What is this part for?

[two200]

Very curious, but what is the part circled used for on the quick release head of the tripod? :dunno:

 

[eosdigital]

I hate that thing. That exact part on my cheapo tripod ended up causing a circular scratch mark on my battery grip :angry:

 

[J-Chan]

for video cams..

 

[two200]

I hate that thing. That exact part on my cheapo tripod ended up causing a circular scratch mark on my battery grip :angry:

for video cams..

So that means no use one lah for dslr, right?
BTW is it suppose to fit into some hole on the video cam?

 

[sherchoo]

Just looked at my video cam and it appears useless for it also. I'm gonna guess it's used to give some tension to add extra tightness without over-tightening the screw when mounting the cam. Hope this makes sense.

 

[two200]

Just looked at my video cam and it appears useless for it also. I'm gonna guess it's used to give some tension to add extra tightness without over-tightening the screw when mounting the cam. Hope this makes sense.

I asked because that thing had came loose, that's why you see the scotch tape in the pic. If it is of no use, then I won't bother to change one; may just discard it :think:

Had tried attaching to the camera with/out that thing - no difference leh :dunno:

 

[eosdigital]

Remember not to screw in too tightly. The pressure from that highlighted thing can cause a circular mark which i've already encountered

 

[chanxj]

my past video cams have the hole for it. Its meant to make the video cam locked on the base even when panning.

 

[Rashkae]

My old SLR camera has a hole for that too. And I've seen many old betamax and VHS-era videocams that had a hole for that too. As chanxj mentioned, it's for panning.

 

[catchlights]

it is a locking pin for video cam, so it will not pan by itself, unless to still camera, you can remove it.