Rolleifix or new QR plate?

[ts103706@ohio.edu]

I just purchased a rolleiflex, and the thread for the tripod mount is 3/8". There is an accessore called a rolleifix which replaces the current hole, but wouldn't it be cheaper and equally workable to get a new 3/8" plate?

[Mark Antony]

Just buy an adaptor?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRIPOD-BUSH-.../dp/B00131LE1O
Mark

[Pinholemaster]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...20_Tripod.html

[Rolleiflexible]

The Rolleifix is preferable. Not only does
it give you a quick-release mount, but it
is also designed to provide support to the
Rolleiflex when mounted in it, to reduce
stress to the camera back. Sanders

[ts103706@ohio.edu]

I ended up finding the bushing today. Works well enough for what I need. After-all, one of the advantages of the square format is not having to move the camera to the side.

[keeds]

Just got a Rolleifix in the post yesterday. My Rolleiflex 3.5f is MUCH more stable on a tripod now than just using the tripod hole.

[ic-racer]

I have a Rolleiflex, Rolleicord and Yashica and the fact the Rolleis can use the Rolleiflx is more important than the small differences in lens quality in my opinion. The Rolliefix is a great device! The way the feet extend below the Yashica makes it difficult to put on a tripod.

[Slixtiesix]

IMHO the Rolleifix is the most useful accessory a Rollei-TLR owner can buy.
Can´t think of living without it when the T-Model needs a tripod. As Rolleiflexible
already mentioned, it avoids damage on the thin camera back which sometimes
occure when people tighten the tripod-screw too much.

[Toffle]

Qusetion: Can the Rolleifix attachment on the Rollei pistol grip be used as a tripod mount? If so, I am a very foolish person indeed. I was offered a free pistol grip at Photostock last month. I declined, because the pistol grip style of shooting does not appeal to me. It occurs to me now that the pistol grip incorporates the Rolleifix, but I don't know if the two are separable.

Cheers,

[BrianShaw]

I agree with Sanders (post 4) and the others recommending Rolleifix... but that's perhaps because a Rolleifix served me well for about 20 years and my pen-name ought to be "Rolleifanatic" -- but it was too close to Rolleiflexible and I thought I might be tempting a trademark infringement!