Dr peter wrote:
> these Zuikos don't have tripod collars and yet all are relatively
> heavy lenses to have hanging out into space with unit mounted via QR
> plate on camera bottom. Not so bad for a horizontal format, but for
> verticals, as soon as I flop the ball head over, I start to get a
> slow twisting action happening (lens/camera combo starts to twist on
> the plate, not the ball head moving) unless I have *really* tightened
> the QR plate screw thread.
>
> Do other people have this problems and if so, what do you do to
> counter it or at least minimise it?
I had this problem, but obtained a Manfrotto "ARCH" (Architectural) hex
plate which stops the rotation.
>
> These two things annoy the heck out of me. Everything else about our
> OM's is so lovely - why all the problems with tripod mounting. Is it
> because space and compactness were important OM design considerations
> ?
>
> The Really Right Stuff company that makes mega- $$$$ QR system
> plates for the Arca Swiss style heads has something that I have
> wondered about. It seems to be a strip of metal (aluminium?) bent at
> a right angle, which effectively extends along the bottom of the
> camera and up one side, flush against the body. There is a QR plate
> attached to the bottom and a separate QR attached to the *side* (ie
> vertical piece). For lenses without collars, i think the idea is that
> instead of flopping the tripod head over, you use the side-mounted
> QR, so the camera would be mounted vertically on the tripod head.
>
> Has anyone seen one of these? has anyone made something like this for
> their OM gear? Any other ideas?
>
Haven't seen the Arca, but Manfrotto make one also, haven't seen one in real
life though. In the Manfrotto catalogue it looks like a cast aluminium
item.
...Wayne
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