Support your Sony a7S III or a7 IV mirrorless camera for handheld shoots with this full-featured Cage with Top Handle, 15mm Baseplate, Follow Focus & Matte Box from SHAPE. The kit includes an aluminum camera cage, a wood-lined top handle with push-button adjustment, a baseplate with a 15mm LWS quick release rod system, a follow focus, a two-stage 4 x 5.6" matte box, a lens support bracket, a V-lock adapter, an HDMI cable clamp, and two 10" 15mm rods.
The cage and top handle provide numerous mounting points for accessories, including 1/4"-20 threads, 3/8"-16 ARRI-style accessory mounts, shoe mounts, and a 15mm rod port. The camera cage mounts onto the baseplate, which features an integrated 15mm LWS rod clamp for the included 15mm rods and a quick release V-lock mount.
The follow focus mounts onto one of the 15mm rods and includes a drive gear set, crank, whip, and marking disks, and it can swing away for lens changes. The matte box mounts on 15mm rods, features two rotating stages, and fits up to two 4 x 5.6" filters. It comes with side and top flags, fits a lens front diameter from 52 to 114mm, and includes a step-up filter ring set. The HDMI clamp prevents your HDMI cables from pulling or disconnecting. A lens support bracket is included to support long, heavy lenses.
Use the compact SHAPE Follow Focus Kit with Single 15mm Rod Clamp with your camera setup to make focus pulling easy. The modular design allows you to add and remove any of the components without screws or tools, and its small profile allows the addition of a matte box or accessories around your lens.
At the core of the kit is a rubber, anti-slip follow focus wheel attached to a single aluminum 15mm rod clamp. The clamp rotates to adjust to most lens sizes, and it's tightened by a locking lever. The clamp's rotation also allows the focus wheel to easily swing out of the way when changing lenses.
Five drive gears are included to fit a variety of lens sizes: 0.5 MOD/78T, 0.6 MOD/64T, 0.8 MOD/38T, 0.8 MOD/43T, and 0.8 MOD/78T. The gears can be flipped from front to back to facilitate different lens configurations. A 49mm rubber friction wheel is also included for the 0.5 MOD/78T gear which is most commonly used with DSLR lenses.
For alternate fine-focus configurations, use the included speed crank or 11" whip, both of which attach to the center point of the knob. Four magnetic marking disks are included to attach to the focus wheel.
The SHAPE 2-Stage 4 x 5.6" Clip-On and 15mm LWS Rod-Mounted Matte Box provides filmmakers flare and glare protection when creating their images, whether in a minimal configuration or on a large studio shoot. The matte box can be used either as a clip-on matte box when not using rods or with 15mm LWS rod supports, providing you the flexibility to use the same matte box in either shooting situation. The matte box comes with 114 and 84mm clip-on adapter rings.
The matte box features two rotating 4 x 5.6" filter stages, ideal for use with polarizers, grad, and effect filters. The two included 4 x 5.65" filter holders feature a spring-latch system to hold your filters securely, and each filter stage has a locking knob that enables you to precisely set the height of your filter in the stage. The matte box accepts lenses with a front diameter up to 114mm, and it includes an 82mm filter ring. It comes with six step-down rings that allow you to use lenses with an outer diameter of 52, 58, 62, 67, 72, and 77mm, preventing light from sneaking past the lens from behind the camera and degrading your image.
Professional video optics with up to 114mm front diameter