Accessories

Sachtler, part of the Vitec Group, and an esteemed manufacturer of high-quality camera support systems including tripods, fluid heads and other accessories including camera bags has announced they are upgrading their best-selling fluid head, the Video 18 S1 to introduce its successor - the Video 18 S2.

Convergent Design announced that their Solid State Drives in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities for their popular 4K Raw recorder/monitor Odyssey7Q+ and their portable video switcher Apollo are now guaranteed for 10 years. This is particularly exciting for video professionals as now they can rest assured their Odyssye7Q+s and Apollos are even more bulletproof than ever before.

Anton Bauer's new CINE range of digital cinema camera batteries were recently used to power the RED Weapon on a major Coca-Cola & Tinder commercial for the holidays. The new CINE range from Anton Bauer sport a revolutionary uniform cube shape without stressing your rig with any additional weight or bulk.

At BVE 2016 we stopped by the Global Distribution stand to check out their latest Shape accessories and shoulder rigs for the Sony FS7 and FS5. In addition we take a look at the Shape cage for the Atomos Shogun 4K recorder featuring Shape's push-button technology and handles.

BVE 2016 isn't all about cameras, and even though they are everywhere simply because manufacturers have to use them to display their accessories whether it be wireless solutions, lenses or monitors. We stopped by the TV Logic and Holdan booths where we saw a few new models that might be of interest to some of you.