Well my cheap $13 MPU-100 L Plate arrived yesterday and I had a go just now trying to affix it to the K-1.
It weighs 94g, once on it
will not allow for the opening of the HDMI/PC/USB rubber compartment. In actual fact, when aligning the L plate up nice and flush/straight/parallel to the body of the K-1 there are a few things going (that the picture below helps explain);
Where I have circled Blue, this part actually sits directly on the raised groove (where you dig your nail in to lift) of the rubber compartment to the HDMI/USB/PC place. What this means is that the part of the plate I've circled red actually doesn't make any contact with the K-1 at all, there is about 3-5mm gap. I could possible pad that gap out with some sticky foam or something so that both sides actually make contact with the K-1's side.
Steering the whole plate diagonally (so that it's not flush with the K-1's body) so that it's 'squinty' can be a workaround maybe but it's triggering my OCD like hell!
There is a kinda good point to all this, because of the blue area of the bracket that actually makes contact with that raised rubber opening of the HDMI compartment, it means it won't scratch the K-1's body! As you can see from the picture there are rubber protectors for the base of the K-1, to help protect and give grip, but nothing on the other side. If i also buff up that red circled edge side (with something rubbery or soft) then when everything is flush and looking hunky dory the left side of the K-1 should remain scratch free.
The black dashed line circling that whole part of that section of the bracket is my way of saying this whole segment would need to shift down 'thatta way' in order for the compartment to be accessible (which I think if u study RRS and Kirk's version is what happens).
Once the thing was tightened it actually felt very sturdy and did not give the impression it would 'slip' out of position.
Clearly I am going to have to mod this plate slighty, so that all edges make soft but rubbery grip to the K-1. I am not that fussed about not gaining access to those HDMI/PC/USB compartments, ejecting the cards and changing the battery is all that matters.
EDIT: I actually didn't check the battery compartment, I now just have, and as it stands you can't get the battery door open fully as is. A simple workaround to this will be to pad both the blue and red sections a tad (3-5mm) and the whole L plate shifts further along and the battery compartment should be good for opening and closing.
Please note, I don't even own an Arca-swiss tripod yet lol, I'm still looking into that :|
On the whole I'm ok with spending $13, a little 5min DIY to solve this issue vs $150AUD+ for a complete solution, YMMV.
---------- Post added 03-29-17 at 10:24 AM ----------
Originally posted by disasterfilm I've got that exact plate on the K-1. I had to cut one of the knobs on the end off, cut the strap holder between them off, and grind the inside corner of the other knob down in order to get the battery door to open with the L-bracket on.
It was about 45 minutes of work with a dremel, including taking a metal file to it and smoothing all the work out and de-burring it.
Definitely worth the savings, I don't care about how ugly it looks. I can't believe I used a camera as long as I did without an L-bracket. It's great.
A picture is worth a thousand words lol, could u snap a pic of what you did please?