Matte Box for BMCC?

[Deleted User]

Ikan and Wooden Camera sell very reasonably-priced solutions. There are others if you search on the web.

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[Matthew Sonnenfeld]

Peter, neither Ikan nor Wooden Camera make any matteboxes. Both of those cameras make support gear and rigs but no mattebox.

Look instead at Genus as a more budget friendly alternative to Chrosziel and Arri. The Redrock Micro has treated me well but is far to heavy for my tastes now. The Oconnor O-Box is what I really want now but again, it’s money at $1,000.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera, RED Scarlet-X, Panasonic HPX170, Canon 7D
2011 Macbook Pro 17″, 2.3 Ghz Quad Core, 16GB RAM
AJA IoXT
Adobe Production Premium CS6, Avid Symphony 6, Final Cut Pro Studio 3
The College of William and Mary

[Craig Richard]

Thanks Mathew, I discovered you are right, I’ll try Arri, 1000$ isn’t out of reach I’m just wondering if the box I have for my 5D could be adjusted to fit the BMCC?
Craig

[Matthew Sonnenfeld]

Which box do you have? There are many baseplates for the BMCC. Just get a BMCC baseplate that will adhere to your rails standard. Be it 15mm LW, 15mm Studio, or 19mm Studio, Wooden camera makes proper risers and any of their specified baseplates will work.

Blackmagic Cinema Camera, RED Scarlet-X, Panasonic HPX170, Canon 7D
2011 Macbook Pro 17″, 2.3 Ghz Quad Core, 16GB RAM
AJA IoXT
Adobe Production Premium CS6, Avid Symphony 6, Final Cut Pro Studio 3
The College of William and Mary

[Bob Hanson]

I’ve purchased the matte box made by Digital Juice. Seems solid enough. $500.

Bob Hanson

[Warren Eig]

I’ve been very happy with the Movcam Mattebox MM1

https://16x9inc.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=720

I purchased through EVS here in Los Angeles.

Warren Eig
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[John Vogel]

I have bought a few things from camtree which is the same as the link below. I have a one of the first matteboxes they made and still holds up well and using it on my BMCC.

I’m about to purchase one of their swing away boxes next.

https://www.proaimshop.com/pas/sunshade-mattebox-hood-matte-box-/

[Craig Richard]

Thanks John, I too have a ProAim matte box I’m using on a 5D, however, I was wondering about the conversion considering the distance to center of lens and bottom of camera I think is different. I’m not sure what camera you have, but if you have the BMCC production 4k camera, did you have any trouble converting the matte box for that camera?
Thanks,

[John Vogel]

Craig,

I bought the 600 from them and have had no issue in mounting it. The only issue is fitting the external ikan battery source and the matte box. It can be done, but a tight fit with the small rail system.

I bought the camtree shoulder rig to fit the need of an external battery source, EVF, etc. Since I happen to have been in contact with them, I asked what matte box they would recommend. I will let you know as soon as I hear back.

[Steven Rushworth]

As this is a relatively small camera one of the two compact matte boxes from Genus would be a good match. Get value for money and well made.
There is a 4×4 matte box to suit the Blackmagic camera
https://shop.genustech.tv/collections/gwmc-matte-box
and there is also Genus matte box for P size filters
https://shop.genustech.tv/collections/pv-matte-box