Manfrotto intros professional grade tripods and remote control units for serious videographers
Here’s some gear that’s definitely targeted at serious videographers and photographers, given the price tag and niche status of the products.
First up at £19.95 (not too bad, you might think) is the Manfrotto 585 LNC Modosteady remote control. Thing is, it’s designed to be mounted on top of a Manfrotto Modosteady, a beast of a contraption that’s designed to steady attached video cameras the “hardware way” (forget those namby-pamby internal image stabilisers).
Should you be itching to get hold of such a device for your Sony or Canon camcorder, you’ll be pleased to know it’ll be available next month.
Onto a definite niche product, the Manfrotto 521EX remote control unit (top picture) is designed purely with one camcorder in mind: the professional Sony PMW EX1. If you’ve already got one of these advanced camcorders (and shelled out around £3,600 for the privilege) then you won’t mind spending another £179.95 on this unit that offers remote control of zoom and zoom reverse with speed control. Also coming next month.
Finally, three Carbon Tripods — the 055CX3, 055CXPRO3, and 055CXPRO4 — offer serious stability for your camera or camcorder. With military-sounding features such as rigidity, payload, set-up speed, and carbon fibre structure for lightness, these are no pushovers (aha).
Available from £249.95 to £299.95.
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