BURBANK, Calif.—Matthews Studio Equipment has introduced a new offering that aims to help with the practice of social distancing on set, the Sheet Plate Adapter Kit.

MSE’s Sheet Plate Adapter Kit is a bracket mount that adds a welded 3/8-inch pin to any sheet material (i.e. Plexiglass, plywood, etc.) to create on-set barriers that can be sanitized. Two 3-inch steel plates sandwich the material via four bolts. 

The adapter kit can also be used for camera protection, custom light modification and set building, per MSE.

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BURBANK, Calif.—Matthews Studio Equipment has created a new line of docking systems that are meant to be used to keep gimbals safely out of the way when they are not in use between shots.

The new tool is a combination of Matthews’ Slider Stand and Dutti Dock tools. It measures in at 3 feet and can make rig adjustments.

The wide-based Slider Stand comes with two rocky mountain legs for leveling on uneven surfaces. It also has multiple mounting options, including two long cheese plate slots for adjustable plate balance position. 

The unit is constructed from 6061 T6 aircraft-grade aluminum and can collapse to 25-inches. It comes with black anodized aerospace-design-inspired braces.

Matthews has three versions of its new docking system: The 99045 offers the Dutti Dock/Slider Stand; the 99046 adds a Matthews Caster Wheel set of three; and the 99047 ships with the Rock n’ Rollers wheel set with rigid safety locks.

For more information, visit www.msegrip.com.  

BURBANK, CALIF. – Matthews Studio Equipment has unveiled its new series of mounting systems to support cameras on cars, trucks, boats and more, the RickyRODS and the Freedom Car Mount System.

RickyRODS were originally designed as support for car mount rigging, MSE has applied them to various applications, including removing the need to cut tubes to desired lengths. RickyRODS come in 10-inch increments that can be screwed together with 3/8-inch steel threads and female plugs and can work with other 5/8-inch rigging hardware.

The Freedom Car Mount System helps support heavier cameras with a 360 degree rotating grip head that is secured with a 10-inch vacuum cup, camera plate and RickyRODS. The camera plate allows for mounting of a dovetail plate or direct mount of camera. The complete Freedom Car Mount System kit consists of right angle adapters, vacuum cups, grip heads and quick struts.

Burbank-based MSE is now shipping RickyRODS and the Freedom Car Mount System nationally and internationally.