Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Standard Plate - Black
Customer Rating
5
Perfect fit
on June 29, 2022
Posted by: mrdrgwrr
from Monterey, CA
I have three Peak carbon tripods and I lost a mounting plate. Product was shipped quickly and, of course, works great. I was reminded of the attention Peak Design paid to design features of the tripod itself. What a wonderful piece of equipment!!!!!
Mounted on the tripod foot of my Sigma 150-600. Great for adding an anchor point securely. Only concern is that the size of the plate/contact area with the arca-swiss clamp on the tripod head is small. It doesn't fill the whole clamp. It's probably not a major issue, but it would be nice if they also sold longer versions of this plate to help better balance bigger lenses on tripods.
Certainly one of the better camera gear purchases I've made. It fits perfectly on my mirrorless camera body and does not interfere with battery or card exchanges. Besides tripod mount, I use it with the shoulder clip, high quality device. In addition, there customer service is awesome. I had questions and was able to talk to a live person who took care of all my concerns.
I love having this on my camera as it doesn’t stick out much, being quite compact. It has points that are easy to attach an anchor to, if you want to connect a strap to it for certain styles of camera carry. And it works with my Sirui tripod.
The only minor complaint I have is that the Sirui tripods have a little pin on them that pushes down and their own tripod plates have a little tapered “ramp” on them that slides over the pin in one direction for easy mounting, then locks in so the plate doesn’t fall off.
This plate doesn’t have such a tapered ramp so I had to manually add one with a file to the “top” middle of one of the sides. It doesn’t otherwise harm the functionality or design, although it would certainly look better if these were manufactured this way to begin with.
This little hack makes this product perfect, other than it looking a little scarred.
When paired with anchors links, the Peak Design tripod, and the capture the standard plate has become an essential part of my work flow. I keep one attached to the bottom of each of my cameras allowing me to very quickly switch between having my camera on a leash, on the tripod on on the capture clip. This allows me all the versatility I need while shooting. I even am able to use the plate to lock into other tripods so I never really have to take the plates off! They stay on the camera really well and never seem to move. I don't think I have had to adjust them since I put them on a couple years ago.
It’s really nice that you can purchase separate plates for different cameras. You don’t need to buy the whole thing and you save money. Very nice feature peak design.