Edelkrone has introduced its QuickReleaseONE, a device the company says is the first universal quick release on the market. The QuickReleaseONE screws into the tripod mount on the bottom of a camera, and attaches to the 1/4"-20 screw on any tripod plate. According to the maker, a camera can be removed from one tripod and attached to another in three seconds.
The screws on tripod plates are the (naturally) universal component found on all variations, and the QuickReleaseONE was designed to accommodate them. The device is made from CNC-machined aluminum and stainless steel; it can support a camera and lens weighing up to 6.6 lbs. It works by placing the quick release over a tripod plate's screw and rotating the lever, meaning that the plate can stay attached to the tripod while the camera is attached. As demonstrated in the video above, the QuickReleaseONE might be most appealing to videographers who use a variety of support devices with different kinds of plates.
When you put the camera down on a flat surface, I think it will fall forward onto it's lens. Remember the Bogen/Manfrotto 6 sided chunk of metal, with their big heavy tripod screw and it's collar? Very strong, but not very convenient for a QR Plate. Still, there's always a selection of them selling on the used market. I'm a bit surprised at this company, they've designed some real nice gear… until now!
24 hours in, and the more I think about this, the more I like it. At last a quick way to attach/detach from my assortment of roller-skate dollies, microphone stand adapters, drum kit stands, table tripods and more.
KUDOS to the inventors and Bah Humbug to the predictable and ultimately dull and boring naysayers.
Universal? What universe ? Seems nothing universal, but the word !!
I want an actual 'common' quick release, apparently I misunderstand the word universal - as I don't have a compatible tripod or quick release - so I guess everyone must but me has this already !!
Some/many tripods do NOT have a SCREW !! Neither of my tripods have them, but then I have relatively cheap ones - still NOT universal !!
Seems a 'universal' solution would be a 'standard sized and shaped' tripod 'foot' that attaches to your cam - all my cams have a 'screw', so until the 'universe' of tripod makers adapt/use this solution - it is just yet another solution !!
And of course I must mention the absolute OBVIOUS, but ANY adapter has 2, count them 2 sides to interface or adapt, 1 side is a screw, but what is universal about the OTHER side of this 'universal' adapter ?
I don't think you get it. Quick release plates have screws, or have you glued the quick release plate to your camera?
This guy wants you to leave the quick release plates on your tripods and then have the larger, heavier QuickReleaseONE clamp permanently attached to your camera.
Oh I got it but did you? I leave my quick release 'shoe' on my cam already, but many times they will prevent battery changes or card changes - I even cut mine a bit for one of my cams - so I got it but many years ago - did you ?
You complained that your tripods don't have a screw. Your cameras attach to your tripods with a quick release plate (or 'shoe' if you'd prefer) and quick release clamp. I simply pointed out that if you unscrewed the plate from your camera and left it in the quick release clamp, then your tripod would have a screw.
Marie the quick release plate usually comes with your tripod, yes? The idea here is to leave that attached to your tripod (all your tripods, sliders, gimbals, glide-cams). This device then effectively becomes your quick release on ALL your gear (it stays on your camera) without having to deal with different plates, rebalancing gimbals, etc.
What's really needed is a universal QR plate...period. one that will fit in any tripod without a unique plate, and that can replace any, or virtually any lost plate.
For that you would need an L Bracket and a compact Bogen quick-release adapter with 2 plates..
:)
but seriously I think this might be marketed more towards the videography market. Also many still shooting tripods heads can be flipped into portrait orientation easily.
I think Sachtler still has spring loaded QR releases that are basically instant. Expensive but nice if a simple Arca mount is too slow. Sachtler even had a release where you could tension the spring in advance and it would snap onto the QR plate when the camera was placed in the "socket." The idea is basically like RRS but with a spring loaded lever.
From an engineering perspective it offers a lot of complexity for what is a very already a simple task and complexity is just another lot of things that can lead to failure. Also the three threads that grip the tripod screw contact the tripod screw over a very small area. So the load is concentrated over a number of points rather than the very much greater area that it would have if connected to the camera bush. Point loads lead to stress concentrations and mechanical failure unless all the components are engineered to take the stress and tripod manufacturers did not see this one coming.
