{"id":25830,"date":"2016-02-23T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=25830"},"modified":"2016-02-09T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T22:54:46","slug":"custom-slr-m-plate-pro-with-blackrapid-strap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/custom-slr-m-plate-pro-with-blackrapid-strap\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom SLR M-Plate Pro (with BlackRapid Strap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The previously reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/black-rapid-strap\/\">BlackRapid camera straps<\/a> (and their variations) are a revelation in themselves, allowing a camera to be securely hung over a shoulder and that camera is both out of the way and easily put to your eye. But photographers also need to put that camera easily onto a tripod. <\/p>\n<p>Everybody knows that the easiest way to get a lot of sharpness in your photo is to use a tripod &#8211; but the BlackRapid straps use the tripod mount bolt hole, making a fast stick-it-to-a-tripod connection a memory. Especially if your tripod uses a fast-release plate. Now, BlackRapid makes a plate that has a hollow in the bottom for their strap to clip to, and once you remove the strap you can use an Arca-Swiss headed tripod. Better, but this is still too fiddly. Custom SLR&#8217;s M-Plate Pro offsets the strap connection from the tripod plate. The M-Plate Pro also allows tripod connection to either Arca-Swiss or Manfrotto quick release heads &#8211; without removing the strap. Three-in-one. Less fiddly, more flexible. Security is better since there&#8217;s no time your camera is unstrapped. <\/p>\n<p>This M-Plate Pro plate is a single chunk of machined aluminum with a hex head bolt attaching it to your camera. At $70 I think it&#8217;s a bit overpriced but I haven&#8217;t found an alternative. It&#8217;s a very simple, solid design that gets the job done in the most effective way possible, just like a Cool Tool should.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick-attach camera to any tripod while using your favorite camera strap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25837,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25830\/revisions\/25837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}