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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 10 - Issue 1 | January 2020

InTech

Camera Supports
Contributing Editor David Kirk checks out some of the latest
camera support equipment and accessories for getting the camera
in the right place at the right time...

T

he most effective video camera
supports are those which pass
unnoticed by the viewer until the
magical moment of retrospection:
"How the hell did they shoot that?"
The following report covers new
developments in tripods, cranes,
heads and general camera-support
accessories. Its main focus is on manual
devices, supplementing InBroadcast's
recent InTech: Robotic Camera Systems
overview in the November Issue. Prices
are included when they are central
to the story; with high-performance
cameras
getting
ever smaller and
lighter, an increasing
number of new
support
products
are real bargains.
Tripods and Cranes
Cartoni's new Sport 200 tripod is
claimed to support a payload of up
to 200kg and to tolerate rain, dust,
moisture and extreme temperatures.
It features a centre brace and a
telescopic mid-level spreader with a
truss structure for stability. Each leg
has rotary locking knobs and safety
pins. The tripod has a spiked foot for
soft terrain plus a pivoting rubber pad
for flat surfaces. It accepts Mitchell flat
base heads as well as the Cartoni HD
Dolly and HD floor spreader.
Egripment has introduced a
new ARC Compensation hardware
and software tool for its Xtreme
T10 telescoping crane. This gives
the operator three ways to define
an automatic telescope movement
related to pan and tilt positions. ARC
Compensation
allows
automated
moves including vertical straight
lines, horizontal plane and pan
compensation. An operator can make
vertical straight line or horizontal
plane camera movements, or define
a square, by the activation of one
button.
Libec's P110S is a
studio pedestal with
a
tracking
locking
mechanism,
cable
guards and 12.5cm
diameter double-wheel
casters. The tracking

Egripment T10 ARC User Interface

locking mechanism ensures straightline movement by locking the caster
direction. The cable guards prevent
the wheels from running over the
cable during studio production.
Manfrotto's new aluminium ground
and mid-level spreader twin-leg
tripods are intended to improve
on the existing 537SPRB line with
a redesigned mid-level
spreader, lighter design
and sturdier leg locks.
They
feature
a
100mm bowl with
a 75mm adapter for
different fluid-head sizes.
The two-stage legs also have
spiked feet with rubber shoes
for added stability, and the
spreaders are removable.
Miller's 75 Sprinter II twostage carbon fibre tripod is
based on Miller's established
100mm model. The 75
Sprinter enables the leg
stages to be adjusted
independently
or
together via two
adjacent leg locks.

Libec P110S compact
studio pedestal

These locks are located at
waist height to eliminate
the need for the user to
bend down or stretch up.
The 75 Sprinter II 2 Stage
Carbon Fibre Tripod
is intended for use
in conjunction with
Miller's CompassX and
range of DS fluid heads in
ENG and EFP applications.
It has a payload capacity
of 30kg, a height range of
44 to 153cm, a transport
length of 70cm and a
weight of 3.2kg.
Sachtler's
Flowtech
100MS carbon-fibre tripod
is compatible with many
100mm fluid heads and
supports a payload of up to
30kg. Quick-release brakes are located
at the top of the tripod. The legs adjust
automatically to the ground's surface,
saving operators from having to bend
over and manually adjust multiple
brakes. The tripod also includes a
new removable carbon-fibre mid-level
spreader with four locking positions,
a transit handle and rubber feet. A
hinge-lock mechanism allows the
tripod to be raised up to 155cm or
lowered to 26cm.
Shotoku's Graphica is a range of
tracked camera cranes which calculate
positional data output from embedded
physical rotary encoders designed
specifically for VR applications.
Complete calibration of the system is
needed only once after booting-up and
can be achieved in 20 seconds.

Cartoni's new
Sport 200 tripod

Camera and tripod heads
BR Remote produces the CamBall
range of motorised pan/tilt/zoom
cameras. Recent additions include the
4Ki camera which can output 50p or
60p UHD. Four or eight cameras can
be controlled with 64 pre-set moves
per camera. Touching a thumbnail
image instructs the camera to perform
a pre-programmed move to that shot.
Ikegami's UHL-43 compact boxstyle multi-purpose digital camera
is designed for applications such as
robotic studios. With main-unit width/
height/depth dimensions of 14.5 x
15.5 x 16.9 cm and weighing 2.6kg,
the camera head can be used on light
weight support devices including
wearables. It employs three 2/3-inch
4K-native 8 megapixel CMOS sensors
in the same control structure
as Ikegami's Unicam XE
series UHK-430 and UHK-435
cameras. Combining high
sensitivity (F11 in 4K 50p) and
signal-to-noise ratio (typically
62 dB), the UHL-43 supports
HDR and wide colour gamut.
Hybrid Log Gamma mode
is included. Custom gamma
curves can be set and stored
within the camera. Available
as an HD-HDR model, the
UHL-43 can be upgraded via a
Sachtler
Flowtech 100MS
retrospective software update
carbon-fibre tripod
to deliver 4K-UHD.
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