Tiffen’s new Steadicam G-70×2 Arm that may maintain payloads of as much as 70 lbs / 31.75 kg, is now accessible to buy.
We first noticed a prototype of the Steadicam G-70×2 Arm again in June 2023 at Cine Gear 2023. It’s a It is a main overhaul and replace of the G-70x Arm. The one half the G-70×2 Arm shares with its predecessor is the springs, all the pieces else is newly designed.
Key options
- Simpler tuning of ISO Elasticity settings
- Sleeker Design
- Twist-resistant core
- Decrease Profile Arm hyperlinks reduce operator interference
- Redesigned Socket Block for precision sled positioning, sooner setup & on-the-fly adjustment, tool-free, with out arm removing
- Multi-position adjustability
- Decreased spring kick-back
- Higher for back-mount customers
- Rubberized, bigger & higher spaced Raise & Trip Knobs
- Up to date Bumpers
- New Arm Submit Lever lock
- Twin bearing mounted 3/4″ extendable Submit with rotational locking & drag management
- Metric Meeting Elements for simpler service
The all new Arm is the results of many years of expertise and enter from prime Steadicam operators mixed with as we speak’s newest engineering and element know-how.
The G-70 line owes its success to the twist-resistant core design structure and basic engineering principals, mixed with rigorously sourced metallic alloys, propriety coatings, and different parts that work collectively so as to add energy, enhanced stability, and sturdiness. Integrating the perfect achievements of the G-70x with its patented Iso-elastic efficiency and patented Geo Spring Geometry, the brand new G-70×2 consists of options and capabilities that considerably improve reliability, sturdiness, security, set-up velocity, and clean stabilization.
The payload capability is 13 lbs / 5.9kg to 70 lbs / 31.75kg, and the G-70×2 gives a 29″ / 737mm growth vary and a bunch of working updates. The brand new twin bearing mounted ¾” arm submit, with no-tools rotational locking and drag management, permits for fast adjustability from a stable lock off to free rotation of the arm submit, even when altering posts.
There may be additionally now a inflexible pivoting metal Socket Block, additionally with no-tools adjustability. This advance eliminates the flex inherent in conventional rod ends, providing extra exact sled positioning, with sooner set-ups and on-the-fly changes, with out eradicating the arm. A security profit, it prevents the operator from mistakenly over-extending the rod ends.
The favored kickback hyperlink which will get the arm additional out of the way in which because the sled crosses the operator’s physique, now incorporates a multi-position socket block to find the arm in probably the most handy place, whether or not working front- or back-mounted.
The G-70×2 additionally gives a sleeker design with decrease profile arm hyperlinks that make it seem extra clear and fewer intrusive to operator actions. Operation is smoother basically because of the full complement of low friction pivot level bearings, up to date arm bumper design, and different meticulous particulars—right down to the rubber-gripped, easy-turn, Raise and Trip knobs. The sensible design options Metric meeting parts for simpler service.
The G-70×2 comes with a soft-sided Arm carrying bag, particular software for consumer servicing, an working handbook, and 3-Yr Full Elements and Labor Guarantee.
Value & Availability
The Tiffen Steadicam G-70×2 Arm retails for $12,995 USD and it’ll begin delivery in March.
