[rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...

I had a #24 RRS QR plate in a junk box that was made for a Fuji GSW690III I
sold years ago.  Turns out is works great on the bottom of a Rolleifix!

I just leave it permanently attached to the Rolleifix which makes it
compatible with all my other cameras and lenses with QR plates that work
with the Arca QR system.

BTW, this plate and other Really Right Stuff plates have a safety screw that
stops the plate slipping out of the clamp if you've forgotten to tighten
it...of course, it only work in one direction so one could still tilt the
wrong way and have the camera demonstrate the acceleration of gravity.

I'm still debating whether to try a QR plate on the Sinar....

Jeff

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 09:14, John Wild wrote:
>
> > I use a QR plate. One day when I moved the camera on the tripod, the
> > camera fell to the ground; the QR mechanism had not locked properly. I
> > was not 'happy' but the damage was fortunately only minor mechanical
> > and
> > not optical. Now I always check.....
> >
> > John
> >
> it happened to me once with a Bogen hex plate at the top of a ladder
> with the tripod at maximum height with a wooden 8x10 and a 14 inch
> lens.  The lens escaped any injury at all but the camera was a total
> loss.  It was a concrete floor.  Still I prefer that 4x4 Bogen plate to
> the Rolleifix for my Rollei because all 4 feet on the camera sit on the
> plate and the Rolleifix is very easy to miss seat when you think you
> got it right and you don't.  You have to make sure and double sure
> before letting go of the camera.
>
> Dennis
>
> Almost April and I am watching the ground get covered in snow in
> Portland Oregon.
>
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