Wimberley M-8 User manual

Wimberley, Inc. Phone: [phone]
1750 Broadway St Toll Free: 1-888-665-2746 (USA & Canada)
Charlottesville, VA
22902 USA www.tripodhead.com [e-mail]
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Wimberley, Inc. Phone: [phone]
1750 Broadway St Toll Free: 1-888-665-2746 (USA & Canada)
Charlottesville, VA
22902 USA www.tripodhead.com [email protected]om
5 Year Warranty – See www.tripodhead.com/warranty.cfm for complete details
Made in USA
Package Contents:
•M-8 Module: QR Perpendicular Plate (Qty 1)
•Safety Stop Screw: M3 x 6mm (Qty 1)
•Hex Key: 2.5mm (Qty 1)
Weight: 3.0 oz
Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 4.54 in x 1.5 in x 1.0 in
Materials: Anodized 6061 Aluminum, stainless steel fasteners
M-8Perpendicular Plate
Flash Bracket Module

Pre-requisites:
The M-8 requires a camera body plate or L-bracket with Arca-Swiss style dovetails attached to the bottom of your camera.
The M-8 is compatible with most Arca-Swiss style dovetails such as those from Really Right Stuff and Kirk Enterprises.
Note: The M-8 is not compatible with most fixed-width quick-release clamps or plates made by Manfrotto or Gitzo.
Safety Stop
Screw
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The Perpendicular Plate comes with one 3mm screw and a matching hex key. This screw can be inserted into the threaded hole in the
bottom of the plate to serve as a stop that prevents the plate from accidentally sliding out of the quick-release clamp if the clamp is
accidentally loosened (the knob at the back of the Perpendicular Plate keeps it from sliding out in the other direction).
If you opt to use the stop screw, you must open the jaws of the quick-release clamp wide enough to load the plate from the top
(instead of sliding it in from the side). Top loading is a little less convenient, but if you use the safety stop screw you can be
certain that your camera will not slide out of the clamp.
Using the stop screw will make it more difficult to quickly attach a flash bracket to the bottom of the plate.
However the stop screw will not interfere with attaching a flash bracket to the top surface of the plate.
1. Widen the jaws of the M-8 clamp by turning the clamp knob. The camera plate should seat flush against the clamp surface and slide in
easily. Note: If you have safety stop screws installed on your camera body plate, you will need to top load the plate into the M-8 clamp.
2. Tighten the M-8 clamp knob firmly to secure the camera plate within the clamp jaws.
Tighten Knob
Safety Stop Screw:
Connecting the M-8 to Your Camera:
Loosen knob and
slide into place
Arca-Swiss style
camera body plate
or L-bracket

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Attaching Two Wimberley Macro Flash Brackets to Your Camera Body:
Attach one bracket to the bottom dovetail of the plate, and one bracket to the top dovetail. You may have to experiment with the ex-
act configuration of the macro brackets to insure that you have enough room to easily grab the camera and manipulate the flash
brackets.
Use as a Macro Slider:
By sliding the M-8 Perpendicular Plate in the quick-release clamp of your tripod head, you can make small forward and backward adjust-
ments in the position of you camera as shown below. This is useful for macro photography. Note: The Perpendicular Plate is not designed
to give you the range of motion and precise adjustability of a rack-and-pinion focusing rail.
The Perpendicular Plate gives you about 1.7 inches of total forward-backwards adjustment. This amount of adjustment is most useful
when you are doing macro photography in the 1:1 scale range. Often you want to get as close to a subject as possible, but after you’ve
positioned your tripod you may find that you are too close and the subject is just out of the focal range of your lens. Use the Perpendicular
Plate to slide your camera backward or forward just enough to get your subject in focus.
M-8
P-5 plate
M-1
M-4
F-2 Macro
Flash Bracket
(includes M-1 and M-4)
In order to insure that the M-8 plate is
clamped securely, it is important to
make sure that the end of the plate
extends at least ½ inch beyond the
middle of the clamp.
We recommend installing the safety
stop screw provided with the M-8
plate to prevent the plate from acci-
dentally sliding out of the clamp when
it is loosened (Previous Page)
Caution: When using the perpendicular plate
as a macro slider, you may end up sliding the
plate so far back in the clamp that it is no longer
properly clamped.

Attaching a Quick-release Telephoto Flash Bracket to Your Camera Body
The Perpendicular Plate has the same double-dovetail cross-section found on Wimberley lens plates. This allows you to
attach Wimberley quick-release flash brackets to the top and/or bottom surface of the plate.
Form a “wedding bracket” that allows you to keep the flash above the lens for both horizontal and vertical shots.
This flash bracket assembly allows you to keep your
flash above the lens for both horizontal and vertical
shots.
On many pan-tilt heads, and also on the
Wimberley and similar gimbal style heads, the
quick-release clamp is oriented parallel to the
axis of the lens. Adding the M-8 plate to your
camera body allows you to orient the camera
properly on these heads (Fig. 7).
Note: This configuration has no provision for
flipping the camera to the vertical position or for
adjusting the horizon when using a non-collared
lens. Also a camera with a short lens attached
will not balance. This configuration however is an
adequate solution for those who wish to shoot
macro or wide angle landscape shots without
having to carry a secondary tripod head.
The horizon can be adjusted by adjusting the
legs of your tripod or using a leveling base below
the Head. If you require the ability to flip your
camera to the vertical (portrait) position, we
recommend that you purchase a camera
L-bracket (L-plate) from either Really Right Stuff,
Kirk Enterprises and then mount the Perpendicu-
lar Plate to the L-bracket to mount the camera to
the Head.
Figure 7
Attaching Your Camera to the Wimberley Head: (or other heads w/ an Arca-Swiss style quick-release clamp)
WH-200
quick-release
clamp
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