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PGYTECH Snaplock, Arca 38 mm, square profile

A square Arca plate at 15 € that mounts from any direction and names the 38 mm clamp it is cut for — with no dimension and no weight published anywhere.

PGYTECH Snaplock square Arca-Swiss plate in black aluminium

PGYTECH Snaplock, Arca 38 mm, square profile

A square Arca plate at 15 € that mounts from any direction and names the 38 mm clamp it is cut for — with no dimension and no weight published anywhere.

Profile
Arca Swiss, named in the title and the second bullet, which goes further than any other page here: it states compatibility with 38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases. The hub above warns that the dovetail is a shape rather than a published standard, so naming the clamp width is the nearest a listing gets to precision
Length
Not published. The fourth bullet describes a square form allowing orientation adjustments in any direction, and no millimetre figure appears — which on a plate whose selling point is its shape is a real gap
Screw type and drive
A 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch screw, in the title and the second bullet, which claims a patented screw design that sits firmly and prevents the loosening problems common with conventional plates. The drive itself — coin slot, hex or D-ring — is not named
Anti-twist provision
Addressed obliquely. The patented screw design in the second bullet is aimed at loosening rather than rotation, and no lip, pad or body-specific shaping is described. The square profile itself resists rotation once clamped, which the page does not say and the geometry does
Stated clamp compatibility
38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases, named in the second bullet, with the third listing the systems: Sony, Canon and Nikon bodies, reflex and mirrorless, and phone mounts. The second adds tripods, monopods, stabilisers, sliders and handheld accessories
Material
High-grade aluminium alloy with a corrosion-resistant surface, in the first bullet, named for durability in demanding outdoor conditions
Published weight
Not published. The fifth bullet calls it small and light and easy to transport, and gives no figure — where the Rollei two places down publishes 45 g
Amazon reference
B0932P4KGM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0843225110303
  • The 38 mm clamp width named, which is as close to a standard as this profile gets
  • A square profile, so the plate can be clamped in any orientation without unscrewing
  • No dimensions at all, on a plate sold on its shape

Best for: A camera that moves between a tripod head, a gimbal and a slider, where the plate has to drop into a 38 mm clamp from whichever side is convenient.

≈ $15 / £15 / 15 €
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Specifications

Profile
Arca Swiss, named in the title and the second bullet, which goes further than any other page here: it states compatibility with 38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases. The hub above warns that the dovetail is a shape rather than a published standard, so naming the clamp width is the nearest a listing gets to precision
Length
Not published. The fourth bullet describes a square form allowing orientation adjustments in any direction, and no millimetre figure appears — which on a plate whose selling point is its shape is a real gap
Screw type and drive
A 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch screw, in the title and the second bullet, which claims a patented screw design that sits firmly and prevents the loosening problems common with conventional plates. The drive itself — coin slot, hex or D-ring — is not named
Anti-twist provision
Addressed obliquely. The patented screw design in the second bullet is aimed at loosening rather than rotation, and no lip, pad or body-specific shaping is described. The square profile itself resists rotation once clamped, which the page does not say and the geometry does
Stated clamp compatibility
38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases, named in the second bullet, with the third listing the systems: Sony, Canon and Nikon bodies, reflex and mirrorless, and phone mounts. The second adds tripods, monopods, stabilisers, sliders and handheld accessories
Material
High-grade aluminium alloy with a corrosion-resistant surface, in the first bullet, named for durability in demanding outdoor conditions
Published weight
Not published. The fifth bullet calls it small and light and easy to transport, and gives no figure — where the Rollei two places down publishes 45 g
Amazon reference
B0932P4KGM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0843225110303

On the listing

Five bracketed bullets. A high-grade aluminium alloy construction with a corrosion-resistant surface for demanding outdoor conditions; a patented screw design that sits firmly and prevents the loosening common with conventional plates, compatible with 38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases and working with tripods, monopods, stabilisers, sliders and handheld accessories; broad camera compatibility naming Sony, Canon and Nikon, reflex and mirrorless bodies and phone mounts; a square form allowing orientation adjustments in any direction for fast mounting from various angles; and a small, light format for outdoor, travel and studio use.

