Jeff,
Thanks for the suggestions on alternatives, hopefully I will find one that
works between all the options you suggest. The E-1 RRS plate is milled to
match the rubber foot pad as well as the pin, both of which are in different
places on the E-3 sadly (the socket for the pin has moved from behind the
tripod thread to in front). The generic RRS plate they are suggesting for
the E-3 is the bi-directional type. I am not sure how I feel about the
change from the longer plates to square ones.
I use a Justrite camera rotator when I am shooting on a tripod and
Stroboframe Press T for handheld work with flash so in my setup the L
bracket would be a bit redundant and thus why I am not so interested in it.
Hopefully if I end up with one of the alternatives it will still work with
the RRS lever clamps I have.
Dan S.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jeff Keller
Subject: [OM] Re: Any comments on Zuiko Digital 35 or 50 macro? 18-180?
The E-3 with many of the D.Zuiko lenses is pretty heavy. I'm happy to flop
an OM to portrait format but the center of gravity of the E-3 worries me too
much. YMMV
The small bi-directional PZ-31 plate from Kirk works well. The lip of the
plate is a tiny bit too wide, causing it to rest against a curve.
The plate ends up with a very tiny rotation (you have to look carefully for
it). The PZ-31 doesn't have a 1/4 x 20 tapped hole however.
I suspect that any of the plates having the locating pin used for video
cameras would work fine. The RRS B26 doesn't say if it has the
1/4 x 20 threaded hole. Didn't the RRS plate for the E-1 have a locating
pin? That plate should also work. The Kirk PZ-27 looks like it might work
well if the threaded hole is 1/4"
<http://kirkphoto.com/newplate4p.html>
-jeff
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