I see that many people buy an additional screw for the bottom plate. Is the screw on the bottom (to mount the camera) tightened by an allen wrench?
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Yes. An additional screw will help stabilize the camera on bracket. Yes, the bottom screw uses an Allen wrench.
1724678
The screw on my L Plate accepts a 5/32 Allen wrench, or a large flat blade screwdriver or even a coin. Try a dime but it will be hard to tighten the screw with it. I have a red-painted Allen wrench in my camera bag.
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Does the camera have a screw in the bottom? My flip camera at work does and it fits just fine. The tripod comes with a little plastic attachment that screws into a camera and the. Clips on the tripod.
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The bottom seems to be a press fit on mine so no way to remove it, The flash plate has a 1/4 threaded bottom.
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The small screws on the underside are stops. They keep the plate and the camera from sliding through the clamp and possibly falling when the clamp is loosened.
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most I have seen screw to the bottom there is a flat plate that goes on the camera.
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Sounds like the quick release plate. Same thing happened to me. You have to loosen the part that the plate goes over, and I believe theres a small hole that the spring fits into. Just take a close look at the part that the camera goes directly over the top of, you should be able to find it. Pretty much the only way to avoid that problem is to not loosen the side of the slider too much, as there is nothing to keep that spring from flying out like that.
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There is a hole on the bottom of the camera for a screw in device . . . tripod, I guess.
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It should have come with a smaller Allen wrench that should be inserted into the holes on the side. Loosen them up a bit, which will allow the piece to slide. You can attach it to the camera and slide to where it needs to be, then tighten the screws you just loosened with th little Allen wrench.
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Use the Allen wrench provided with kit loosen screw in adapter put adapter on camera tighten screw down not to tight though or you could ruin both camera and adapter
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I agree with the first answer from CaptainChet, a standard 1/4 inch female tripod screw attachment point. The top plate has a standard male camera body screw.
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There is a base plate that screws onto the bottom of the camera that is pretty secure. It is similar to the attachment you see on a scope or tripod. The connector between the base plate and the strap itself is metal and not plastic. I do make sure I keep the screw tight when I'm moving around a lots. I have not had any problems at all with it. It all works well with my shoulder harness for my binoculars as it fits over/under that harness nicely.
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There is a removable plate on the top of the ball head (remove by pressing the side button). This plate should mount on any standard camera with the screw that extends through the mounting plate. Once mounted to the camera, the camera will slide and lock into position on top of the ball head. If the screw does not fit into the camera, either the camera is defective/non-standard or the mounting plate could have some sort of thread defect. I had no such issues with my purchase.
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You do not need an additional piece you can attach your camera directly to the plate. You can use a quick release plate if you wish..........VideoGearDirect
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The attachment is secure. The piece you see on top screws into the bottom of your camera. I'm very happy with this purchase. I recommend it.
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I just received my gorrillapod, take a penny or dime and unscrew that screw on the top and the one that fits the camera is under that one, I think they put that on there to keep the screw that fits the camera from pushing through the bottom.
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There is a screw that sticks up from the top of the mounting area. I thought it was a "one size fits all type" of set up. I never even thought that my camera might not fit it. There was no screw adapter in mine either.
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Yes there is a standard tripod plate thread on the bottom. No additional hardware needed just a tripod plate of course.