Premium Members Rob Vuona SOC Posted February 19, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I think owning a WA-1 wedge plate is in my future, and probably one of them Baer Bel V-Mount plates as well And more 3pin lemo to ????? Cables for all the other crap Uuugh , it freaking never stops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Mark Karavite Posted February 20, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sal (who used to work for Otto & is now on his own) machined a very nice plate for Alexa that Otto provides. I wonder if he is able to make that now, or maybe the design belongs to Otto. Matthias's plate looks interesting,as does the other one shown. Matthias, I'd be interested in a plate,as yours seems lighter & shorter than the rest, which are 2 good things in my book. I have your original small plate, but it scares me with the codex on the back. Can you confirm Janice's question about the kipp handle. Is it possible to make the bottom flat? Thanks for your relentless R&D on this kind of stuff. It's very cool of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matt Petrosky Posted February 20, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sal (who used to work for Otto & is now on his own) machined a very nice plate for Alexa that Otto provides. I wonder if he is able to make that now, or maybe the design belongs to Otto. Matthias's plate looks interesting,as does the other one shown. Matthias, I'd be interested in a plate,as yours seems lighter & shorter than the rest, which are 2 good things in my book. I have your original small plate, but it scares me with the codex on the back. Can you confirm Janice's question about the kipp handle. Is it possible to make the bottom flat? Thanks for your relentless R&D on this kind of stuff. It's very cool of you. Mark, yes, Sal does as discussed in this thread (discusses a lot of mounting options). I own one of Sal's plates and a Baer-Bel CamTec plate. I like both of these independent options/solutions for two reasons: they are both dovetailed for a PRO DB, giving maximum fore-aft travel (front and back heavy cameras would both fly well) with the absolute lowest hight possible for mounting an Alexa (no height increase from stacking multiple plates, riser block, etc.) Second, like Matthias' plate, they both secure the Alexa at two mounting points, which most have found essential for stability and vibration elimination. Folks, I know these plates are expensive, but the Alexa is (thankfully) here for awhile, and thankfully folks like Matthias, Sal, Greg, Markus, etc. have spent the time, energy, and money to give us not only solutions, but various quality options to fit our differing needs, likes, and demands. Cheers! -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matthias Biber Posted February 22, 2012 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here is a photo of a real setup with a codex. It is balanced. The bracket weights roughly 250g / 0.5lbs The setup is light in the front: ultraprime lens, only one focus motor, 2 stage LMB-5, no filters, no cinetape, no mdr. In the back, there is even a bebob hotswap still on the camera, that keeps the codex 1,5" further out as it should be. Unfortunately there was no codex mountig brcket available, so it is fixed with a focus rod and a motor brcket and some rubber ties. Not ideal, but good enough to test the balance. If you look at the photos in the other back-heavy thread, no one is that far to the back. I´ll also offer an extension kit that allows mounting the dovetail further back. Still using the sony hook. The new bracket is good for regular and front-heavy setups as well, as it uses two mounting points. This will give more stability and reduce vibration. This pic is for demonstration only. Setup is not balanced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Janice Arthur Posted February 22, 2012 Moderators Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 M Thx. I'm satisfied. Really appreciate the effort to show that Now I'll ask price. JA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alfeo Dixon SOC Posted February 22, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I see that kip handle and back section getting in the way Of putting the plate back further What kind of Black Magic is this??? Sorry to backtrack to Janice's original post (part of it)... Is there a part that just pops off, to allow that lower section to come off for X-tremly back heavy cameras (as you have demonstrated)? -Alfeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Janice Arthur Posted February 22, 2012 Moderators Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 A I think he just took off the kipp handle and used a smaller headed screw to tie down the back through the dovetail openings. That's my summation M. Will of course fill in facts. Xcs plates may allow for kipp handle to fit into it JA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members RonBaldwin Posted February 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 What kind of Black Magic is this??? -Alfeo not black magic, just a screw driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alfeo Dixon SOC Posted February 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 It's Switchery!!! (deep southern drawl) Lawd help us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matthias Biber Posted March 15, 2012 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Dear colleagues, The alexa bracket is available ,now. I set up this basic website, to provide all information and an order form. www.cam-jam.de Feel free to send me an email, if you have any questions . Best, Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted March 17, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Just put in my order! Looking forward to receiving and taming Miss Alexa's back-heaviness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members RonBaldwin Posted March 18, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Just put in my order! Looking forward to receiving and taming Miss Alexa's back-heaviness. just put mine in too -- though I am not as excited about Miss Alexa's back-hairiness as Will obviously is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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