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Manfrotto to Arca Swiss

Started 7 months ago | Discussions thread
John Vickers Contributing Member • Posts: 911
Re: Manfrotto to Arca Swiss

Krish6102 wrote:

John Vickers wrote:

Krystof Hejnar also make replacement plates for some of the Manfrotto fluid heads.

For example: http://www.hejnarphotostore.com/product-p/mvh502f63.htm

The mounting is a bit better than the Kirk conversion, and the package is cheaper, particularly if you already have a compatible clamp.

I have one of his Arca conversions on a Manfrotto 410 Geared Head (ideal if your video style is a bit Tokyo Story ), which works very well. I wouldn't have bought the head, with it's cranky plate system, if the conversion hadn't been available.http://www.hejnarphotostore.com/product-p/m410longf63.htm

The inner holes on these mounts are on a 30mm circle, which is compatible with Mr Hejnar's 2.375" clamps (e.g. http://www.hejnarphotostore.com/product-p/f62b.htm ), and also compatible with some chinese clamps.

Thanks, John. Will check it out.

Mr Hejnar is quite helpful, I've found.

One problem I can forsee with this kind of setup is balancing your kit on the (fluid) head. (I don't have a fluid head).

Do your long lens setups balance on the collar foot (or attached clamp) ?

My cameras have L-plates, so I don't think they would balance well on this kind of setup with the clamp from left-to-right, in the centre of the mount plate. It might work better if there were extra clamp mounting holes set back from the centre of the clamp.

Mr Hejnar also offers Manfrotto-compatible plates with rotatable arca clamps, which would be a way to address this problem: http://www.hejnarphotostore.com/category-s/149.htm

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