If anyone is ever interested...
I went down to my local camera store and tried to mount a Manfrotto 577 QR adapter over the top of the anti-twist pin on the gini magic baseplate I was using. As I had suspected, the pin got in the way and the adapter couldn't be made flush with the baseplate.
Solution: use a punch and tap the dowel out by hand. Now I'm able to mount whatever the hell I want on there. I'm going to order up a Calumet Photo QR adapter now that they are back in business, also happen to be compatible with manfrotto plates.
I wonder why Gini put a fixed anti-twist pin on the baseplate since it was manufactured to be used with DSLRs.
Howdy. I'm new to most things of this nature and have a question about quick release adapters.
Basically, I purchased a baseplate to mount my camera on, but it has a fixed locking pin instead of a spring loaded one. The pin cannot be removed.
Will a quick release adapter be able to be mounted over the top of a fixed locking pin, or am I kind of screwed?
Thank you
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