At IBC 2025, Vocas displayed their first new matte field design in nearly a decade. The 4×5.65 Panavision-style two-slot matte field responds to buyer requests for a compact, light-weight choice. Vocas operates from the Netherlands as each a producer and reseller. The corporate develops merchandise based mostly on suggestions from their showroom operations and direct shopper interplay.
The discharge coincides with the business’s continued shift in the direction of extra compact digicam programs. Productions more and more use smaller rigs, pushed by improved picture high quality from smaller digicam our bodies. Voaca’s Michiel Ruijtenbeek precisely described the present pattern by mentioning that, in his opinion, “the instances are over when it was cool to indicate up with an enormous digicam on set. Even purchasers have now realised that you could get wonderful cinema-like high quality with a small digicam.”
Vocas MB-260 matte field. Credit score: CineD
Two-Stage Matte field design
The matte field makes use of a two-stage development. Customers can take away the entrance hood part for a extra compact setup. This configuration maintains one filter slot in entrance and one other in a detachable tray, plus magnetic detachable masks. When requested about why Vocas felt the necessity to design a brand new matte field, Michiel replied that individuals had been asking them for a compact, light-weight matte field, and the corporate took the additional step by introducing a whole resolution with the potential of dividing the matte field into two phases, in order that the entrance hood may be taken off.
Vocas MB-260 swing-away choice. Credit score: CineD
Supplies and development
The matte field makes use of nylon-based, laser-printed development relatively than aluminum or carbon fiber. The powder-based manufacturing creates a hood that’s sturdy, versatile, and light-weight. The essential matte field with carbon masks weighs roughly 290 grams as a clamp-on unit.
The system features a rubberized donut ring that stretches to suit completely different lens sizes, changing the necessity for a number of fixed-size donuts.
Vocas MB-260 versatile donut ring. Credit score: CineD
Mounting choices
The matte field helps a number of mounting configurations:
- 114mm clamp-on (with adapters for 85mm)
- 15mm rod help (with 19mm adapters obtainable)
- Swing-away mechanism for lens modifications
- Light-weight help choices
Vocas MB-260 Magnetic masks. Credit score: CineD
Pricing and availability
The matte field system is scheduled to ship by the top of October 2025. Some parts could arrive earlier. Carbon fiber elements are the first reason for delay, although completed variations had been displayed at IBC 2025.
Vocas provides completely different configurations: (Parts may be bought individually)
- Fundamental clamp-on matte field (with one white masks): €533 (excluding VAT)
- Hood with carbon high flag: €533
- A-kit (customary matte field with rubberized ring and 50mm adapter): €665
- Full swing-away system (with hood, rubber ring, and two further masks): €1,383
For extra info, please go to the Vocas web site right here.
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