Matte Box Issue

[avery]

Can you guys recommend a Matte Box for my HPX170? I am looking for something cheap, and if not do any of you know where to find the stock matte box? I lost mine...

Thanks,

Avery

 

[wgzn]

replacement:
http://www.spec-comm.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2323

this is about as cheap a functioning 3rd party mattebox as youll find:
http://www.cinetactics.com/Page.bok?template=c_mb100m

next step up is probably this:
http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=ytWlTa_-E8Lx0gHZ34nTDw&ved=0CF4Q8wIwBQ#

then you get into the 4 digit $tuff

 

[avery]

Thanks wgzn, I really appreciate it! This helps a ton.

 

[Oliver Rush]

Frankly, I perfer the stock one the most with the camera. It does the job and is compact. The only time I have ever used a seperate mattebox is for adapter work... With a fixed lens cam like the HPX, which has 3 built-in NDs, just get a rotating screw-on polar when you need a polarizer, with the stock MB will do you fine for most work. But like listed above, spec-comm is the place to go for those kind of replacement parts.

 

[wgzn]

The only time I have ever used a seperate mattebox is for adapter work...

im more or less of the same logic. and mainly because a mattebox with a rotating stage looks way cooler to your client (and is WAY more accessible) than a screw-on, rotating ND ; )