The brand new assortment from Wood Digicam was derived from learnings from the corporate’s earlier designs, specializing in creating modular equipment interchangeable for various configurations.
The brand new equipment introduced by Wood Digicam give attention to enhancing power and sturdiness, saving time on set, and guarantee customers can get inventive with their configurations, due to their modular design. The weather of this assortment embrace choices in Crossbars, Extensions, a Dovetail, and handles. This assortment is obtainable, the corporate says, as à la carte equipment or curated kits.
“We all know what an influence effectivity could make for digicam operators, in order that was the driving drive behind the design of those equipment. We wish to make life simpler on set. Saving time and trouble from having to take away gear, go to a special setup, then add that gear again on– we all know it may be a headache. So, we designed these equipment to reduce transition occasions, simply make changes, and guarantee your gear is light-weight for the lengthy days, however robust sufficient to final the pains of set life,” says Dominick Aiello, Divisional Senior Director of Equipment at Inventive Options.
A brand new partnership with ODI Grips
The kits differ in Crossbar choices: 15mm Studio, 15mm LWS Handgrip, and 19mm Studio. Every Crossbar is designed for power and features a raised heart design that can be utilized with studio builds as a result of it clears the entry factors on dovetails, eliminating the necessity to take away dovetails earlier than docking the digicam on a tripod. The Crossbars additionally characteristic tightening knobs which have finger grooves for simple handbook tightening in addition to an uncommonly handy heart gap for instrument tightening with both a 3/16” or 4mm hex instrument. Every Package contains 6” Extensions and our Rosette Handgrips.
The Rosette Handgrips introduce a brand new partnership with ODI Grips, the world chief in grip know-how, to supply digicam operators a sturdy materials whereas offering all-day consolation. The steel elements of the grips had been designed with a cutout gap sample and manufactured with 7075 Aluminum, guaranteeing a light-weight design with out compromising on power. Compatibility is essential with equipment, so every grip features a 32mm rosette to connect the grips to extensions, crossbars or on to digicam cages. The handgrips had been designed to be suitable with any third-party 135mm grip with a single lock.
There are 3 size choices for the Extensions: 4”, 6”, and eight”, and every features a heart ⅜”-16 and 2x ¼”-20 mounting factors. The distinctive pentagonal design shaves away additional weight however maintains the structural integrity and power of the machined 7075 aluminum. The Extensions are designed with a 5-degree offset to clear lenses when connected to digicam cages. The kits may also fold all the way down to retailer conveniently in on-set tools luggage.
Future additions deliberate
This assortment additionally features a new design for the 12in Security Dovetail that options an ARCA rail on the backside to be used with our ARCA Shoulder Plate. This Dovetail contains 2x ¼”-20 screw holes for attaching to the Crossbar that’s included within the new Shoulder Rig (coming quickly).
Anticipated by the Fall, future additions to this embrace a brand new Shoulder Rig, Shoulder Pad, and Handgrip Extensions.
“For this assortment particularly, we targeted on the little particulars that may assist make life simpler on set. Rigs that may go from a tripod to a handheld setup in seconds, knobs that may be tightened by hand and/or utilizing a instrument, and equipment that may work in a number of configurations– we’re proud to launch a handheld system that aligns with the designs of our newest releases for camera-specific equipment. We anticipate that this assortment will solely develop from right here, as soon as we get suggestions from our clients on this launch, I’m certain we’ll discover extra alternatives to develop extra equipment,” says Aiello.
The Elite Handheld Equipment at the moment are accessible for buy by Wood Digicam’s web site and choose approved sellers worldwide.
