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demonstrates just how versatile one can be. Rather than locking filmmakers into a single configuration, its modular construction allows the set-up to be adapted to suit the camera, lens and style of shooting. It can be used as a lightweight clip-on solution, mounted to standard 15mm rods or combined with a swing-away bracket when fast lens changes are important. Compatibility with both 4x4in and 4x5.6in filters opens up plenty of options. There’s also a newly designed flexible donut, a choice of flags and a broad selection of accessories. Whether the priority is controlling stray light and flare, maintaining contrast or adding specialist filtration, the MB-260 can be built around the job rather than forcing the job around the matte box. Rigged for success The Lightweight Base Plate takes the same adaptable approach underneath the camera. Designed to work with everything from compact mirrorless models to much larger cinema bodies, it provides the foundation for building a professional rig without adding unnecessary bulk. Height-adjustable 15mm rods allow accessories such as the MB-260, follow-focus units and lens motors to be correctly aligned, while adjustment is designed to be fast when the camera configuration changes. For handheld work, a comfortable shoulder pad attaches magnetically when required and helps spread the load during longer shoots. Multiple mounting points underneath provide flexibility when moving onto tripods and quick-release systems. It’s the sort of engineering that’s easily taken for granted, but with the Vocas system, every component fits, adjusts and works exactly as it should. Dutch masters Winning two Gear of the Year categories highlights something Vocas has been doing for years: concentrating on the practical details that make cameras easier to use professionally. The MB-260 and Lightweight Base Plate might occupy different positions on a rig, but they’re built around the same idea. Make equipment adaptable, durable and straightforward to work with, then let filmmakers concentrate on what really matters: getting the shot.
Awards time The MB- 260 Matte Box (top) and Lightweight Base Plate are winners
Vocas kit is renowned for intelligent design as well as robust engineering and long-term reliability Going Dutch for serious support
rather than create new ones. And when you’re changing cameras, lenses or configurations, it needs the flexibility to change with you. It’s an approach that has brought Vocas a double success in the Pro Moviemaker GOTY Awards. Designed and manufactured in the Netherlands, the company’s MB-260 Matte Box has been voted best lens accessory, while its Lightweight Base Plate takes the prize for best camera rig. Boxing clever A matte box may have a relatively straightforward job, but the MB-260
ameras and lenses might grab the headlines, but every great shooting set-up depends on what holds it together. Two Gear
of the Year wins for the MB-260 Matte Box and the Lightweight Base Plate prove Vocas has support sorted. There are products that transform image quality and others that simply make it easier to get those images in the first place. For working filmmakers, both matter. That’s why good support equipment is so important. It has to fit together properly, work quickly and reliably and solve problems
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