M6/M7 -- Same bottom plate size as MP?

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I am getting an RRS plate for my MP but their B30 plate is listed on their website as fitting the M6/M7. I called RRS and they were not able to tell me if the M6/M7 plate will fit the MP.

I am thinking the MP should have the same size bottom plate as the M6/M7, correct?
 
I have both MP and M7, as well as B30. It fits perfectly but I rarely mount on because it is screwed to fix tightly.

When hand-held, there is extra 1cm back, front and side, not very comfortable. It sort of defeat the purpose of M. But I carry tripod very often for my other gears, so I just bring it along just in case.
 
mervynyan said:
I have both MP and M7, as well as B30. It fits perfectly but I rarely mount on because it is screwed to fix tightly.

When hand-held, there is extra 1cm back, front and side, not very comfortable. It sort of defeat the purpose of M. But I carry tripod very often for my other gears, so I just bring it along just in case.
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Thanks Mervyn. I rarely use the MP with a tripod, but I have a family project where I have to. Since my tripod for the Mamiya 7II has an RRS ballhead, I figure I can "save money" by just getting a plate for the MP.
 
There are minute differences between M7/MP/M6 base plates. It seems that the chassi for the M7 is a different casting than the rest. Usually you can make the baseplate fit (with brute force!) - but there is about 0,3-0,4 mm difference. When I started making the Rapidwinders this drove me nuts!!! Some M4P's had slightly oversized bodyshells as did the Titanium M6. The machines were reprogrammed to introduce a "slop" factor to accommodate this.
 
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