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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Short dovetail mounting plate

No, that is for a arri style bridge plate which is on RED's quick release kit here or Element Technica's Arri Bridge plate for the Red One: here. Your mount for the tripod would screw onto this dovetail enabling the use of the quick release platform or any bridge plate designed for an ARRI style dovetail.
 
But it says for use with non-arri style heads?
 
It does work, however you need a Bridge Plate for it. The Manfrotto Head`s plate will screw on the dovetail and the Bridge Plate will slide on the dovetail.
 
Rodrigo explained it better.

Yeah, the short dovetail is basically a cheese plate that you screw, your non Arri style tripod quick plate or sliding plate, onto. The picture is slightly misleading, they are showing it flipped upside down to reveal the mounting points that you mount your tripod's plate to. If you picture it flipped over it is an Arri angled dovetail. It took me a few looks at it before I realized it will work.

Like this:

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Ah, I see. What I'm looking for is a shorter quick release plate that will fit the bottom of the RED shoulder dovetail. The current plate from Manfrotto sticks way out in front if you mount the back side flush with the should pad. See the pic below...

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Did that plate come from a RedRock rig? I have the same plate that came from a Redrockmicro lighweight rig for my dslr. I bought a manfrotto tripod head and thought it'd just interchange but wouldn't. The tripod had a short stubby plate, but was a bit narrower.
 
I have used that plate in the op on Manfrotto head's. It works just fine. Of course my camera is attached to the quick release dovetail, and the plate attaches to the bottom of it.
 
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