Quote Originally Posted by Dr Croubie View Post
I was thinking along the lines of getting a RRS Arca-swiss L-bracket, and getting a head to match, I was wondering if it would just clip into something like the 357/501/504 slidy-plates. (I like the idea of the slidy plates because it's less to shell out on a real macro-rail or for panoramae-positioning, even if it's not as easy to use).
Do arca-swiss plates slide, or are they just clipped in and held fast in all directions?
If I'm following the logic, it's a process I use and it works fine. In my case, I found a 6" Wimberly plate used. I put the rubberized anti skip material on it to prevent twisting. As a mini-macro rail I screw it perpendicular to the wimberly camera plate and for pano support I mount it parallel to the camera plate. It's also useful for when I use Wimberly's flash bracket system. My ballheads are Arca-Swiss and Markins both compatible with Wimberly.