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Genus Exceptional Base Plate Gen X Plate

Genus Exceptional Base Plate Gen X Plate

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The Genus Exceptional Base Plate is a revolutionary new camera plate system catering to both large and small camera bodies. Genus has designed this plate for the camera professional who needs their equipment to have the flexibility and versatility to adapt and evolve to new camera and production challenges.

Gen X Plate intakes the core Genus design principles of flexibly and ease of use to the next levels. Based on an industry standard Arca Swiss Plate and the Genus Quick Release System (QR LOCK) allowing user to easily and quickly swamp between camera set ups. The QR System incorporates a safety lock for added security and confidence while shooting. The Swiss Arca Plate comes camera locating pin, as well as one ¼” Screw and one 3/8” Screw camera screws. The travel distance of the Swiss Arca Plate is 200mm.

The Arca Swiss Plate can be purchased separately.

The Gen X Plate’s is designed is to easily adapt to different camera system and accessories.

The 21mm removable riser posts allow for you to set the plate at the height which is right for your camera system. Whether you require a higher setups for cameras likes DSLRs, or the lower position for larger camera systems such as RED, F3 and Canon C Series cameras. The Gen X plate has your support needs covered.

The Gen X Plate is designed to support 15mm LWS rods. These 215mm long rods are provided as standard. They can be attached to brackets the front and rear of the plate. The height of each bracket can be set independently and is adjusted with a ¼” Screw. This allows for the easy configuration and adjustment of support rods for use with other accessories such as matte boxes, follow focus, cheese plates or monitors. The front bracket allows for  range of approximately 55mm adjustment in height, while the rear bracket allows for approximately 15mm adjustment in height.

The Gen X Plate comes in to two packages to suite specific camera professionals requirements. One contains one 15mm Rod Bracket Adaptor, while the other is available with the full set of two rod bracket adaptor

Gen X Plate Package 1 Includes

1 x Genus Exceptional Base Plate
2 x 15mm LWS Rods (215mm Length)
1 x Arca Swiss Plate (with 1 x ¼” & 1 x 3/8” Camera Screws)
4 x Height Adjustment Posts
1 x Rod Bracket Adaptor
4 x 1/4” Attachment Screws

The Rod Bracket Adaptor can also be purchased separately.

In addition the Gen X Plates has been designed with the flexibility in mind and deal with issues facing many camera professionals today. Its configuration can be adapted to allow for horizontal offset of camera if required.

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