Benro GD3WH geared head with Chamonix 4x5

[CropDusterMan]

Hello all,
Had a question in regards to the Benro geared tripod head if anyone has one and happens to have a Chamonix 4 x 5 camera. It looks to me as though one of the gear knobs rises slightly above the Arca-Swiss plate level, which would be the bottom of the camera, and would make it not possible for the camera to mount properly on the tripod head. I’m sure I could fabricate some kind of a spacer for the bottom of the camera where it integrates with the Arco Swiss plate but I was wondering if anyone had one of these heads and cameras. It seems to be a very good, light weight geared tripod head, and I’m just growing tired of ballhead use with 4 x 5 cameras.
Jason

 

[CatSplat]

I use that head with a 45F-2, it works just fine. The tripod mounting area on the base of the camera has a riser block that contains the female threads for the tripod screw, so the main camera baseplate ends up elevated above the knobs. You need to offset the QR plate in the mount (or on the body) a few mm to clear the big fast-adjust knob but it's not a big deal. It's a bit tight if you actaully want to use the fast-adjustment knob (the sawblade-shaped part), but operating with the normal outer (round) knob is just fine, lots of finger room. It's a nice head, I quite like it.

Same should be true for the N series, I'm not certain about the H series.