Camera Bag for EX3 + Letus Ultimate + Matte Box

Mitch,

Steve Weiss at Zacuto just informed me that they will be releasing a foam insert for Storm Cases that works with the EX-3 with adapter and mattebox. So maybe that's your best option!
 
SWEET!!!! I'm going to their website now. (I'm not familiar with Storm Cases)

But when they say "with" adapter and matte box, do they mean "connected together"? Or do they just mean that they would all fit in the same case......broken down into individual pieces. Either way, I'd still be interested.
 
They mean assembled. It'll be some time, but perhaps you could email Steve Weiss at Zacuto and ask which case it will fit into. Expect something similar to the case image below that can fit batteries, filters, a monitor, along with others things as well!

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OMG! That would be awesome! Perfect!

There used to be a foam shop in town that would custom cut foam like that, but they went out of business. It might be fun to try and cut it out myself. I just need to find a place to buy that firm black foam.
 
Storm sells cases longer than 29 inches. The problem is depth!
Zacuto sells the IM2975 from Storm which does have a length of 29... but that's meant for fully assembled HVX/HPX/EX-1 adapter rigs.

They'll have to look into other options.
 
ex1 with letus attached no problems with large porta brace bag. It's the viewfinder of the EX3 that kills all the bags, Just in wrong place, makes camera very wide and all the places in the large for the viewfinders are in the wrong position, they are for full size cameras.
 
I just put together an EX-3 package, and I think the case was a Cato. I'll try to remember to look up the model on a receipt. We have the Letus Ultimate as well. I understand your desire to leave everything on from shot to shot. It takes a bit of time to take the Letus off and put it back on. I think the case we have would allow for that, minus the matte box. However, having used the Ultimate, I would say it would definitely have to stay on the rail system. It just seems too precarious mounted on the camera without the front support. So, maybe the plan would be to take the 35mm lens off, and the matte box off. Then put the EX-3/Ultimate and rails into the case. Then I would be careful transporting the camera to the next location: no rough rides in the back of vans or harsh handling of any sort. I would tear everything down and take the Ultimate off for any serious travel. I agree that the EX-3 viewfinder makes it hard to find an appropriate case. You might end up with a "full size" case just because of the viewfinder, although the Cato one I found seems to work OK.
 
That would be much appreciated rodwell66. It's probably a Kata bag (I've never heard of Cato). Maybe the Kata CCC-10A or CCC-1A?
 
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