The M10 asks for its baseplate back every time the battery runs down or a card fills. Off, set down somewhere, found again, lined up, twisted back on. Every plate built to replace it asks for the same thing, only now with a tool.

What it addresses

The M10, the M10-R and the M10 Monochrom, which is the one that goes out most here. The baseplate is the part of the camera you interrupt the day for. A grip that replaces it inherits the same interruption, and usually adds a hex key to it.

So the door became the design. A magnetic door with a sealed gasket sits over the battery and card compartment, and both change with the plate still bolted to the camera. An internal gasket closes the plate against the body, keeping moisture and dust out of the compartment.

What is on it

• One screw, where the original goes. It mounts on the same point the factory baseplate uses. Nothing is drilled and nothing is adapted.
• An Arca profile all the way around. The full perimeter is cut to profile, so the camera drops straight onto a tripod head.
• A concealed AirTag compartment that closes from the outside and opens only from the inside, with the EDC Keychain Tool included in the box.
• A 1/4-20 thread for tripods, arms and straps.
• A side lug, so carrying the camera does not depend on the body lugs alone.
• No plate error. The M10 wants to know its baseplate is on. This one carries a sensor that tells it.

The hollow grip

Our grip shape sits on the front of the plate. It fills the hand and is cut away where it does not need to be there. With heavier glass on the front, or a day of walking and lifting, a camera you can hold firmly is a camera you stop thinking about. For the same access and profile with the body unchanged, the FlexPlate is this plate without the grip.

Finishes

Black Chrome and Silver Chrome, so the plate reads as part of the camera rather than as something added to it. Designed and engineered in Miami by photographers who shoot these bodies every day.