Brochure

PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SUPPORT
The new
fOCUS
range
4 New Fluid Heads for lightweight Camera packages up to 22kg (48.50lbs)
CARTONI, the gold standard in Camera Support for 80 years, is introducing - in addion to the popular FOCUS HD - a new range of
fOCUS
Fluid Heads specically designed for today’s smaller, lighter high-performance cameras.
The four new dynamic Heads,
fOCUS 8
,
12
,
18
&
22
accommodate an array of camera, lens and accessory packa-
ges from 0 ↔ 22
kg (0 ↔ 48.50lbs). Each include CARTONI’s patented counterbalance system for superb performance and each comes with
the company’s unsurpassed 5-year warranty.
Rugged, yet easy to operate, compact
fOCUS
Fluid Heads combine extremely lightweight magnesium alloys construcon with pre-
cision engineering, smooth uid feel, simple ergonomic sengs, providing perfect performance every me, making them ideal for a range
of applicaons from all news gathering and documentary shoong to moon picture producon and studio use.
fOCUS
Heads give
you that smooth uid sensaon that can only be delivered by a perfect counterbalance system.
fOCUS
range features:
• Payloads from 0 ↔ 22
kg (48.50lbs)
The added capacity allows operators to condently employ addional accessories from small
studio prompters to large ENG kits with on-board lights, monitors and larger baeries.
• Robust design
fOCUS
are built for the rigors of ENG and eld operaons.
The new CARTONI patented counterbalance
system allows for a
lighter and more compact structure without compromising durability.
• Ultra lightweight
At only 1.8
kg (4lbs)
fOCUS 8
is capable of supporng
payloads up to 8
kg (17.6lbs), one of the best weight-to-payload
raos in the industry. Its portability and easy setup makes
it ideal for news operaons.
• Perfect counterbalance
All Heads oer ±90° of perfectly balanced ultralight adjustment from
0 ↔ 22
kg (48.50lbs). The ability of
fOCUS 12
to support payloads less than 2kg (4.4lbs) enables the use of a wide
variety of camera/lens/accessory combinaons.
• Euro-style, quick-release plate
The simple, Euro plate on the
fOCUS 12
,
18
&
22
enables fast set up and easy balancing.
The plate is compable with all leading tripod manufactures for full exchangeability in the eld. The
8
,
features an innovave sliding plate compable with Sachtler ACE & Manfroo standard plates.
•Improvedset-upandfunconality
fOCUS 12
,
18
&
22
come with a switchable, illuminated level bubble as a standard feature.
• Mounnginterface
All
fOCUS
Heads oer 100mm ball base ngs - except
8
which has a 75mm ball base - to provide rigid and sturdy
support that can easily interface with industry standard 100
mm tripods.
CARTONI SpA - Via Giuseppe Mirri 13 – Rome 00159 (Rm) Italy - Ph [phone] - www.cartoni.com