Manfrotto 037 Camera Mounting Stud (#2907)

The Superclamp is just that - super and a clamp. But, without the appropriate stud the clamp is pretty useless. The Manfrotto 037 Reversible Short Stud makes the Superclamp useful for mounting a camera directly to the clamp or a tripod head because it has both 1/4th and 3/8th threaded screws. The Manfrotto 037 Reversible Short Stud sits flush with the plane of the clamp thereby making mounting the camera or tripod head stabilized by contact with the flat upper portion of the clamp itself in addition to the thread connection. This is FAR more useful than the "Standard Stud" that ships with many superclamps because that stud has only the 1/4th connector and sits about 1 inch out of the clamp thereby making connecting anything more than a P&S potentially hazardous to your equipment. Buy the Manfrotto 037 Reversible Short Stud if you own the superclamp and if you are buying the superclamp by the Manfrotto 037 Reversible Short Stud instead of the "Standard Stud" - because if you don't you'll be back and have wasted time.

On one hand, we have the Manfrotto stud and on the other, Chinese manufactured adapters etc. One Manfrotto stud, one, is the price of a whole bag of PRC adapters. Which should you get? Here let me re-frame it; who wants adapters that shear off when unscrewed because the metal is almost as soft as putty.Manfrotto. Hands down. Seriously. Curse Manfrotto all you want but when you are setting up for Hillary's second full-frontal, RAM BAM Slutfest, you want a good, hard, Italian stud. Just ask the guy wearing the 'I'm with Her' t-shirt. He'll tell you;

This is perfect to use with Manfrotto's Super Clamp to affix a ballhead to it. I use this one to put a flash with a grid on the ballhead and pretty much aim it wherever I want it. Makes the Super Clamp that much more versatile. This one is short enough that it sits even with the clamp so whatever you put on it is pretty much resting on the clamp. As usual with Manfrotto, good product, fair price.

Plenty of applications, particularly the Superclamp. I'm using this in part to mount a ball head on a "skate dolly" (the dolly has 1/4" by 20 tpi threaded holes and studs, but the Manfrotto ball head I have has 3/8" female for mounting.) I'll be careful about avoiding stressing this stud based on other's comments here about snapping an end off.

It's not much to get excited about. I lost one and this one appears to be a very able replacement.

Great product. Camera mount adapter needed the larger size thread instead of the 1/4-20 standard mount. This short stud works as needed, plus the camera mount sit flush with the top of the Manfrotto Super Clamp. Thanks for a great product.

It's a quality machined part that does exactly what it is designed to do!

If you use Manfrotto Super Clamps, this is a must have item. The reversible stud has a 1/4-20 thread on one end, and a 3/8" thread on the other, so you can mount a tripod head to the clamp, or flip the stud over and mount your camera directly to the clamp itself.