not sure you seen this you may have to go a little more then half way down the page
to see how i fixed the gap problem between the plate and camera
https://www.dpreview.../thread/4484826
having that gap between the camera and plate may cause damage or pull the threads out of the camera.
all so added a dot site real cheap.
the tripod was cheap and very heavy which is a must for this size camera.
a lite tripod if you bump it the camera tripod has a good chance of tipping over,
a heavy tripod like i have can handle a hit pretty good and i all so have a gimbal which is stiff,
moving a stiff gimbal on a lite tripod will move the tripod all over the place