Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] quick release plates
From: allen.graves at charter.net (allen.graves@charter.net)
Date: Wed Jan 31 16:16:06 2007

Really Right Stuff makes the best finished, best fitting plates. They are 
precisely designed for exactly the lens or body they are sold to fit.In my 
experience, Kirk plates are not nearly as well finished -sharp edges, 
burrs,etc, though they still work wekk. ( have some of both). Also, I have a 
personal prejudice against Kirk since their business model for years seemed 
to be "just copy anything new RRS makes".

The current owner of RRS is really innovative and has lots of great new 
products.

The Wimberly stuff seems nice: i just have not had any reason to leave RRS.
Arca plates are generic  and don't fit nearly as precisely as the RRS or 
Kirk plates and really aren't in the same league. I use the Arca ballhead 
and love it, though the RRS and Kirk ballheads look like a step up. I just 
don't need a new one.

Feel free to email me off list if you have any specific questions.

Allen




---- Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: 
> Have any of you LUGnuts had occasion to compare Really Right Stuff,  
> Wimberly, Kirk, and Arcaswiss quick release hardware?
> Does it really matter which of these fine mfg's one chooses?
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> 
> 
> 
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