Thirty-eight millimetres, named

The nearest thing to a measurement this profile allows. Arca compatibility is a family resemblance — the hub above says no maker publishes the dovetail as a standard — so naming the clamp width the plate is cut for is the most useful sentence available. This is the only page on the shelf that writes it.

Square, and why that matters on a gimbal

A rectangular plate goes into the clamp one way. A square one goes in four, so a camera can sit crosswise on a slider or a stabiliser without the plate being unscrewed and turned.

The screw that is meant not to work loose

Every plate is held by one screw into a camera base, and every one of them creeps under repeated use. The second bullet is the only place on this shelf where that failure is named and addressed.

Sold on its shape, and never measured

No length, no width, no thickness, no weight. The 14 € pair two places down publishes all four.

Availability

About 15 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The American and British Amazon stores carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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    Profile
    Arca Swiss compatible, named in the title. The hub above is careful about what that means: the dovetail associated with Arca is cut by many makers to broadly compatible dimensions and published as a standard by none of them, so two plates of the same nominal type can sit differently in the same clamp. Naming it is still what makes a plate interoperable, and only two pages on this shelf do
    Length
    49 mm, with the full block published in the third bullet: 49 by 41 by 10 mm. Short, which is what it is — this is a plate for a camera base, not a long rail for balancing a telephoto
    Screw type and drive
    A 1/4 inch tripod thread, in the second bullet, and the drive is never named. The buying advice for this shelf is to take a plate with a folding D-ring, because a coin-slot plate needs a coin at the moment one is never to hand — and this page does not say which it is
    Anti-twist provision
    Not described. No lip, no rubber pad and no body-specific shaping appears, so what stops the plate rotating under a long lens is unstated. On a 49 mm plate with a single screw, that is the question
    Stated clamp compatibility
    All cameras with a 1/4 inch tripod thread, in the second bullet, plus the Arca compatibility in the title. Two statements covering both halves: what it screws into, and what it slides into
    Material
    Aluminium, in the third bullet, alongside the dimensions and the weight
    Published weight
    45 g each, in the third bullet. It is the lightest figure on this shelf, and the fourth bullet confirms two plates are supplied
    Amazon reference
    B008AH6X3I (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4048805208685
    • Two plates for 14 €, so a second body is covered by the same purchase
    • All three dimensions and the weight published — 49 by 41 by 10 mm at 45 g
    • The screw drive is never named, so whether it needs a coin or a D-ring is unknown

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  • SIRUI QC-55 quick release plate and its clamp base with a bubble level

    SIRUI QC-55, 55 mm Arca plate, 15 kg, with a base

    A 55 mm Arca plate sold with its own clamp base for 29 €, declaring 15 kg, with a bubble level and a rubber mat — the only kit on this shelf rather than a plate alone.

    Profile
    Arca compatible, in the title, with a 55 mm plate. It is the longest plate on this shelf — 6 mm more than the Rollei — and length is what lets a balance point travel, which the hub above says matters for a telephoto and not at all for a compact
    Length
    55 mm, in the title and the second bullet. The second also describes what the length is for in practice: the camera is pressed gently down from above rather than aligned and slid, so a longer plate gives more tolerance in where it lands
    Screw type and drive
    1/4 inch and 3/8 inch interfaces, in the first bullet — but on the BASE rather than the plate, which is what lets the clamp screw onto a tripod, a stabiliser, a gimbal or a video monitor. The drive on the plate screw itself is not named
    Anti-twist provision
    A protective rubber mat, in the third bullet, named for guarding equipment against scratches. It is the same part that resists rotation under load, and the page describes its protective role rather than its grip
    Stated clamp compatibility
    Its own, and that is the point: this is a kit. The first bullet names tripods, stabilisers, gimbals and video monitors as what the base screws onto, and the 1/4 inch interface as covering most camera models. Buying the clamp with the plate removes the question the other three pages leave open
    Material
    High-grade aluminium, in the fourth bullet, with a claimed capacity of up to 15 kg while remaining light
    Published weight
    Not published. The fourth bullet calls it featherlight and gives no figure — the one omission on an otherwise complete page
    Amazon reference
    B0DB5RWZTL (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6952060074443
    • The plate and its clamp base sold together, so compatibility is settled in the box
    • Fifteen kilograms declared, and a 55 mm plate — the longest here
    • No published weight, on a page that calls the kit featherlight

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  • VRIG AC-12 magnetic quick release plate in two parts with its sliding lock

    VRIG AC-12, magnetic claw, 40 by 24.5 mm, 50 g

    A magnetic two-part quick release at 14 €, 50 g, with a stated limit no other plate here gives: 400 g, and the page says not to exceed it.

