Igor,
I came to Kirk and Arca Swiss from the regular Bogen/Manfrotto QR plates
many of us start with. There wasn't a lot of auditioning different
plates; I got a couple of ball heads, one on a Gitzo leg set and another
for my ancient Bogen 3021 set. A friend suggested Kirk plates, even
letting me try one out for a bit, and I was sold. The plates are
solidly, beautifully, machined and in around fifteen years of use I've
never had one fail in any way.
On 10/1/13 2:24 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I'd like to piggy-back on this thread with two questions:
1. Doug and Stan gave praises for Kirk plates.
So, what makes them different (and good)?
2. I like the idea of the universal (arca-swiss + RC2) clamp plate that
Larry has referenced:
https://peakdesignltd.com/plates/
I wonder if there are any drawbacks because of this functionality
3. I also wonder if there are such universal plates that are compatible
with arca-swiss and RC5 at the same time.
The latter question is probably aimed at Cotty, - as he has (had) a head
that takes RC5, - Manfrotto 3433:
http://www.komkon.org/~igor/Tripod/_IR27447.jpg
(It used to be used with #3433PL plates, which are now replaced with
501PL, and the new heads are 501, 503 and NG).
This type of heads/QR plates are typically used for video-cameras.
Igor
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