TCS Collaborates with GFM for IBC0 exhibition

TCS Collaborates with GFM for IBC2013 exhibition 26 Sep 2013

The Camera Store (TCS), a Vitec Group company which supplies broadcast camera support systems for rental, reports a successful IBC2013 with the first exhibition appearance of its recently introduced Skquattro Mk2 pedestal.

The Skquattro Mk2 is unique in combining all the features of the industrys most advanced studio column with a base which gives it true versatility both in studios and on location, comments Tim Highmoor, head of rentals at TCS. The combination of a Vinten Quattro column and a Grip Factory Munich (GFM) Secondo base can be used as a conventional floor pedestal and a tracking pedestal.

We approached Marcus Buetefuer at GFM and asked him to adapt their Secondo base to take one of our pedestal columns. The aperture opening in the Secondo meant there was room to drop in a Vinten Quattro column using a spacer ring and some clever engineering. We had already seen a large number of rentals for our original Skquattro and felt there was an opportunity to integrate separately engineered pieces from the two respected companies together to make a unique new camera mount which does more than the original Skquattro. Unlike a conventional Vinten OB Quattro, the new unit breaks down into two component parts, column and base, which allows rigging teams to split the weight.

This co-operation with TCS has resulted in a highly versatile production tool which will be greatly appreciated for its ability to deliver smooth vertical and lateral camera movement from practically any floor or ground-based location, adds Marcus Buetefuer. The Skquattro Mk 2 incorporates four pairs of pneumatic-tyred wheels and four grooved track-wheels. The pneumatic-tyred wheels allow easy transport to and from a delivery vehicle or to an outside broadcast location. Solid-tyred wheels can be fitted in place of the pneumatic tyres to allow traditional wheeled OB or studio operation.

About Grip Factory Munich

Grip Factory Munich was formed in October 1999, by Toni Tundo, Derek Magee and Armin Weileder plus a support team of qualified technicians after more than a decade of involvement in the development, manufacture and sales of camera dollies and cranes. GFM s mission is to supply the international film and video industries with a new generation of professional camera support equipment plus the service to match it. Great pride is taken in the high standard of manufacturing implemented at the GFM factory where a team of highly skilled engineers, machinists and technicians, all with a dedication to excellence, is employed. Qualified machinists operating the most modern CNC lathes and milling machines, certified and skilled aluminium welders all guarantee an efficient and modern manufacturing process. See www.g-f-m.biz

About The Camera Store

Established in 1996 and based in West London, The Camera Store (a Vitec Group company) draws on many years of experience as television cameramen to guide clients in their choice of equipment. It has a large stock of standard equipment, including pedestals, tripods, heads, crane arms, lighting, fibre-optic cable and camera-support accessories. The Camera Store offers a countrywide rapid response delivery and collection service embracing large or small items. It is always ready to meet the challenge of improving existing kit or developing new production tools. See www.thecamerastore.co.uk

About Vitec Videocom

Vitec Videocom brings together some of the most respected, most innovative and most sought-after brands in the industry: Anton/Bauer, Autoscript, Litepanels, OConnor, Petrol Bags, Sachtler, Vinten and Vinten Radamec. It acts as an endorsing brand for these market-leading broadcast, film and pro video products, encouraging multi-brand system sales and simplifying the way that customers worldwide do business.

Vitec Videocom is an operating division within the Vitec Group, an international business serving customers in the broadcast, photographic and military aerospace and government markets. Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers rely on worldwide.

Vitec Videocom - innovative products around the camera. See www.vitecvideocom.com

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