Originally Posted by
sbm12
One thing to be careful of when using a homemade mount is the general desire to tighten the bolt all the way down on the camera. If you're not careful you can end up pushing the bolt too far and having it bottom out in the tripod mount on the camera. It shouldn't really be a problem, but if you keep pushing too hard to deep you can damage the mount in the camera.
S.
What you should do is what a lot of tripod mounts have:
* The 1/4-20 is screwed in to a suitable depth
* A large nut (typically with a rubber base) is tightened against the bottom of the mounting plate to prevent the bolt from separating.
This way, you don't have to actually screw the bolt all the way in to the bottom of the camera mount.
That's how the quick-release plate I use on my camera is configured.