The XC10SMKIT XC10 Camera Cage Kit from SHAPE features the XC10 Camera Cage, Quick Handle with Rod Bloc, Two-Stage 4 x 4 Matte Box, Follow Focus Friction and Gear Clic, Mini Composite Shoulder Pad, Back Pad, and two 18” 15mm rods. This kit is designed for using the Canon XC10 camera on the shoulder.
The cage allows access to all the controls and ports on the camera. It also includes a black knob to secure and protect the HDMI cable. The cage features 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 threaded holes for attaching accessories, and the included top handle also has threaded holes. With push-button technology, this cage allows fast and easy 360° rotation adjustment with one push of the button. The top of the cage also allows access to the hot shoe on the camera. Built using CNC machined aluminum, this cage is strong and durable. The cage also features a quick release plate which allows for fast removal of the camera from the baseplate and cage. The quick release plate is balanced for the optical center of the camera.
The Quick Handle with Rod Bloc features two independent handles that can rotate 360°. The push-button technology allows the handle to rotate on the push of the button. You can achieve precise positioning by sliding the Quick Handle along the included 18" 15mm rods and securing the handles by tightening the single red knob on the rod bloc. The Two-Stage 4 x 4 Matte Box is used for light control and for deploying and adjusting filters. It features a swing-away system and two 4 x 4" rotating filter stages. This matte box comes with a French flag/side wings and four matte box rings.
The Follow Focus Friction and Gear Clic is designed for use with standard 15mm rods. It can be instantly attached or detached from the rods using a lever clamp system. This follow focus provides precise focusing, quick adjustments, and great durability. The focus disk is surrounded by a rubber ring that provides firm contact with the lens and ensures accurate and slip-free focusing. The focus mechanism can be used on the left or right side of the lens, and the focus disk can be positioned at the front or rear of the focus mechanism. The white mark disk is made of abrasion resistant Delrin thermoplastic.
The included Mini Composite Shoulder Pad is suitable for switching rapidly from a camera rig to a tripod without having to remove the shoulder pad. It is padded for comfort and can remain on the rig permanently. This kit also includes the Back Pad, which is powder coated for a professional look and is padded on one side to offer comfort and stability. The position of the Back Pad can be adjusted to suit your body type with a vertical adjustment of 2" and a horizontal adjustment range of 360°.
The XC10SM XC10 Camera Cage with Shoulder Mount Kit from SHAPE features the XC10 Camera Cage, Quick Handle with Rod Bloc, Mini Composite Shoulder Pad, Back Pad, and two 18” 15mm rods. This kit is designed for using the Canon XC10 camera on the shoulder.
The cage allows for access to all the controls and ports on the camera. It also includes a black knob to secure and protect the HDMI cable. The cage features 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 threaded holes for attaching accessories, and the included top handle also has threaded holes. With push-button technology, this cage allows fast and easy 360° rotation adjustment with one push of the button. The top of the cage also allows access to the hot shoe on the camera. Built using CNC machined aluminum, this cage is strong and durable. The cage also features a quick release plate which allows for fast removal of the camera from the baseplate and cage. The quick release plate is balanced for the optical center of the camera.
The Quick Handle with Rod Bloc features two independent handles that can rotate 360°. The push-button technology allows the handle to rotate on the push of the button. You can achieve precise positioning by sliding the Quick Handle along the included 18" 15mm rods and securing the handles by tightening the single red knob on the rod bloc.
The included Mini Composite Shoulder Pad is suitable for switching rapidly from a camera rig to a tripod without having to remove the shoulder pad. It is padded for comfort and can remain on the rig permanently. This kit also includes the Back Pad, which is powder coated for a professional look and is padded on one side to offer comfort and stability. The position of the Back Pad can be adjusted to suit your body type with a vertical adjustment of 2" and a horizontal adjustment range of 360°.
The SHAPE 2-Stage 4 x 4" Matte Box accepts lenses with up to a 100mm front outside diameter. It mounts to 15mm LWS rods and utilizes a swing-away design, which lets you perform quick lens changes without having to remove the matte box from your rods. You can adjust the height of the matte box in relation to the rods, which comes in handy when your lens center-to-rod center height is slightly off from the standard.
Two filter stages, one rotating, support the use of 4 x 4" filters. The matte box comes with a top flag (eyebrow), side flags, six matte box donuts in 65, 77, 85, 88, 100, and 105mm sizes, and an elastic donut.
The Shape Friction & Gear Follow-Focus Clic with Adjustable Marker is designed to attach onto standard 15mm rods of shoulder support rigs and other rigs. It attaches onto them via a clamp system, with simplicity. You would sit the Clic atop the rods, and then slide and close a Shape-patented lever clamp underneath the rods, and the lever locks and holds the Clic securely on the rods.
The Clic's focus mechanism also works with a clamp system, which when unlocked loosens the focus mechanism and allows it to be moved horizontally. It moves so to adjust itself closer to the lens. As it moves, its main feature -- the focus disk -- moves with it, and the focus disk is what reaches the lens. The focus disk can either be a friction wheel, as you see in the photo above, or a gear wheel. Both are present in this package, and replacing one with the other is accomplished with the help of the included Allen wrench. The friction wheel has a rubber outer surface that would press up against the lens, keep firm contact with it, and ensure accurate and slip-free focusing. The friction wheel would serve well for most lenses and is made of high-quality rubber that in cold temperatures won't get too cold to lose its grip. The gear wheel would accommodate those lenses that specifically have teeth on their focusing rings, and it would do so without any ring gears, by pressing its .8 pitch gears into the teeth.
The focus mechanism can be used on either the left or the right side of the lens, depending on the direction you place the Clic onto the rods in. And the focus disk itself can be used either in front of the focus mechanism, as you see in the photo above, or behind it, so to accommodate a wider variety of lens lengths. To move the disk to the rear, you would first just unscrew two screws from a cube-shaped gearbox that you can't see in the photo above because it sits behind the focus disk. Once the screws are off, the focus disk can just be flipped over for use with longer lens constructions.
In the photo above, the white mark disk that you see to the right of the red knob is made of highly resistant Delrin thermoplastic. It can be written on with non-permanent markers to mark up focus measurements for various predetermined shots, and it is interchangeable and thereby many predetermined measurements can be kept ready at your side. Additionally, a slide-adjustable marker made of aluminum is included to be attached beside the mark disk and to be moved and tightened into positions along the disk.
The Clic is CNC machined and made of lightweight anodized aluminum for strength and durability.