Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Fotasy 25mm Arca Swiss Plate, 25mm QR Plate, Quick Release Plate, Small Arca Plate, Tiny Quick Release Plate fits Arca-Swiss Universal Standard Clamp for Mirrorless Camera Compact DC Tripod Ballhead

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25mm plates with stop pins might all be identical, problem is finding a clamp they'll fit on neatly.

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020

There's several listings of these 25mm plates with stop pins, I have ones from Bestshoot and Fotasy, and they all appear mostly identical with slight manufacturing fluctuations.
There's also a few other 25mm plates with slightly different designs, some shorter, all without stop pins, but this isn't about them.

These are well-made enough, good for compact applications, the main 1/4-20 screw takes a 4mm hex (or flathead screwdriver), and the stop pins are removeable with 2.5mm hex.

The problem is finding a clamp that stays low profile and can take these plates as-is.
So far I've only found two (at B07TPS89PR and B07W1CLXY5 if you know how to enter Amazon URLs manually) that I can personally confirm are close to the same width of the plate, hold these plates centered, and clamp along the entire side of the plate. Unfortunately, they've been subjected to Amazon Product Churn and don't seem to be available unless you dig around on more... direct-from-source websites.
The fishbone style clamps don't have slots for stop pins, so they'd either have to be removed, or the plate has to be put in offset, with one stop pin in the clamp's screw hole and only part of the side being gripped. I don't like the sound of either of those.
I've also gotten one of the very common 38mm clamps which look like they'll work, but the stop pin slots are too wide apart by literally just a couple millimeters. It is possible to put the plate in offset, one stop pin in the clamp's screw hole again, while still clamping the entire edge of the plate, but this is already getting too wide for some of my use cases.
There are also some 25-26mm clamps on Amazon that look like they might work, but they're rather more expensive than the designs that I know work, and I'm not sure I want to bother with going through even more try-and-return processes.

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Chuck E

The screw is non-standard size

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024

The plate fits fine in a standard arca style clamp. However, on the unit I was sent, the Allen screw for securing it to equipment is non-standard and will not fit a 1/4" socket. To use this, you will need to replace the screw with a standard sized one. Fortunately, I had some.

If it was usable as sent, I would have given 5-stars.

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Chuck E

The screw is non-standard size

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024

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Mark A. Conkling

Good materials and will work with drastic modifications.

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021

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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.

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Aaron Woodwell

Why they didn't use a slotted d-ring like pretty much every other plate in the world I'll ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018

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This thing is TINY! Wanted to add an arca plate to my DJI Osmo Mobile and this fit the bill. Wanted it to be as small as possible. Though I wouldn't buy it again and here's why. It's so small that the two retention bolt heads(the anti-slide ones) must be removed to fit in most arca clamps. They're so close together that one or the other will be sitting on top of the clamp screw when inserted. Might not be a problem on one of those little fishbone style clamps, but most others will be a challenge. Furthermore, I'm not really a fan of the fact they used an allen head screw in the middle. Why they didn't use a slotted d-ring like pretty much every other plate in the world I'll never know.

It feels well-built otherwise, really a hard product to screw up.

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A. Kubbat

Good for small cameras, but ..

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2017

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Good for small cameras, but you have to watch with some models, this plate will block the battery & card slots.
Case in point is the G7x I am using which has the tripod screw very close the the door covering battery & SD-card.

NEGATIVE :
Unlike other plates, this uses a hex-screw instead of a slotted screw-head. Now you have to carry their hex-key with you to remove the plate whenever you need to access the battery or card. with a slotted screw, you could have used a coin from your wallet.

POSITIVE :
It fits on the tripod heads I have
The rail DOES NOT block movement of the rear LCD of the G7x
Price

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Vikki D.

The product worked ok with my tripod but the screw ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018

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The product worked ok with my tripod but the screw isn't long enough to seat well so it comes loose and I have to carry a hex key with me to tighten almost every time I use it. I tape basketball games and do 2-4 games per week so it's a bit of a hassle.

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