Camera base plate

A camera base plate, comprising a plate body and a wrench, the plate body being defined with a battery avoiding port corresponding to an opening of a battery compartment of a camera, the battery avoiding port extending along a thickness direction of the plate body;

• the wrench being rotatably connected to the plate body through a damping assembly, and the wrench defining a part of a side wall of the battery avoiding port;
• wherein the damping assembly comprises a shaft, a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and at least one first washer;
• the first connecting member, the second connecting member, and the first washer are all located between two ends of the shaft;
• the first connecting member is rotatably sleeved on the shaft, the second connecting member and the first washer are sleeved on the shaft, the at least one first washer is located between the first connecting member and the second connecting member, the first connecting member is fixedly connected to the wrench, and the second connecting member is fixedly connected to the plate body.