Wimberley P5 User Manual

Weight: 1.3 oz
Dimensions (L x W x H): 3.0” x 1.5” x 0.3”
Materials: Anodized 6061 Aluminum, 3M Anti-Slip Tape,
Stainless Steel Fasteners

Package Contents:

• Arca-Swiss Style Plate: P-5 Camera Body Plate (Qty 1)

• Mounting Screw: SW-105 — 1/4”-20 x 3/8” (Qty 1)

• Safety Stop Screws: M3 x 6mm Socket Head Cap (Qty 2)

• Hex Key: 5/32” (Qty 1)

• Hex Key: 2.5mm (Qty 1)

Camera Body with
Offset Mounting Hole

Uses of offset mounting hole:

Some cameras have a mounting hole that is offset from the lens axis. If this is the case and you would like the plate to be more centered, you
can remove the center screw by sliding it to the threaded end of the center slot (Figure 3) and reinstall it in the offset hole. This will allow you to
mount the plate closer to the lens axis.

Lens Axis

Wimberley, Inc. Phone: [phone]

1750 Broadway St Toll Free: 1-888-665-2746 (USA & Canada)
Charlottesville, VA
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*If your camera has a 3/8” mounting hole, you will need to install a
reducer bushing (part# BS-100) in the hole to attach the plate.

4. Install safety stop screws.
See Fig. 6, page 2.

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Wimberley, Inc. Phone: [phone]

1750 Broadway St Toll Free: 1-888-665-2746 (USA & Canada)
Charlottesville, VA
22902 USA www.tripodhead.com [e-mail]

5 Year Warranty – See www.tripodhead.com/warranty.cfm for complete details

P-5

Universal Camera Body Plate

Made in USA

Installation Instructions

Additional Threaded Hole

Off-center mounting hole
(threaded)

Figure 1

Safety Stops

-See Reverse

Offset Hole

Remove screw from the
threaded end of the slot.

Figure 3

The offset hole may also be useful for obtaining the optimal plate position
when mounting the P-5 to a collared lens or medium format camera.

1. Position the P-5 lengthwise as shown in Fig. 1

2. Mount the P-5 to the bottom of your camera with the

mounting screw using the enclosed 5/32” hex key. Rotate

the screw until you feel resistance, then rotate the screw a
little more so that the plate is snug.

WARNING! Do Not Over-tighten!

Please exercise caution when mounting on camera bodies with
plastic threads or those that do not have a metal skeleton.

The P-5 requires that you tighten the plate snugly to your camera
body to ensure that it does not twist. The P-5 rubber surface resists
twisting on the body with minimal clamping force.

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Using the Optional Safety-Stop Screws

Figure 6

Top Load

(Required with Safety Stop screws)

Safety Stop Channels We recommend using clamps with safety stop channels.

These channels allow a full range of forward and back motion but will not let the
plate slip out of the clamp.

The dovetail allows you to attach Wimberley Flash Brackets as
well as other 3rd party quick-release style brackets.

Macro Sliding with the M-8

Your Wimberley foot comes with four safety stop screws and a matching hex key. Two of these screws are intended
to be screwed into the small bottom threaded holes in the front and back of the plate (Fig. 6) to serve as stops that
prevent the plate from accidentally sliding out of the quick-release clamp. If you opt to use both stops, you must
open the jaws of the quick-release clamp wide enough to load your lens from the top (instead of sliding it in).

Top Loading is less convenient,
but you can be certain that your lens
will not slide out of the clamp.

Safety Stop
Channels

Your clamp must have
safety stop channels

3rd Party Clamp Warning: Our safety stop screws work with most 3rd party quick-release clamps, but clamps that do

not have channels and are too wide to be straddled by the safety stop screws will not work.

Arca-Swiss Z1

The safety-stop security
feature of this plate does not work
when used with an Arca-Swiss
“double-decker” quick-release clamp.

If this plate safety feature is important to you, we recommend
replacing the clamp with a Wimberley C-12 QR Clamp.

Thank you for your interest in Wimberley products. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact us.

OR

be short enough to allow the
plate to straddle the clamp

Clamps without safety stop
channels (or those without
adequate clearance) will
insecurely clamp the plate
at an angle

M-9

P-5 Camera
Body Plate

M-8

M-3

M-2

M-3

M-2

M-1

Using Flash Brackets

The P-5 can be used in conjunction with the M-8 Perpendicular
plate to allow small forward and backward adjustments of your

cameras position. This is useful in macro photography.

P-5 M-8

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