Can this be attached directly to the camera (without the tripod plate)? I prefer this flat style instead of the rounded Black Rapid FastenR-3.
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Hello Antonette. I guess you can but I am not so sure how safe will your camera be without being attach to the Manfrotto plate you know?. I have never used it that way. To be safe I would recommend you write to BlackRapid an e-mail and confirm with them how safe it is to use this FastenR alone without a plate ok?. Mine works perfectly with the Manfrotto PL200 plate. It is very flat and very very secure!!!. Good luck.... Aaron...
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The thread will fit in the camera base, but you may find that the threaded bolt is too long to tighten fully. It is designed to accommodate the thickness of a tripod plate. Tightening this without the tripod plate may damage the camera due to over penetration (not sure, but I would not like to test it on my camera).
495698
Hello Antonette. I guess you can but I am not so sure how safe will your camera be without being attach to the Manfrotto plate you know?. I have never used it that way. To be safe I would recommend you write to BlackRapid an e-mail and confirm with them how safe it is to use this FastenR alone without a plate ok?. Mine works perfectly with the Manfrotto PL200 plate. It is very flat and very very secure!!!. Good luck....Aaron...
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Yes it can. I actually have a tripod with a removable quick post. I keep it attached to my stroboframe for easy on/off
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Yep. I mount it to my camera, then to my tripod. Can also mount it solo to a tripod, if desired.
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There is a choice of two threaded holes in the base with which to attach the QR plate from the tripod. There is a corresponding screw which goes into the underside of the camera.
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You would need to have some sort of bracket to connect to the plate. It comes with a standard camera/tripod size screw attachment, so if you have something that will connect your GN3 to a tripod, you're probably good. That said, this unit is very heavy. If it were me, I would check out the stabilizers for GoPro to see if they might offer a better solution.
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Yes. Screw it directly to the bottom of the camera. When you place the camera on a tripod with the plate you must unscrew it
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No. You can attach the camera directly to the monopod. Manfrotto has this monopod set up to accommodate both sizes of threads, so you can attach the camera, a quick release, or a ball head.
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I never attached any tripod yet. I think a regular tripod will work just grate, if you put a tripod base it may be not look well depending the tripod base. Other than that, grip is perfect and is always on my camera.
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I just use a regular tripod, but my slider isn't completely rock solid either; it is, however, stable enough to use. If you have another tripod, you could attach one on either side of the slider, which would keep it really steady. I also take my pan head off of the tripod, so there's no wiggle room coming from the quick release plate - i just attach it directly to the screw coming out of the tripod.
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Yes as long as you have the quick release plate. Without that plate the dslr cannot be attached to the head.
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The plates aren't based on the tripod. You have to buy a head separately. That should come with a couple of plates. This tripod isn't intended to be connected to the camera directly. Any Manfrotto ball head would work perfect and they sell these legs with different heads as a combo package.
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I think this would only be an issue if the plate had a positioning stud that sticks into a hole in the base of the camera. This plate has no such stud. The tripod screw is centered on the plate, and the plate can lock on to the grip in four different directions.
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Yeah, it comes with an adapter screw thread that makes it work without a tripod head. But i would strongly suggest using it with a tripod head. Otherwise the camera is only stuck in one position on the slider and it's direction is determined by where the thread of the screw stops. So this can make it very hard to set up your shot.
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I believe the bolt that connects to the camera is the same in most tripods, I bought a ravelli and had no problem.
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I use the manfrotto quick release plates with my dual system. The quick release plate screws into a hole in the larger Spiderholster plate. Then you can quickly mount the camera on a tripod using the quick release with the SpiderHolster plate still attached. It's not very well documented in the sales literature but it works just fine.
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Timothy, I have no problem attaching the Rail 4 Fotodiox to the tripod's screw. There are two holes at the base plate that can be used equally to connect the rail to it. You may want to check and make sure that it will fit on another tripod just in case the one you are using now is not working properly. Make sure you attach the rail first, then the camera to it.
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Yes - If your tripod has a 1/4" or 3/8" threaded screw, you can simply attach the receiver plate, which is what I've done with all of my tripods (and all of my still & video cameras have the mounting plates permanently attached).