DIY Tip: Attach a washer to your keychain to easily tighten and remove quick plates
Mar 7, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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As change becomes less and less relevant with credit cards and digital payment systems, it’s become less likely than ever that you carry around change. How is this relevant to photography?
Because every so often there comes a time when you need to attach or remove a quick release system and don’t have a penny or nickel on hand to do so. Here’s a little DIY trick to ensure that you’ll be able to tighten or loosen your quick release plate even when you’re without change in your pocket.
What do you need for this hack? A washer and a keychain. That’s it.
As can be seen as the first demonstration in the below video, simply pick up a spare washer you have in the garage and attach it to your keychain. It’s small, usually sturdier than a coin and you won’t have to fumble around your car or couch to find a way to attach your camera to your tripod.
Alternatively, you could string a few washers onto your camera bag. After all, you probably won’t be shooting anywhere without your bag nearby.
[via Lifehacker]
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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One response to “DIY Tip: Attach a washer to your keychain to easily tighten and remove quick plates”
In my state, the state lottery has ticket scratchers which also fit nicely on keychains and can tighten up qr plate screws.