Sinar Norma with Arca Swiss Geared Head?

Nokton48 said:

With the matching Arca mounting plate? I'd use a 3/8" screw rather than 1/4" that's just me. I'd prefer a green Norma pan/tilt head, myself.

Did you know that the Norma was made by Arca Swiss for Sinar?

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138S said:

This should be easy. You need a quick release Arca compatible plate:

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this one has a 3/8 thread that I guess can be screewed in the Norma circular base plate, but check the threads in each side.

Also take a well reinforced enough one... Some DSLR+Zoom weight more than the Norma, so quality plates made for Pro DSLRs jobs may work, still overload well it at home to test it, you may mount the rail alone and pressing in the tip of the rail to see if the plate is strong enough. I I'd buy two to break one in a test.

Perhaps it can be interesting you get a long one to provide a good base for the Norma's clamp.

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David A. Goldfarb said:

Some years ago, a photographer wanted a custom Arca-Swiss plate for the Sinar base and had it made up by a machinist along with a few extras to sell, maybe five in total, since it seemed there was a need out there. I don’t recall who that was offhand, but I bought one of them. I don’t know if anyone else has done the same, but it might be worth hunting around for. Lacking that, see what you can find from A-S and sources like Kirk Enterprises and Really Right Stuff that would best suit the Sinar base. There are some plates designed for medium format SLRs, for instance, with large square plates for better contact with the bottom of the camera, which could be good for Sinar, if you can’t find one specific to your camera.

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