VOCAS matte box ?

[David Rasberry]

Any Redusers with Vocas MB350 matte boxes or similar model? Are they well made and good quality? Seem pretty light weight compared to some.

 

[Paul Harding]

I use the MB450. I like it plenty of slots and swing away Don't know about the 350

 

[Kirby Hamilton]

VOCAS

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I have the 350. No problems. I've had it for 6 years and works great.

 

[David Rasberry]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Looking at a used one.

 

[John Howarth]

Haven't used the 350, but we've got several Vocas MB-325s - Overall, find Vocas kit to be very well designed and good build quality.

 

[David Rasberry]

Thanks John.

 

[Alex Upegui]

We have the 450 and it's great!
Just a little heavy compared to the normal clamp on.

 

[Dylan Macleod CSC]

I have the 450. The only thing that I would caution is that they don't really have technical support over here in North America. I had a mishap where one corner of the mattebox cracked off.

I bought a replacement scoop, but didn't even know where to begin to try to replace it. It would have involved removing all the screws, levers and the Vocas logo and reapplying it to the new one.

Frustrated phone calls/emails overseas and to the dealers here resulted in them just sending me a whole new matte box and me sending in the old one.

There is no technical support in NA - so you are kind of on your own!

 

[David Rasberry]

Thanks Dylan, good to know.

 

[Ernesto Lomeli]

I know abel sells it, whats where i bought it.
They try but they dont really know much about it.
I just email Vocas directly and have had great luck with replacement parts over the years.

I have the MB450 and its awesome. everyone likes it because of the internal eye brows and the front rotating filter stage, like the panavision matte-boxes.

Also its huge in the back, i use it as a clip-on on a cooke 20-100 and even the RED zoom 18-85mm.

 

[Dylan Macleod CSC]

...and you can remove the swing away bracket and use it as a clip on. That's why I bought it.

 

[HD Hildebrand]

There is no technical support in NA - so you are kind of on your own!

Hi Dylan,

Not sure if this has changed since you last talked to them, but I just got this info from Vocas:


Referring to your question about parts for your MB-350 in Canada.
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We have a dealer in Canada who can help you with all the products you are
interested in.
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Dealer
Miller Canada
Homepage www.millercanada.com
E-mail sales@millercanada.com
Telephone +(1) 604 6854654
Fax +(1) 604 6855648

 

[Mark Andersen]

I love my 450. I think it's the best box for the buck, and they aren't that cheap, but less than Arri. I am pretty sure that there is a distributor back east. I believe that is where Able gets their vocas stuff. The 450 also works great with the new Red 17-50 pro zoom.