Camera Plates for Tripod-Mounting Small Cameras (Sony RX100, Nikon Coolpix A and similar)
Related: Coolpix A, L bracket, L-bracket, Really Right Stuff, Sony, Sony mirrorless, Sony RX100, tripods and support
Camera plates allow instant mounting of the camera in any compatible quick-release clamp on a tripod head, such as any of the Really Right Stuff tripod heads, or my workhorse Arca Swiss Cube with Really Right Stuff B2 Pro II clamp.
Here are camera plates that I have found useful on a variety of small cameras:
- The Really Right Stuff B9 plate is useful on many cameras (not just Olympus PEN), and it has no cork to 'squirm' when tightened down. Its anti-squirm flange can be engaged or ignored.
- The Really Right Stuff BPnS: Small Bi-directional plate is small and square and has a durable cork backing (I’ve used it on a variety of cameras of all sizes).
- The Really Right Stuff 'BPnS-S: Narrow Plate for Slim Cameras (below) is the smallest plate offered by RRS, and is suitable for very narrow cameras like the Sony RX100.
- See also full L-bracket with grip for the Sigma DP Merrill and also the L-bracket with grip for the Olympus OM-D E-M5.
Sony RX100
The Sony RX100 cannot accept any camera plate without blocking the card/battery access door; the hinge is only 1-2mm from the socket screw threads, an incredibly bad design but there it is.
The Really Right Stuff 'BPnS-S: Narrow Plate for Slim Cameras fits well on the Sony RX100, but to avoid the anti-twist flange being blocked by the lens bulge, put the screw on one side, which shifts the plate over the battery/card door—doesn’t matter because there is no way to mount the plate without blocking it anyway.
