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MANFROTTO GOES WOODEN! Tripod giant Manfrotto has joined forces with sister company Wooden Camera to build a range of sturdy but minimalist camera rigs for mirrorless and DSLR cameras. Available in three sizes, the Manfrotto Camera Cages offer access to the camera’s right side-grip and to the battery. The modular design means the cages can be built up to suit different cameras. They also feature a reversible top handle that can either be repositioned over the lens area or converted into a side handle. The handle mount features a cold shoe and 15mm tube clamp.
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There are lots of ¼in attachment holes to connect accessories, as well as Manfrotto’s own⅜ anti- rotation fitment as used on many of the firm’s tripods. There’s also a smart HDMI cable clamp and the small and medium cages have an integrated lens adapter that supports Wooden Camera and Metabones adapters. The large version has height-adjustable rod clamps for positioning 15mm rods at the correct distance to the centre of the lens. Packages start at £290/$299. www.manfrotto.co.uk
Just £20 or $28 a month will buy you access to 4K resolution 30-second clips to use in your own films fromnew stock agency stock30.com. The company says the current 4K stock market is overpriced, anti-competitive and is full of over-staged footage. Stock30.com says it has authentic-looking clips and is willing to film specific footage for future inclusion in the library at the request of its members. The new start-up is also looking for contributors and, unlike the way other libraries do things, will pay them as freelance camera operators. www.stock30.com
Want the super-brightness of the latest SmallHD on-camera monitor but looking for somethingmore portable than the seven-inchmodel? SmallHD’s new 502 Bright has a 1000nits screen in a compact five-inch design, making it a perfect match for smaller cameras or gimbals. The 502Bright has 1080p resolution and is based on the technology of the 702 Bright but in a smaller size. There are still full-sized SDI and HDMI inputs and pass-through outputs. It weighs just 268g/9.4oz and uses a machined aluminium chassis with a bonded-on glass screen protector. It uses one or two LP-E6 batteries but you can get a D-Tap power adapter. SmallHD is offering it as a kit with a mounting arm and D-Tap LP-E6 power adapter with cable for £1315/ $1299. www.smallhd.com Smaller size is a Bright idea
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dedicated volume control and built-in limiter and auto level control to avoid clipping. A sound marker function outputs quick tone to make syncing audio and video easy and the sound is recorded to micro SD and SDHC cards. It runs on two AAA batteries but a mains adapter is available. As the F1 is a standalone recorder, it can record audio internally to its card while also outputting the same audio to the camera so you have an instant backup. The F1-LP kit costs $199 while the F1-SP is $249. No UK prices have yet been announced. www.zoom.co.jp
Zoom has revealed what could be the ultimate audio accessory for DSLR and mirrorless camera users; the compact F1 Field Recorder which can be used as an on-person recorder with a lavmic or on-camera with a shotgunmic. The F1-SP kit comes with a shotgun mic while the F1-LP has a lavalier mic but you can buy different modules, such as a stereo shotgun mic, capsule mics or XLR adapters. The F1 is a two-channel audio recorder that supports up to 24-bit/96kHz audio in WAV or a variety of MP3 formats. There’s a stereo ⅛in mic/line-in mini phone jack connector, a stereo⅛in phone/line-output jack with
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