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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021
What you see in the Amazon ad is not watch you get. The plate does not have the non-slip pads shown. The screw that attaches it to your camera does not use an Allen Wrench hex but instead a flat blade screw-driver connector. The plate did not come with any hardware for attachment to the camera, so having to use a straight blade screw driver was a blessing. My BIG complaint was that the little set-screws that are used to keep your camera from sliding off your ACRA mount were mounted too high and would not allow the plate to sit on ball heads on either my Sirui tripod of my Neewer table-top tripod. I have used over 7 plates from other manufacures on these tripods and have never had this problem. Because the plate was not send with any hardware to adjust the plate AND I do not have an Allen Wrench to fit into the set screw, I do not know if I can adjust it's height. I will have to go to Home Depot and buy the appropriate wrench. If that does not work, I will have to grind the set screws down. Why not just return it??? It is the only plate I could find (at a reasonable price) that was narrow enough to fit well on my Lumix point and shoot without adding a bunch to the width of the pocket camera. I would NEVER use this plate on any of my three Nikon DSLR's or Nikon film cameras, but on my pocket camera it will be OK after I modify it. The aluminum that the plate was machined from and the machining were of good (not great) quality, but good enough for the price.
Update 3/19/21. I was able to get a 2.5 mm Allen wrench and the set screws are at their lowest position. I was able to remove them by simply screwing them out (so I did not have to grind them down). Even without the set-screws, the plate still does not sit on either of my ball-heads to allow complete closure with the ACRA jaws of my ball-heads. The plate itself is maybe about 0.5 to1 mm too thick. But it is sufficient for my use with a very light and small compact camera. I would NEVER recommend this plate with anything that is heavy (i.e. more than about a quarter of a pound). But hey, it costs $6 bucks. It was worth the gamble, to me, and will provide what I need for my needs.
Update 3/19/21. I was able to get a 2.5 mm Allen wrench and the set screws are at their lowest position. I was able to remove them by simply screwing them out (so I did not have to grind them down). Even without the set-screws, the plate still does not sit on either of my ball-heads to allow complete closure with the ACRA jaws of my ball-heads. The plate itself is maybe about 0.5 to1 mm too thick. But it is sufficient for my use with a very light and small compact camera. I would NEVER recommend this plate with anything that is heavy (i.e. more than about a quarter of a pound). But hey, it costs $6 bucks. It was worth the gamble, to me, and will provide what I need for my needs.
