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William LiPera · December 12th, 2006, 08:21 PM

Which is the best, and not too expensive, matte box for the HVX200?

Ned Soltz · December 12th, 2006, 10:21 PM

Check out the Geardear system (www.geardear.com). It is made of a polycarbonate material and quite lightweight. I have the 3-stage version and have been able to hang it on the HVX lens with one filter. I do not feel comfortable, however, making a habit out of hanging the mattebox off the lens so I would defintiely consider a baseplate and rails. I have not used the Geardear baseplate and rails; I have the Zacuto plate (www.zacuto.com) which is about as well-engineered and sturdy a product as you could imagine.

Ned Soltz

John Jencks · December 13th, 2006, 02:25 AM

I too have the Zacuto system, with a Petroff Mattebox and it works like a dream.

Robert Lane · December 13th, 2006, 04:24 PM

And I've got the Zacuto system with the Century Optics/Vocas matte-box system. You can see photos of the matte-box (minus the Zacuto base plate) in the Image Gallery where I posted several images of the HVX at various angles. The title of those images are "New HVX Photos" of which 3 show the matte-box.

if the GearDear box had been available when I purchased the Century version I'd probably have gone with that system since it appears to be very well desgined and has lots of user-configurable options.

December 12th, 2006, 08:21 PM	#1
William LiPera Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 83	Matte box Which is the best, and not too expensive, matte box for the HVX200?

December 13th, 2006, 02:25 AM	#3
John Jencks Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 43	I too have the Zacuto system, with a Petroff Mattebox and it works like a dream. __________________ If any one knows a good on-line ordering facility for dunces caps; I'll take 20.

December 12th, 2006, 10:21 PM	#2
Ned Soltz Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Teaneck, NJ Posts: 659	Check out the Geardear system (www.geardear.com). It is made of a polycarbonate material and quite lightweight. I have the 3-stage version and have been able to hang it on the HVX lens with one filter. I do not feel comfortable, however, making a habit out of hanging the mattebox off the lens so I would defintiely consider a baseplate and rails. I have not used the Geardear baseplate and rails; I have the Zacuto plate (www.zacuto.com) which is about as well-engineered and sturdy a product as you could imagine. Ned Soltz

December 13th, 2006, 04:24 PM	#4
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,823 Images: 15	And I've got the Zacuto system with the Century Optics/Vocas matte-box system. You can see photos of the matte-box (minus the Zacuto base plate) in the Image Gallery where I posted several images of the HVX at various angles. The title of those images are "New HVX Photos" of which 3 show the matte-box. if the GearDear box had been available when I purchased the Century version I'd probably have gone with that system since it appears to be very well desgined and has lots of user-configurable options.