    Profile
    The maker’s own. The first bullet calls it a claw mini quick-release design originally developed by VRIG, and it is not the Arca dovetail — so nothing else in a bag will accept it. The hub above says a proprietary profile is unambiguous within one maker and useless outside it, and that is exactly the trade here
    Length
    40 mm, with the width in the fourth bullet: 40 by 24.5 mm. It is the smallest plate on this shelf, which suits the action cameras it is made for and rules out balancing anything longer
    Screw type and drive
    Two 1/4 inch threads — one in the base, one in the plate — named in the second bullet, and the drive is not published. What the same bullet does describe is the arrangement: the screw plate stays on the action camera, so remounting is a slide rather than a rethread
    Anti-twist provision
    A rubber pad, in the third bullet, described as anti-slip. On a 24.5 mm plate under a 100 g action camera that is adequate; the hub above notes that anti-twist matters most under a long lens, which this plate explicitly refuses to carry
    Stated clamp compatibility
    Its own base, and nothing else. The second bullet describes a two-part system joined by a sliding lock; the third says the 1/4 inch connector also suits a monopod or a monitor. So it interoperates by THREAD rather than by profile — which is a different kind of compatibility, and the honest reading of a proprietary claw
    Material
    ABS and aluminium, in the fifth bullet, described as robust and durable
    Published weight
    50 g, in the fourth bullet, with the dimensions. Five grams heavier than the Rollei pair for a two-part mechanism rather than a single plate
    Amazon reference
    B0DR2NBLB6 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6975150721058
    • A stated load limit of 400 g, with an explicit warning not to exceed it
    • Two parts, so the plate stays on the camera and remounting is a slide
    • A proprietary claw profile, so nothing else in a bag will accept it

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Elsewhere in the camera bag

  • NEEWER RF-110 five-in-one reflector unfolded beside its carry bag

    NEEWER 5-in-1, 110 cm, four ways to hold it

    One hundred and ten centimetres for 32 €, in high-reflectivity nylon, with a sewn-in loop and three other ways to hold it — and no folded size anywhere on the page.

    Diameter
    110 cm, or 43 inches, in the title. That is a surface that covers a standing figure from the waist up, and the intro above explains why the size follows the subject: a disc held close and wide wraps the light, a small one at a distance is only another hard source
    Shape
    Round. A circle of 110 cm behaves differently outdoors from a 60 cm one — it catches wind like a sail, which is the practical limit on a disc this wide
    Surfaces supplied
    Five, in the first bullet: a translucent panel for diffusion inside a reversible sleeve with four colour effects — gold for warm fills, silver for cool clear fills, white for soft neutral fills, black for eliminating excessive reflections. The last bullet itemises it as one diffusion panel plus one four-sided sleeve
    Frame construction
    Not named. The second bullet describes high-reflectivity nylon, which is the fabric; the hoop is never mentioned
    Folded size
    NOT PUBLISHED. The fourth bullet says only that the reflector folds easily into the shape of a disc and comes with a carry bag. Three of the four discs on this shelf publish a packed figure — 20 cm, 27 cm, 40 cm — and this is the one that does not, on the widest disc of the four
    Fabric described
    High-reflectivity nylon, in the second bullet, credited with even scattering and reflection whether the source is a flash, a monolight, a continuous LED or the sun. No percentage, where the 29 € K&F and the 33 € Selens both claim 90 per cent
    Holder or bracket compatibility
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    EAN
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  • Retoo five-in-one reflector disc showing its gold surface, with its zipped case

    Retoo 5-in-1, 60 cm, folds to about 20 cm

    Eight euros for a 60 cm five-in-one disc that folds to about 20 cm — and a page whose last bullet explains how to flatten the creases its own packing causes.

