I have a lovely Szabad 5x7, which has its tripod hole all the way back, this makes it very unbalanced at portrait distances (even though I use a tele lens). To counter this, I got a longer arca plate which works pretty well until I try to turn the camera, and the leverage effect shifts the plate out of position.
My thought was to add another hole, further down the camera body, and fasten a long plate in both holes.
Is this a bad idea? Am I going about this the wrong way?
Where can I get a quality socket?
Any tips on how to drill old wood?
Does anyone in Sweden work on large format cameras? Shipping abroad would be very expensive I imagine..
I really like this camera, not only does it work really well, it's one of few large format cameras from Sweden, and I don't know, but I really love my country, so it does feel a bit sentimental
Cheers!
Joachim
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