Baseplate and Shoulder Mount

[Humberto Ramos]

Hi,

Does anyone uses one of this baseplates/shoulder mounts for R1? Can they be adaptable for the R1?

Lansparte

http://www.cinegearpro.com/lanparte...pport-systems-shoulder-pad-baseplate-new.html

Tilta III

http://www.cinegearpro.com/tilta-ii...aseplate-support-for-dslr-c300-c500-sale.html

Best regards

 

[Leo Burton]

I've been looking at the Lanparte one. I think its a good option for 15mm rod systems.

 

[Chris Pyle]

Yes. I am using the Tilta. It required a small amount of modification, but nothing too difficult (drilling out some holes and adding a filler piece to level the camera. It mounts very solidly to the Sony tripod plate.

 

[Leo Burton]

Yes. I am using the Tilta. It required a small amount of modification, but nothing too difficult (drilling out some holes and adding a filler piece to level the camera. It mounts very solidly to the Sony tripod plate.

Can you show some photos of the mods? That would be great.

 

[Humberto Ramos]

Yes. I am using the Tilta. It required a small amount of modification, but nothing too difficult (drilling out some holes and adding a filler piece to level the camera. It mounts very solidly to the Sony tripod plate.

Can you show some photos of the mods? That would be great.

Yes, If possible also would like to see how you did those modifications...

 

[Chris Pyle]

I had to remove the sliding base plate designed for DSLR mainly (that was easy - just a couple bolts) Then I had to drill out a couple of the holes in the base of the Tilta to accommodate one 1/4 -20 and one 3/8 bolt into the bottom of the R1.
There is a small raised shelf in the back of the Tilta so I had to make a filler piece to level out the whole thing. (that is the white plastic part - I might get a machine shop to make one out of aluminum some day)
Sorry for the poor quality iPhone photos. *Also, just so you know, I replaced the foam shoulder pad with a much softer one that I had laying around from an old broadcast camera. The Tilta one was usable, but kind of hard and uncomfortable.

 

[Chris Pyle]

Here is another photo that shows a little better how the plastic filler piece levels out the camera on top of the Tilta.

 

[Humberto Ramos]

Thanks Chris,

The tilta looks very well adapted, the only problem I see is that the rods arevery low, so to adapt a folow focus and a mattebox will not be easy...

 

[Leo Burton]

Thanks Chris,

The tilta looks very well adapted, the only problem I see is that the rods arevery low, so to adapt a folow focus and a mattebox will not be easy...

Correct me if Im wrong, but I think Chris is using this to help raise the 15mm rods.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lanparte-..._Tripods_Heads_Stablisers&hash=item25791c49ae

 

[Chris Pyle]

Correct me if Im wrong, but I think Chris is using this to help raise the 15mm rods.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lanparte-..._Tripods_Heads_Stablisers&hash=item25791c49ae

I don't have one of those, but thanks for the link. I might get one. You are correct, the rods are too low for a follow focus and I would have to raise them up. I don't have a FF at the moment, nor a matte box so I haven't needed to worry about it.