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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 3182243" data-attributes="member: 5327">An update to my previous post: Writing the above reminded me that I wanted to look into doing away with Gitzo plates wherever possible, so I looked into the Gitzo adapter to the Arca-Swiss standard, quickly found that it was ~$55 but that another company makes a clone (Desmond DGZA-1) for less than half that price. I got one of those and it works perfectly. It slips onto my Kirk and RRS plates and holds on with enough tension not to slip off casually, or it can be left on the head even more securely since it is captive until button-released (like the Gitzo plates) once inserted. In short, I love it! No more Gitzo plates! I'm not a fan of the Gitzo plates, with their sloppy rubber top and floppy video pin (not rigidly fixed because it is designed to spring down out of the way when used with something that lacks a pin socket) that consequently doesn't lock-out all rotation. I can now use my much better precise non-rotating plates from Kirk and RRS, with the added benefit of being able to use my scopes on my camera heads and vice-versa in a pinch since they all follow the same standard.--AP</blockquote>