I don't think it's overly complex at all. The grips are deep. You'd have to purposely be trying to break something before that thing lets loose. Genius solution if you ask me.
I find it alienating that it seems difficult to find out who these edelkrone guys are, and where they reside. The "About Us" section of their web site leaves no clue to their geographical origins at all, the word "edelkrone" is (pseudo-)german, but German they're definitely not.
Their domain name edelkrone.com is registered via an anonymizer (Registrant: Whoisguard Inc. in Panama). I don't know any law-abiding and respectable company who would do that.
They are a Turkish company but they have HQ's in the US. They actually have one of the best customer services I've ever experienced! In one occasion, they upgraded my SliderPlus V1 to V2 because it was not compatible with their motion modules, and I just paid for a small difference. On another occasion, I made an order by mistake and ordered the wrong size for my slider case. They shipped me the right size and never asked me to return the previous one, because they 'did not want me to go through the hassle'.
I don't know of many companies that feel they have to announce where they're from in this global marketplace. Perhaps you didn't notice that most companies don't announce this, and it's well known where the big players are from (so you don't question them). Feeling alienated perhaps has nothing to do with edelkrone. The reality is that it doesn't matter where a company is from in this day and age, does it?
This is seriously good stuff. However I have moved to an all arca swiss system even on my monopod so this is less useful for me. But its still a very good solution if it works properly.
I keep it to an Arca Swiss quick release plate. Which is universal, small and FLAT.
Also with an Arca Swiss plate your camera won't fall over or rests on the lens when you put the camera down. This Edelkrone thing is imho a bad design.
This device apparently clamps onto three linear segments of a 1/4-20 tripod screw and cinches the screw up into the quick release with a hand-operated lever. Since it only grabs onto a fraction of the threads, there's no way would I trust it with a heavy camera/lens when slung over my shoulder. All that weight would be held to the tripod by only a portion of an already small screw.
There is no provision for anti-twist between the camera and quick release. IMO this is a deficiency because the bottom plate of the camera (or battery grip) could flex enough to diminish the friction connection between them and thus allow twisting to occur. I don't see this as a substitute for a properly machined rigid L-plate which cradles the camera body and permits remounting in portrait orientation without throwing off center of balance or height and with no risk of twisting. The old way is still much better.
It seems to me from the video that the internals have a gear-driven mechanism which possibly rotates fast enough to "take-in" the entire 1/4" stud with just a quarter turn of the hand-operated lever. So maybe it grabs the entire thread length of the stud.
it can't be used with ball head...probably manfrotto only...sure not mine....it's interesting for video product but still too much expensive. edelkrone is very good but too much expensive for the product.
It's very smart! It could be very helpful for people like wedding videographers who need to constantly jump from monopod to tripod, slider, gimbal, etc. But I'd like to see some reviews, and tests before I order one. The last thing I want is my camera falling down from a jib 10ft above the ground!
clever. straight pure oldschool photographers look away - i will deliberately include myself to this group. but for someone starting anew, fresh and with no baggage - this is a very very clever tool to switch between supports to help with taking images. no matter they be static, moving or both.
I have to say the "Arca Swiss" plate type of mount is a 50-year-old technology. So it is time to have a new design now, but this new "invention" is not the way to go - other than its weakness, it is still old-mount based.
I really don't see the advantage to this device. It is larger and heavier than a simple tripod plate such as the standard Acra. You can buy several Acra type tripod plates for the cost of this device and simply leave them on your camera. I'd rather leave the Acra plate on the camera (s) than this overbuilt monster. I'll pass.
It's probably more intended for video people. Edelkrone is a video gear company, and video shooters often need to move their cameras to different kit ina day. E.g. slider, tripod, shoulder rig, crane/jib, drone, dolly, etc.
