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Re: RE: [OM] The benefits of not cheaping out

Subject: Re: RE: [OM] The benefits of not cheaping out
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 09:35:20 +1000



> Daniel J. Mitchell <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>  You're right, the QR plate that they sell as a replacement for the
> one I've
> got uses cork -- but is cork 'sticky' enough? I've found that on the
> previous tripod I had which came with a cork QR plate, if I have the
> camera
> in portrait mode with a longish lens, it'll tend to slowly rotate
> downwards
> around the tripod mount. Presumably it's less compressible than
> rubber,
> though, which is why it doesn't sag. 
> 

I had the same problem with the camera rotating on the QR plate in portrait 
orientation, but I now use one of the "architectural" (ARC ?) hex plates which 
eliminates the rotation - one of my better investments.

Wayne Harridge

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge

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