I'm on a Manfrotto RC2 QR system and wish I had a good choice for a RC2 L plate for my K-1 but there is only one custom (RRS, I think) solution and it's Arca Swiss mount. I have nothing against that system but I don't really want to switch and feel RC2 serves my needs perfectly well. But I'd almost do it for that nice L plate designed specifically for this camera.
I,ve gone to A/S tripod heads just so I could use "L" plates on my DSLR cameras. I've been using dedicated L plates since the late 1990s. I switched mainly to get away from the twisting problem, but now my main motivation is the easy switching from portrait to landscape orientation.Kent in SD
Haven't used it for many years but I just couldn't countenance having to go back to using that damned tripod head slot.RRS L Plates and Arca Swiss heads changed my life.
Call me nostalgic, but never had such problems on 6x6!Rob
Hehe.The lightbulb moment came to me when I switched from 6x6 film Hasselblads to 6x45 digital Hasselblad.
I wonder, had 'blad come in with a square sensor, would you have ever moved downwards in image formats? That square offered so many options for final shape... but hey, only if you didn't crop too tightly in the camera, I must confess...Funny thing: I'm sitting here in a bar having my second-class lunch, the French guy being closed until at least February, and the swamp pop rock in my ears is fitting perfectly the contortions of a young, technicolor group mouthing silently on the the tv screen.:-)Rob