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Vocas to Show Its Latest products at the NAB Show in Las Vegas
Apr
Highlights include new MB-435 and MB-455 matte boxes and BP-18 19mm dovetail rail support.
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands—April 7, 2014—Vocas Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional quality camera accessories, will showcase its latest line-up of matte boxes, rail supports, focus controllers and other products at NAB 2014 (Stand C10518).
Two new matte boxes will be on display, the MB-455 (an upgraded version of the popular MB-450) and the MB-435 (an upgrade of the MB-430). Both matte boxes feature a maximum lens diameter of 143mm, an industry standard. For clip-on use these matte boxes work with 143mm lenses right out of the box. They can also be used with smaller lenses through the use of step-down adapter rings. A variety of accessories are available including side flags, 15mm (Studio and Lightweight) brackets, 19mm brackets and swing-away options. Improvements to the matte boxes allow them to be used with many different types of bellows and step down rings made by Vocas and other manufactures.
BP-18, Vocas’s new 19mm dovetail rail support, will be shown for the first time at NAB. The new base plate can be used to mount a variety of large, heavy cameras including the Sony F65 and various ARRI cameras, and can also be used lighter cameras such as the RED Epic and Scarlet via a new spacer. BP-18 has a detachable centre that rotated to allow the camera attachment screws to can be positioned in the centre of the 19mm rails or off-centre. Its industry-standard dovetail connection and 19mm rods make it ideal to create a setup with a big lens and large matte box. The device’s built-in rosette system accommodates a variety of accessories for mounting.
