RRS Ballhead quick-release plate question

I just ordered an RRS TVC-33 tripod and a BH-55 ballhead but now I realize I need some kind of quick release plate to attach to my 7DII that has a battery grip. I don't need or want one of those "L Plates" offered, so is there another type of simple quick release plate that will work?

Thanks

Steve

Well, you could get the RRS MPR-73: 73mm rail. I however love the L-plates on my cameras. Why do you not like L-plates?

Kirk Enterprises makes a simple plate that fits the bottom of a battery grip perfectly. I do use L brackets as well, but when I know I'm only going to use a long lens, the camera plate is nice.

Quick Release Plate Systems

When you decide to buy one, get three instead, because over time...
1. You will want another one anyway.
2. You'll lose half of one.
3. And they'll have stopped making that model & you won't be able to find a replacement.

Thanks all, for your responses.

For now, I got the RRS camera plate for the Canon BG-E13 battery grip I have on my 7DII. Only $70(!). Ha. My RRS TVC-33 and BH-55 ballhead will arrive tomorrow, so I'll check everything out then.

For my purposes, I still just don't see the need for an L-bracket.

I'll look at Kirk plates of course, and if that works out, I'll certainly get more than one. I know how that works out - lose the camera plate and might as well put the tripod away...

Thanks again!

Steve

I'm not sure how to lose a camera plate without losing the camera as when I attached mine to the camera I have never found a reason to take it off.

RRS also makes camera plates that are not L plates for most camera bodies although I use an L plat and find that it also adds additional protection to the camera body.

what is the reason to avoid the L? You can get a plain ol bottom plate if you like. Buys greatest tripod on earth yet avoids proper accessory

I guess the bigger question is whether or not you shoot 'landscape' mode more often than 'portrait' mode... If you shoot exclusively in 'landscape' mode, then then you honestly don't need an L-plate (RRS or otherwise)... But Murphy's Law always creeps up when you DO NEED to shoot in 'portrait' mode and you don't have that flexibility...

Again, if you shoot 99.9% of the time in 'landscape' mode, then stick with just a bottom plate on your camera/grip...

I almost never take my L brackets off my camera bodies. A few times, when I knew I was just going to be shooting birds and would use the tripod ring attached to my RRS tripod, I used a bottom plate alone, just to cut down a bit of weight and to make access to the remote port easier. The L bracket is quite large if you use a battery grip or a 1D body: they aren't easy to lose. I've never lost or misplaced one, though I suppose, with some effort, that would be possible. <eg>

I never shoot in portrait mode. Quit doing that a long time ago.