    Diameter
    60 cm, in the title and the second bullet, which names portraits, face lighting, smaller products and detail work as what it suits. The intro above ties diameter to softness: a larger surface close to a subject wraps, a small one at a distance behaves like another hard source. Sixty centimetres is the smallest here and is a face-sized tool
    Shape
    Round, in the second bullet. The intro above matches shape to subject — round for a face, oval or rectangular for a standing figure — and a 60 cm circle is squarely in the first case
    Surfaces supplied
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    Frame construction
    A sprung hoop, described by how it folds rather than by its material: the fourth bullet says a twisting movement collapses it to about 20 cm, and warns that the frame must be twisted fully into three small rings before it goes into the case. No steel or fibreglass is named
    Folded size
    About 20 cm, in the fourth bullet — a third of the open diameter, exactly the ratio the intro above describes. It is the smallest packed figure on this shelf
    Fabric described
    By colour and behaviour rather than by weight. No gram figure, no denier, and no reflectivity percentage — where two other discs here claim 90 per cent
    Holder or bracket compatibility
    Not published. No handle, no clamp and no bracket is named, which the intro above flags as the difference between a disc that needs an assistant and one that does not. The 29 € K&F on this shelf has two handles sewn on
    Amazon reference
    B09LD7N8R3 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    5904094224609
    • Five surfaces with the purpose of each spelled out, more fully than anywhere else on this shelf
    • Folds to about 20 cm, the smallest packed size here, with a case included
    • No handle, grip or bracket, so it needs a second pair of hands outdoors

    Best for: Portraits and close product work where a face-sized disc is enough, and where 20 cm in the bag matters more than a handle.

    ≈ 8 €
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  • Selens oval five-in-one reflector showing its three handles and gold surface

    Selens 5-in-1 oval, 80 by 120 cm, three handles, steel frame

    An oval of 80 by 120 cm on a steel frame, three handles, folding to 40 cm, for 33 € — and a durability claim of 80 per cent measured against a product it never names.

    Diameter
    Not a diameter: 80 by 120 cm, or 31.5 by 47.2 inches, in the title. The long axis is longer than the 110 cm NEEWER on this shelf and the short one is the same as the 80 cm K&F — one disc doing both jobs depending on which way it is turned
    Shape
    OVAL, and it is the only one on this shelf. The intro above matches shape to subject: round for a face, oval or rectangular for a standing figure. Turned upright an oval covers a person head to hip; turned flat it fills a table
    Surfaces supplied
    Five, with the effect of each in the first bullet: silver for contrast and raised highlights, gold for warm glowing skin tones, black to block unwanted light, white for a neutral colour temperature, translucent for a softer look without shadows
    Frame construction
    A stable STEEL frame, in the fourth bullet — the only frame material named anywhere on this shelf. Steel springs back reliably and adds weight, and no weight figure is published to say how much
    Folded size
    40 cm, in the third bullet, with a portable zipped case. From a 120 cm long axis that is a third, the ratio the intro above describes and the same one the 8 € Retoo and the 29 € K&F follow
    Fabric described
    Multiple high-quality layers with a raised-grain design, in the fifth bullet, claiming up to 90 per cent reflectivity and a life almost 80 per cent longer than a normal reflector. The second figure has no comparison product behind it: "a normal reflector" is not a measurement
    Holder or bracket compatibility
    THREE handles, in the second bullet, said to allow one-handed operation. No bracket, holder or stand fitting is mentioned — where the 32 € NEEWER on this shelf lists four supports including a sewn-in loop. This is a disc designed to be held
    Amazon reference
    B08QRLFQ1M (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6923600473934
    • An oval of 80 by 120 cm, the shape the intro above recommends for a standing figure
    • Three handles and a steel frame — the only frame material named on this shelf
    • A life "almost 80 per cent longer than a normal reflector" names no product to compare with

    Best for: Standing portraits where the reflector is held by one person throughout, and where an oval covers more of the subject than a circle of the same width.

    ≈ 33 €
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