When you say that you cannot budge it........................?
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Have you been levering from the horizontal arrow or the X?
If you treat the plate as sacrificial bearing in mind it is not for your Canon but a Sony..................at your risk, try inserting a broad flat bladed screwdriver in the gap indicated by the vertical arrow and lever at the same time as pushing against the place on the horizontal arrow.
Alteranatively, get a refund and and but one already supplied with a Universal Plate.
PS I have heard that the Manfrotto/AS Plates are poor on the AS usage 'compatibility' but never heard of one being so tight in use on the Manfrotto PL200 usage that you cannot disengage and release it
PPS I am at a loss to understand how in your post #82 that trying to fit the plate attached to your Canon has caused the jammed plate? Why, well your picture shows just the plate on the head with the grey locking lever 'over rotated'.
Such over rotation just(?) requires the careful and appropriate use of force to move it....... afteral you managed to apply enough to jam it, didn't you
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I might give that a go with wedging a screwdriver. Bit worried though that if I scratch it up or do any damage I won't be able to replace it. I could not find another Manfrotto carbon model with the same weight or height reach. I really like this tripod and I really do like the screw locking legs, it's pretty cool. Clips are probably quicker, but it's fine. It might be easier for me to simply get a replacement from Amazon of the same model and then remove the QR plate and buy one of those 200PL plates that you and rich linked me. There's also this 200Pl Pro, I don't know if there's any difference.
When you say that you cannot budge it........................?
View attachment 293981
Have you been levering from the horizontal arrow or the X?
If you treat the plate as sacrificial bearing in mind it is not for your Canon but a Sony..................at your risk, try inserting a broad flat bladed screwdriver in the gap indicated by the vertical arrow and lever at the same time as pushing against the place on the horizontal arrow.
Alteranatively, get a refund and and but one already supplied with a Universal Plate.
PS I have heard that the Manfrotto/AS Plates are poor on the AS usage 'compatibility' but never heard of one being so tight in use on the Manfrotto PL200 usage that you cannot disengage and release it
PPS I am at a loss to understand how in your post #82 that trying to fit the plate attached to your Canon has caused the jammed plate? Why, well your picture shows just the plate on the head with the grey locking lever 'over rotated'.
Such over rotation just(?) requires the careful and appropriate use of force to move it....... afteral you managed to apply enough to jam it, didn't you
And it didn't even take any effort. It only ever so slightly took some of the orange paint off, no big deal.
Well, well, well. I just got the orange plate off doing what you said.
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a timely reminder to avoid being too heavy handed when latching the head on........ on the surmise you stick with the Manfrotto QR head (rather than switch to an Arca Swiss style clamp
Glad you got it sorted
PS the paint you refer to is more likely to be an anodised surface and what you have done by overtightening it is to dent the metal 'breaking' the anodising coat.
Ah I see. I'd broken the coating before even using the screwdriver. Your help has been appreciated!
Yup, though looks like you added a couple extra with the screwdriver blade
Well, I've tried putting the plate on and off the clamp and it's working fine. I even tried the Canon again I'm still able to release the clamp without it getting stuck.
The box you showed clearly states it is for Sony Alpha bodies i.e. the plate is only for those bodies...... so why keep trying it on the Canon???
Enjoy your nice new tripod and don't forget the post some pictures of subjects & scenes your photographed
@Merlin5
Which lenses are you getting?
If one is a long lens with a tripod ring/foot then you should get two plates ~ one for the camera and the other to attach to the lens tripod foot
A Sony 70-350 G OSS will be the biggest I'm having for the a6600. And the biggest for my Canon is the Tamron 70-300 I currently have. So neither are that big which suits me fine.
Neither is a too heavier a lens..........but some tripod setup aspects to be aware of:-
That a longer lens, when used on a tripod without its own tripod foot i.e relying on the body affixed to the tripod, will inevitably be front heavy so do be sure to lock off the ball head firmly as & when required. This means that the "centre of gravity" will be displaced further away from the 'top' of the tripod legs.
Therefore, for improved stability on the tripod......make sure to position the tripod legs & head such that a tripod leg (as best you can manage depending on positioning situations) is in line with the lens 'over' that particular leg.
I hope that makes sense.....as easier to show than describe in words
PS apologies if I am teaching you how to suck eggs, so to speak.
) so I always make sure to position the cymbal, particularly when on a boom arm, directly in line of one the legs then it's well balanced.
Oh yeah, you're right. I know it's for Sony bodies and that's why I need a different plate. I guess I was just trying to see for myself exactly why the Canon didn't fit properly and it was also to show LeeRatters who wondered if it mattered what camera sits on the plate.
I'm loving this tripod, it feels so premium, the weight is perfect, the way the legs click is very nice, the way everything tightens so well with no effort, and I just found out about the friction knob which is brilliant. Yes, I'll post some photos soon after the new camera and lenses arrive
:banghead: AS is not a standard = no assurance of cross compatibility from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Not only that but I can get an arca swiss clamp + release plate for about the same cost or less than just a 200PL release plate. That Boss adapter is currently unavailable on the rain forest and on ebay it's available but only from china which would take ages.
Sorry Lee, my misunderstanding!
Actually you've got me more interested now in the whole sliding the plate into clamp arca swiss system.
Do I need that adapter regardless of which arca swiss clamp I want to buy and it needs to say it's an adapter for 496 ballheads?
