Proteus Handgrips

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Tim Naylor

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Very cool looking grips.

http://www.cinevate.com/catalog/pro...id=92&osCsid=7666308e29044d1756e99bffe87e602a

Anyone here take it for test ride?

Here are my main concerns:

Slippage.
Easy to lock down
Build Quality

At 121.00 that's a deal. I'll pay twice that amount for something that doesn't slip and can handle up to 30lbs.

Dennis, I know you're out there. These look super cool. Have you considered threading the bottom for extensions? Also, do these require super strength to lock down safely with a heavy rig. What is the max weight?

The big beef I have with some of these accessories coming out by the adaptor makers are that the lock down knobs are too small, requiring way to much effort to tighten. Zacuto got it right with the extra large knobs. Require hardly any effort to lock down. This is crucial with something like grips as when I'm doing a hand held gig, I'll adjust and reconfigure several times through out the day.

If these are easy to tighten and can handle some weight, you could double or triple the price (but you don't have to).


Tim
 
Tim, most don't realize that their Proteus rails system (the patent is pending) will easily convert to a shoulder mount sysem by adding our pad and the grips. The grips have tool-less tighteners on them, but for use with our carbon rails, they also integrate the ability to use a key..which I would suggest. Stainless is not as stiff, but it's a bit grippier than our solid carbon rails and will require less tension. As far as build quality, they're made 100% from CNC aluminum, knulrled and powder coated. The idea of these grips is to allow asymetric mounting if required, so they are not a one piece deal. The price will increase about $40 to include the removeable pad. Here's a few pics:

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That looks cool. Yesterday we shot 5 pages in one take and I was using Mike's setup with some other grips and slippage was a problem after I started sweating cause they are plastic. I had to put gaff tape around the handles to keep my hand from slipping and center balance was a problem too. I had to keep hiking the camera back to take some pressure off the arm that was holding the camera. The other arm I had to use for focus so it was a very tough shoot. Your setup looks like it fixes the center of gravity problem and if you knurl the handles like the PVC links are knurled they should be good for no slippage.
 
Yep, same knurling...and no plastic. The battery pack can be rotated up so that it fires out straight back instead of downwards (if you're not afraid of winging some unsuspecting bystander) and does a better job of counter-balancing in that position.
 
Sup Dennis,

We seem to be playing some phone tag. Anyways, I'm glad to hear the grips aren't smooth like they appeared to be in the pics. That knurled grip will help immensely. And yes, currently we use the cavision grips and they arent so great.

Is that pad generic or are you adding that to the rails order page?
 
Mike, I'll try you tomorrow am :-) We're having the pads done locally by an outdoors gear specialist. They are designed to be removed (velcro) from the base plate so you can go from the shoulder rig configuration to the standard 35mm adapter rails config quickly. We've sent out a few prototypes but the final versions should be done in 5 days or so, at which point we'll add them in as a kit with the grips. They'll be done in a very heavy wear material with the inner foam pad removeable for washing.
 
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