He meant to say Arca Swiss, which is a universal plate design that can be left on the camera and is a really flat design that isn't in the way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod_head
Great idea, and not much of a price to complain about IMHO. But... 6.6 punds max load? Will not work with my big (long) lenses or macro gear where a tripod etc is much needed :-(
clever idea, but it won't work with a ball head mount, such as those sold by Really Right Stuff. For photographers, RRS's ballheads are faster to use and more convenient, IMHO. Maybe the QuickRelease is geared more toward videographers?
However, I feel like this plate should have a bigger footprint; stability is the main reason for using a tripod afterall. It's probably been engineered rigorously, so who am I to say. The price is unreasonable for me, so I look forward to perhaps trying the inevitable Chinese knockoff.
The problem with this product is that it has no anti-twist capability. You screw it into the bottom of the camera, and if the camera is too heavy, it will twist, eventually, over time.
Compared to an Arca style plate, that's designed for the contours of the camera (L plate or non-L plate), OR, a plate that has a ridge or lip to prevent it from twisting.
I have Arca plates on my 4x5, 8x10, and digital cameras. They are all anti-twist/anti-rotation.
Can someone explain how this provides an advantage over arca swiss plates? I can have dedicated arca plates for each of my camera and telephoto lens and have better stability and still end up paying less than what I'd need to pay if I were to get this...
You seem to have totally missed the key word "universal."
Contrast that with "Arca Swiss" -- which is...... "Arca Swiss." In other words, Arca Swiss arent the only kinds of plates that exist in the world. There are SOME PRODUCTS which -cannot- accept Arca Swiss plates. They are really good products! Which is why we bought them. Obviously, we'd prefer they were Arca Swiss, but, for some reason, their manufacturers didn't make it compatible.
In that case, this might be helpful.
That being said, I think they need to reduce the profile height on that sucker by 50% -- it is pretty chunky. But it is a great idea.
It attaches to any plate without having to screw/unscrew - watch their video. It's actually pretty cool except that most of us are standardized on one plate and stick with it. I guess if you're moving a lot from one platform to another, you could use it.
For those who have no choice but to use different platform I guess its useful... but for those just looking to not need to screw and unscrew.... if you actually have a dedicated arca swiss plate for each piece of your equipment, you dont ever actually need to screw and unscrew... it stays on the camera without being obtrusive and you can just mount and unmount the camera quickly
You're correct: Arca Swiss is better -- but Arca Swiss is not universal. I think everyone would agree with that, actually.
Honestly, I think people like me, who are invested in some of Manfrottos more serious gear (some of their heads were QUITE GOOD), especially those crappy "Hex" plates, could use this.
Does anyone know a way to convert a "Hex" plate into an Arca Swiss? Or do I need this thing?
@globalguyusa , I am not too sure if its possible, but maybe you can look whether the clamp would be replaceable? As with some tripod heads, you can replace the clamp while keeping the rest of the head. Thaat way you can perhaps convert it to a AS system?
The clamp is not replaceable - its a Super Pro Head 229 3D. This thing is AMAZING. I love it. Fantastic. The most solid & easy to use tripod gear I have, much, much preferable over my RRS ballheads. Of course, a bit heavier too.
What I didn't want to do is disturb the "stability" of the system by having the FIXED/PERMANENT hex head-clamp + a hex plate + an arca head-clamp on the hex plate + arca swiss foot + camera -- to me that would introduce too much wobble. That's not Arca Swiss's fault, while the Hex system is super-secure, it has a very tiny amount of play & layers on top of it would amplify that problem. But you did prompt me to make a search... and look what I found! Im hoping this adapter will replace the HEX itself, even if clamp is fixed.
I think this is an innovative product. To be able to attach directly to the tripod screw without a head at all could have it's uses. But one can buy an Arca clamp to fit to any screw mount. I have an L-bracket that fits any Arca and tend not to buy products that I can't secure with Arca which I must say is pretty easy to do. Arca is pretty "universal already." What I would like to see is more Arca compatible locks downs that are fast like the RRS quick clamps. Holding a large lens in my side gimbal while screwing down the Arca clamp takes time and a bit of effort.
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