the shortest plate (25mm) to use on a lens/body adapter (Viltrox EF lens to R body).
The plate seems reasonably well made, and it is just the right size to fit the adapter. I have two minor issues:
1) the 1/4" screw to mount the equipment is a hex hole, with a slot for a flat blade or coin. Almost all the other plates I have had a flip-up ring that could be used to tighten the screw. This will stay fixed to my adapter so not a big problem. If you want to swap it out frequently, carry the right Allen key with you. A coin does not work so well as the space is so small.
2) All Arca-Swiss plates have pins at the ends of the plate. So when you loosen the clamp it can't just slide out and drop your camera on the floor. This plate has these pins too, but there is less than 15mm between them! None of my AS clamps have the recesses close enough together for these to fit! The solution? Simply use a small hex wrench to remove one (or both) of these pegs and the plate mounts fine. Just take a bit more care when you unclamp your equipment!
So far I have not really used this, just checked that it will mount on my tripods O.K. So I can't speak to the long term reliability. But with one of the pegs removed it seems to be pretty secure.
The plate seems reasonably well made, and it is just the right size to fit the adapter. I have two minor issues:
1) the 1/4" screw to mount the equipment is a hex hole, with a slot for a flat blade or coin. Almost all the other plates I have had a flip-up ring that could be used to tighten the screw. This will stay fixed to my adapter so not a big problem. If you want to swap it out frequently, carry the right Allen key with you. A coin does not work so well as the space is so small.
2) All Arca-Swiss plates have pins at the ends of the plate. So when you loosen the clamp it can't just slide out and drop your camera on the floor. This plate has these pins too, but there is less than 15mm between them! None of my AS clamps have the recesses close enough together for these to fit! The solution? Simply use a small hex wrench to remove one (or both) of these pegs and the plate mounts fine. Just take a bit more care when you unclamp your equipment!
So far I have not really used this, just checked that it will mount on my tripods O.K. So I can't speak to the long term reliability. But with one of the pegs removed it seems to be pretty secure.
