It *is* possible to convert a 410 to use only AS but a non-reversible
hack is required. I know because I have one.
I'll post some pix by tomorrow. And no, I'm not the hacker -- bought
it that way.
ScottGee1
On 3/2/06, Daniel Sepke <dan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Well, say you had an Arca plate compatible head already and wanted a geared
> head along the lines of the 410 you could consider the Arca C1 Cube head.
> Review at:
>
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/arca-cube.shtml
>
> Not in the same price league (by a factor of 100... yikes!). I think I would
> personally try adding a RRS clamp to the 410 before splashing out for a head
> that is this expensive. The Arca QR design is the closest we have to a
> standard with at least four different companies building for it that I can
> think of.
>
> Dan S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Bill Pearce
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:55 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Manrfotto 410 question
>
>
> > can I mount the pull the QR portion off and put on the Acratech
> > portion that mounts on a normal 1/4 - 3/16 stud?
>
> This is what I don't like; you have to mount the new head to the manfrotto
> QR plate, as it is received by the head directly. When I'm King of the
> World, we will either have a single standard QR system, or everything will
> have to have a stud first.
>
> As you can see, I'm not a fan of Manfrotto's wealth of incompatible QR
> systems.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
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