L plate - causes more vibrations?

Frankly, I find it much ado about nothing. Been using RRS brackets for years, in all conditions (high wind, rushing water, surf, etc) and have never experienced "softness" because of any issues with the bracket. The gear works, I trust it under any shooting conditions, and I'll continue to use it regardless of what an anonymous internet blogger goes on about...too many unknowns to put any faith in the article. I'm not an RRS fan boy (have some Kirk gear as well), just a shooter who appreciates well-designed and well-made, functional equipment. I for one have no intention, much less any desire, to do any sort of "testing"...shooting is where its at.

argyle wrote in post #10368099
Frankly, I find it much ado about nothing. Been using RRS brackets for years, in all conditions (high wind, rushing water, surf, etc) and have never experienced "softness" because of any issues with the bracket. The gear works, I trust it under any shooting conditions, and I'll continue to use it regardless of what an anonymous internet blogger goes on about...too many unknowns to put any faith in the article. I'm not an RRS fan boy (have some Kirk gear as well), just a shooter who appreciates well-designed and well-made, functional equipment. I for one have no intention, much less any desire, to do any sort of "testing"...shooting is where its at.

+1.

ed rader

argyle wrote in post #10368099
I for one have no intention, much less any desire, to do any sort of "testing"

I, for one, have a strong desire to test, and I will.

antitera wrote in post #10385663
I, for one, have a strong desire to test, and I will.

I never test myself, but as i am close to buying such a bracket i am grateful for the people on this form that do test. I look forward to your results.

I think his test is a bunch of rubbish. I've used my RRS plates in portrait orientation many of times and didn't see any issues with images being soft. If you don't set your tripod in a good postition to begin with or tighten your ballhead properly, then I can see it being an issue. As argyle said, I find it much ado about nothing too.

I will perform scientific tests on the L-plate soon...

However, I am pretty booked up well into the future working with Chicken Little to test if the sky is really falling down.