User Manual

NOTE: When using older Kirk screw-mount
flash brackets, you must install the two extra
safety stop screws in the counter-bored holes in
order to keep the bracket from twisting on the plate.
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Using the Optional Safety-Stop Screws
Figure 6
Top Load
(Required with Safety Stop screws)
Safety Stop Channels We recommend using clamps with safety stop channels.
These channels allow a full range of forward and back motion but will not let the
plate slip out if the clamp is inadvertently loosened.
Wimberley lens plates have a double dovetail cross-section. The
upper dovetail allows you to attach Wimberley Flash Brackets as
well as other 3rd party quick-release style brackets.
Using Flash Brackets
Wimberley plates are also made to accommodate older Really
Right Stuff (RRS) and Kirk screw-mount flash brackets
Your Wimberley foot comes with four safety stop screws and a matching hex key. Two of these screws are intended
to be screwed into the small bottom threaded holes in the front and back of the plate (Fig. 6) to serve as stops that
prevent the plate from accidentally sliding out of the quick-release clamp. If you opt to use both stops, you must
open the jaws of the quick-release clamp wide enough to load your lens from the top (instead of sliding it in).
Top Loading is less convenient,
but you can be certain that your lens
will not slide out of the clamp.
Flash bracket
mounting groove
For RRS
Brackets
For Kirk
Brackets
Safety Stop
Channels
Your clamp must have
safety stop channels
3rd Party Clamp Warning: Our safety stop screws work with most 3rd party quick-release clamps, but clamps that do
not have channels and are too wide to be straddled by the safety stop screws will not work.
Arca-Swiss Z1
The safety-stop security
feature of this plate does not work
when used with an Arca-Swiss
“double-decker” quick-release clamp.
If this plate safety feature is important to you, we recommend
replacing the clamp with a Wimberley C-12 QR Clamp.
Thank you for your interest in Wimberley products. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us.
OR
be short enough to allow the
plate to straddle the clamp
Clamps without safety stop
channels (or those without
adequate clearance) will
insecurely clamp the plate
at an angle
Figure 5