Premium Members Tilman Holzhauer Posted April 5, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I had been looking for a good (and cheap) solution for me and my Zephyr to be able to use light cameras (DSLR's) in terms of weight. If I would be living in the states I probably would have tried to get one of those weight plates Janice makes, but I am in Germany, had some time and wanted to try something myself. I had myself a custom weight plate made and wanted to share the design with you...no need for everybody to get all the info all over again. So here are two photos of how the plate turned out (It is steel, burnished, that's where the dark color comes from) and a drawing I made. The *.dwg can be opened and edited with the freeware "DraftSight" (rename the file "Weight_Plate_v6.pdf" to "Weight_Plate_v6.dwg", I was not able to upload this file type here) Cheers! weight_plate.pdf Weight_Plate_v6.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Tilman Holzhauer Posted April 13, 2014 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 It weights about 4kg, so I reach the minimum for the Zephyr regardless what camera I put on it. I can really recommand the burnishing..apart from the darker color it gave the surface great friction/traction. I had several 3/8 16' srew holes drilled into the plate to be able to have mounting options for all kinds of accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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