Arca Clamp Adapter Plate

The Arca Adapter Plate is used to provide a low profile, secure method to mount an Arca Clamp to StackShot. If you have already have a quick release plate on your camera using the Arca adapter plate and clamp on the StackShot rail makes it extremely fast and easy to add and remove the StackShot rail from your tripod stack. The animated picture below shows how to mount the clamp. All of the bolts and allen keys required to attach the adapter plate to StackShot and to attach the quick release clamp to the adapter plate are included. The quick release clamp and plate are available from suppliers like Wimberley or Really Right Stuff.

Animation courtesy of Alexander Zubrickij

The adapter plate has many different mounting options to make it compatible with many of the Arca compatible clamps on the market. You can download the bolt pattern for the adapter plate here. When using the adapter plate it is necessary to attach the Arca clamp before attaching the adapter plate to the rail.

The dovetail machined into the base of StackShot is designed so you can use the Arca Clamp that is mounted on your tripod to hold StackShot without having to purchase another quick release plate. The tripod stack below illustrates this. In this particular setup the Really Right Stuff macro rail is used for adjustments left and right and the StackShot rail is used to automate the focus stacking image collection in the fore and aft direction.

Above is a Really Right Stuff B2 Pro L Quick release clamp attached to the Arca Adapter Plate

Above are clamps from Wimberley and Novoflex attached to the Arca Adapter Plate