Manfrotto tripod question from a newbie

drsl · 16 Oct 2016

Hi all,

I am getting started in the world of digital photography and once of the tips I have been told is to get a decent tripod. So I have invested in a Manfrotto 290 tripod with the following head:

I cannot work out how to attach my Nikon DSLR to it though with the red "lug" on the plate. Can anyone help?

rob-nikon · 16 Oct 2016

Can the red lug been removed? Some video cameras use the red lug to stop the video camera twisting whilst attached to the plate. If it's the plate in the link below it either unscrews or it pinches together on the underside to pop it out.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...752?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75TKZGA0FDE6JPM0XGGK

sep9001 · 17 Oct 2016

As above the plate needs to be attached to the cameras, hopefully this will help:

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oXioouM-NLU

drsl · 17 Oct 2016

Thanks for the answers and for anyone else I found a great video that shows how simple it is to pop out the red peg:

Manfrotto tripod question from a newbie

drsl

rob-nikon

sep9001

drsl