Zacuto Clearance

[jstunzi]

Anyone seen Zacuto’s 15mm to 19mm rod spacing adapter?! I was cruising their clearance section and saw they put a bunch of these demo gear Jeep adapters up for half off! I hope they bring some of their Zamerican Arms to their next convention – maybe those will be half off too, heh.

http://store.zacuto.com/clearance/

 

[Matt Garrett]

used a jeep last night. Very nice tool.
Just barely fit underneath a 180mm elite anamorphic.

 

[Rich Schaefer]

Is the Jeep a true rod adapter? I wonder if all 3 types of rods are lined up correctly with each other. In other-words will it let me use a 15mm mattebox with my 19mm baseplate?

I have a Jeep. It is a great part. I use it on my ringlight, so it can work with any camera.

Here is a great image from ET on rod positions for anyone interisted:
http://www.elementtechnica.com/images/faq_plate_large.jpg

 

[David Wilson]

Thank you jstunzi - I just ordered one. Very good price for that part.

 

[jstunzi]

Is the Jeep a true rod adapter? I wonder if all 3 types of rods are lined up correctly with each other. In other-words will it let me use a 15mm mattebox with my 19mm baseplate?

I have a Jeep. It is a great part. I use it on my ringlight, so it can work with any camera.

Here is a great image from ET on rod positions for anyone interisted:
http://www.elementtechnica.com/images/faq_plate_large.jpg

Yes it was engineered by Zacuto to be just that. I've seen pictures of a jeep being used to use a 15mm lightweight follow focus with a 19mm studio rod system. Granted, it might not work with your larger diameter lenses. However, it is the proper spacing for 15mm lightweight, 15mm studio, and 19mm studio configuration

 

[Mitch Gross]

It is ever so slightly off between 15mm & 19mm studio. It works as an adapter from either of these to 15mm lightweight, but may have issues with studio to studio.

In fairness to Zacuto, it has to be slightly off because the rods would otherwise overlap.