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Manfrotto to Arca Swiss

Started 7 months ago | Discussions thread
OP Krish6102 Regular Member • Posts: 100
Re: Manfrotto to Arca Swiss
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John Vickers wrote:

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

I intend to use it with long lenses that balance on lens collar-feet.
Since I first posted the question, I did some searching and found this Fotasy 120 mm clamp, which fits quite nicely on top of the Manfrotto QR plate (which is 140 mm long). The Manfrotto QR plate will stay permanently clamped, so I can use the Fotasy clamp with my Arca Swiss equipment. The Fotasy clamp is long enough to cater to any balancing adjustments needed, for long lenses.
For those interested, the Fotasy clamp comes with three 3/8-inch holes with 1/4 inch bushings pre-inserted. Nothing else. The Manfrotto plate has a single 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch screw, each.

Grey - Manfrotto, Black- Fotasy

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