Cartoni Focus Compatible Quick Release at DVinfo.net

Brandon Katcher · April 5th, 2010, 09:55 AM

I have a Cartoni Focus tripod, as well as shoulder mount for my XH-A1s. Right now the shoulder mount just has a simple screw for the camera, but that takes way too long to attach. Could anyone help me to find a quick release adapter that I can mount to this shoulder mount that will take the Cartoni Focus plates?
Thanks for any help,
Brandon Katcher

Richard Lucas · October 10th, 2010, 07:18 PM

I have the same camera and sticks. I looked into the same thing and couldn't find anything that would work. The joy of living in a world full of proprietary design. I thought about getting another Manfrotto mounting plate and affixing it atop the Focus but thought very quickly that it would be an unworkable kluge. So I'm stuck in the same place you are.

I looked about 18 months ago so things might have changed.

Chris Soucy · October 10th, 2010, 08:05 PM

Here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/tripod-s...-solution.html

CS

Richard Lucas · October 11th, 2010, 05:04 PM

I thought of something like that as I have a similar Manfrotto plate on my glidecam but I thought it would make for too much stuff atop the head of my sticks. I could be wrong though... It has happened before.

Les Wilson · November 18th, 2010, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Katcher

Could anyone help me to find a quick release adapter that I can mount to this shoulder mount that will take the Cartoni Focus plates?

I can't tell if this uses the Focus plates or not. On page 32 of the 2009 catalogue:

http://www.cartoni.com/eng/Cartoni2009.pdf

Chris Soucy · November 18th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Wrong link.

CS

Les Wilson · November 18th, 2010, 02:30 PM

edited my entry. sorry.

Chris Soucy · November 18th, 2010, 02:58 PM

The shoulder support A901 appears to have a A 859 eng camera plate, but it could be a number of others depending on how they are configured.

Not entirely sure that's moved the discussion forward.

CS

Les Wilson · November 18th, 2010, 04:00 PM

I went down the Focus plate search, bail, then Manfrotto route. Only after going another route altogether did I run across the potential Cartoni product but didn't dig further.

I don't know if you've used the Manfrotto but I did and didn't care for it. In addition to being heavy, the release pin is on the right hand side which is slow, inconvenient and a bit of a pain. For the same elevation of the COG maybe a little less weight, I went the TA-100 route and am glad I did. The TA-100 does however require some engineering to mount the Canon XL specific camera plate to a non-Canon XL camera bottom. Westside A V sells modified TA-100's that go with their EX1 / EX3 plates. I put one Focus QR plate on a TA-100, another on my prompter and a second TA-100 on the camera mount of the prompter. A third TA-100 is on the shoulder rig.

YMMV.

April 5th, 2010, 09:55 AM	#1
Brandon Katcher Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 55	Cartoni Focus Compatible Quick Release I have a Cartoni Focus tripod, as well as shoulder mount for my XH-A1s. Right now the shoulder mount just has a simple screw for the camera, but that takes way too long to attach. Could anyone help me to find a quick release adapter that I can mount to this shoulder mount that will take the Cartoni Focus plates? Thanks for any help, Brandon Katcher

October 10th, 2010, 08:05 PM	#3
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Hi guys........... Here: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/tripod-s...-solution.html CS

November 18th, 2010, 01:18 PM	#6
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Er, Les............. Wrong link. CS

November 18th, 2010, 02:58 PM	#8
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	As far as I can tell........... The shoulder support A901 appears to have a A 859 eng camera plate, but it could be a number of others depending on how they are configured. Not entirely sure that's moved the discussion forward. CS

October 10th, 2010, 07:18 PM	#2
Richard Lucas Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 55	I have the same camera and sticks. I looked into the same thing and couldn't find anything that would work. The joy of living in a world full of proprietary design. I thought about getting another Manfrotto mounting plate and affixing it atop the Focus but thought very quickly that it would be an unworkable kluge. So I'm stuck in the same place you are. I looked about 18 months ago so things might have changed.

October 11th, 2010, 05:04 PM	#4
Richard Lucas Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 55	I thought of something like that as I have a similar Manfrotto plate on my glidecam but I thought it would make for too much stuff atop the head of my sticks. I could be wrong though... It has happened before.

November 18th, 2010, 02:30 PM	#7
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	edited my entry. sorry.

November 18th, 2010, 04:00 PM	#9
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	I went down the Focus plate search, bail, then Manfrotto route. Only after going another route altogether did I run across the potential Cartoni product but didn't dig further. I don't know if you've used the Manfrotto but I did and didn't care for it. In addition to being heavy, the release pin is on the right hand side which is slow, inconvenient and a bit of a pain. For the same elevation of the COG maybe a little less weight, I went the TA-100 route and am glad I did. The TA-100 does however require some engineering to mount the Canon XL specific camera plate to a non-Canon XL camera bottom. Westside A V sells modified TA-100's that go with their EX1 / EX3 plates. I put one Focus QR plate on a TA-100, another on my prompter and a second TA-100 on the camera mount of the prompter. A third TA-100 is on the shoulder rig. YMMV.