Nick Smith wrote:I've always questioned 1 mounting thread on the bottom of a camera being too unsturdy. Yet have never had a camera fall off a rig or tripod. These things are pretty well designed. Honestly, I think it would probably be fine.
Hi Nick,
Using the single mounting point on the bottom does not stress the mount the way hanging the camera from the top would do. When the camera is sitting on a tripod plate, the mounting tap and screw primarily just has to keep the camera from moving around or sliding off if tilted, the tap is not supporting the entire weight of the camera and rig as it would be doing if the camera was hanging from a single tap. That said, I'm sure the camera would be fine using one tap if all I had was a basic lens on it and nothing else. But it was out of my concern about adding the extra weight of a full matte box, glass filters, follow focus, rails, external monitor, battery pack, etc. that I wanted to be sure a single tap could handle it. I am waiting on a return email from BM to get an official answer. But right now I am leaning toward the Redrock Micro plate that Randy pointed out.