Robert Matthews

Thanks for suggestions. I looked at all above - the Manfrotto 357 and 577 have the difficulties Tom mentioned, and the I'd rather an Arca-Swiss arrangement for compatibility with my Miller, so that counts out the 394. I came across the Giottos M621 which seems to be my best bet. If anyone has experience with this system I'd love to hear it but I think I may go down this path.

New member - apologies if this is in the wrong area etc! I am about to purchase a Pilot and am looking to also purchase a Sachtler FSB-6 or FSB-4 and am looking for a way of quickly changing between the two. I understand that I could get a Manfrotto 577 to leave on the Pilot. Does anyone know if the Sachtler head would accept the Manfrotto plate? If not, I would purchase two of the 577s and just leave a shoe on each the Pilot and tripod and keep the plate on the camera. That arrangement though seems quite convoluted though I can't find a better solution. Any guidance from experienced hands would be very welcome. I am also willing to consider other tripod options if they would better suit (I have used Miller up until now). Thank you all :)