Riser w/ Arri Dovetail Capability?

[BrendanLeahy]

Trying to minimize how high my Scarlet sits when thrown onto an Arri Dovetail.

Currently, I have the WC Easy Riser + the dovetail clamp, which makes the camera tower too high for my taste. Now, WC came out with the "Quick Riser", but if I use only the dovetail-compatible portion of that system, I lose the ability to keep my 15mm lightweight bracket and all of the accessories attached to those rods.

Anyone have a solution that would keep me from adding bulk to the bottom?

 

[Tom Meimer]

Hi Brendan,

you could check out the new Movcam gear:

http://vimeo.com/67534725#

 

[BrendanLeahy]

Hi Brendan,

you could check out the new Movcam gear:

http://vimeo.com/67534725#

Hey Tom,

Thanks for this. After reading around, though, it looks like you can only currently purchase it in China, and they won't ship overseas?

 

[Tom Meimer]

Sorry i don`t know about this, i never ordered something from them. But you could maybe try it via 16x9 Inc:

http://16x9inc.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=1092

 

[Tom_Gaudet]

Hi Brendan, I have been struggling with this also. If you contact W/C they will sell you just the upper dovetail clamp portion of the quick riser. Screw it to the bottom of the riser and you lose about 1/2 of the thickness of the current clamp you have. Works great. Hope that helps.

 

[David Kuhn]

The Red Quickrelease dovetail may save you some height... not sure if it's enough to make it worth switching though (32mm from bottom of camera to top of dovetail). Note - the Red kit is really well engineered (as you'd expect), only thing I wish it had would be spring retainers on the dovetail... makes me a bit paranoid when setting balance (In hindsight I'd probably have looked for a different dovetail, but the Red QR system is excellent).

 

[david_winters]

In place of the dovetail you could use a longer tripod plate. I had a machine shop make a few for me, for various setups.

 

[BrendanLeahy]

Hi Brendan, I have been struggling with this also. If you contact W/C they will sell you just the upper dovetail clamp portion of the quick riser. Screw it to the bottom of the riser and you lose about 1/2 of the thickness of the current clamp you have. Works great. Hope that helps.

Tom, this is a great piece of info to know. Thank you (and thanks to everyone else for their input!)

 

[Tom Greenberg]

The Red Quickrelease dovetail may save you some height... not sure if it's enough to make it worth switching though (32mm from bottom of camera to top of dovetail). http://www.flickr.com/photos/davekuhn/9539977692/Note - the Red kit is really well engineered (as you'd expect), only thing I wish it had would be spring retainers on the dovetail... makes me a bit paranoid when setting balance (In hindsight I'd probably have looked for a different dovetail, but the Red QR system is excellent).

David, you can use the RED QR Dovetail Base with any other ARRI-compatible dovetail in place of the RED dovetail. I use mine with the Element Technica 12" dovetail, which has safety stops at both ends...a hard stop at the front, and a spring-loaded release at the back.