SHAPE Canon C300 Composite Offset Schulter-Rig

The Composite C300 Camera Support Bundle from SHAPE is designed for use with the Canon C300, but it’s also ideal for DSLRs and video cameras.

It features no-tool assembly, and very fast transition from shoulder-mounted to the tripod, and back.

The camera is centered in front of your eyes, facilitating the use of the camera’s viewfinder while shooting. The included Paparazzi Riser makes it possible to offset your camera to the left or the right, and the Telescopic Support Arm and Rod Bloc deliver improved stability and maneuverability. Friction & Gear Follow-Focus with Adjustable Marker Standard is also included. 15 mm rods can be used for mounting mics, lights, and other accessories.

The high-quality aluminum parts are hard anodized to provide a durable rig. The Composite C300 is a nimble, highly capable support rig that will always help you get the shot you need.

Baseplate, rod system and offset bracket

The SHAPE C300 Baseplate is made specifically for the Canon EOS C300 Camera. This camera accessory provides a small, light setup solution expandable to a more elaborate setup. 

The baseplate attaches underneath the camera with 4 x M4 screws or with 3/8”-16 and 1/4”-20 screws that are included. The baseplate maintains the proper lens center to the rod height for use with available rod mounted accessories. This allows you to use available standard follow focus units, zoom motors, and matte boxes with your camera while using the baseplate.

The offset bracket shifts the weight of the camera to your shoulder and provides rod brackets for attaching rods and the shoulder pad, as well as available accessories.

Paparazzi Handle

The SHAPE Paparazzi handle features a total of 20 screw-holes for attaching accessories. The Handle is totally solid and are both water cut / laser cut, as opposed to being moulded. The 20 screw-holes are a mix of 1/4″, 3/8″ and 1/2″ sizes and all run completely through from end to end.

They are positioned vertically or horizontally along the Handle. The 1/4″ and 3/8″ holes can take on almost any 1/4″ and 3/8″ accessories like lights, monitors, mics, grips, remote controls, recorders, articulating arms, wireless audio receivers, camera plates, and more. And into the 1/2″ holes you can screw in male-threaded SHAPE rods (2ROD15MF4, 2ROD15MF6).

The diverse set of screw-holes lets you get very creative in dressing up your rig. And the ability to screw in rods lets you just as creatively extend your rig.

Quick Handle rod bloc

The SHAPE Quick handle rod bloc is a professional video stabilization accessory with 2 camera handle grips, each providing an individual rotation angle of 360°. You can attach the handle to the camera platform using a simple screw knob.

A simple Push-Button located at the articulation allows easy attachment and removal. Combined with the anodized aluminium rod bloc, the quick handle offers composite camera support for all 15 mm rods. You can achieve precise positioning by sliding the Quick Handle along the rods and tightening the small red knob located on the Rod Bloc. The rod bloc is designed with 2 screw-threaded holes allowing the mounting of the Quick Handle.

SHAPE is well known for its patented Push-button handle, now used by so many professionals in the industry. The technology was developed to give filmmakers quick and easy adjustment. By simply pressing the button, you are allowed a 360-degree rotation to place the handle in the best position for your use. Push, adjust, release, and then its lock.

Composite adjustable shoulder pad

The SHAPE adjustable shoulder pad is padded for superior comfort and is made of slip-free material. The screw knob allows attaching SHAPE counter-weight (PAD1, PADCW1).

By adding extra male-female rods at the back, you can also attach a counter-weight behind the same rods. This way, your body can easily support the weight of the camera and its accessories. 

The shoulder pad is also the perfect solution for switching rapidly from shoulder to tripod without having to remove the shoulder pad. It can remain on the camera rig permanently, and it is designed with a 15 mm sliding rod block camera screw knob (1/4-20) for adjustment.  

Base counterweight rod bloc 

The SHAPE base counterweight rod bloc is used in combination with the SHAPE adjustable composite shoulder pad (SHPAD1, SHPAD2, SHPAD3) to increase the camera rig stability by balancing or counterweighting the camera at the back. Enhanced comfort is offered via padding and free motion of the handles is also enabled as the camera weight is relieved by the counterweight.

You can attach the SHAPE base counterweight rod bloc to the SHAPE adjustable composite shoulder pad via 15 mm rods. Equipped with a sliding rod bloc, the SHAPE adjustable composite shoulder pad can be attached to the 15 mm rods. 

Precise balance is achieved by positioning the counterweight closer or further away from you, which is possible by sliding the weight along the rods. Made of CNC machined, high-quality aircraft grade aluminium parts are hard anodized for a resistant finish and assembled with stainless steel screws to prevent rusting.

Follow Focus friction & Gear clic 

The SHAPE Friction & Gear Follow-Focus Clic with Adjustable Marker is made of lightweight anodized CNC aluminium for strength and durability. It is designed to attach onto standard 15 mm rods of shoulder support rigs and other rigs.

It attaches onto them via a clamp system, with simplicity. You would sit the Clic on top of the rods, and then slide and close a SHAPE-patented lever clamp underneath the rods, and the lever locks and holds the Clic securely on the rods.

The Clic's focus mechanism also works with a clamp system, which when unlocked loosens the focus mechanism and allows it to be moved horizontally As it moves, its main feature -- the focus disk -- moves with it, and the focus disk is what reaches the lens. The focus disk can either be a friction wheel or a gear wheel. Both are present in this package and replacing one with the other is accomplished with the help of the included Allen wrench.

The friction wheel has a rubber outer surface that would press up against the lens, keep firm contact with it, and ensure accurate and slip-free focusing. The friction wheel would serve well for most lenses and is made of high-quality rubber that in cold temperatures won't get too cold to lose its grip.

The gear wheel would accommodate those lenses that specifically have teeth on their focusing rings, and it would do so without any ring gears, by pressing its 0.8 pitch gears into the teeth. The focus mechanism can be used on either the left or the right side of the lens, depending on the direction you place the Clic onto the rods in. And the focus disk itself can be used either in front of the focus mechanism or behind it, so to accommodate a wider variety of lens lengths.

To move the disk to the rear, you would first just unscrew two screws from the gearbox. Once the screws are off, the focus disk can just be flipped over for use with longer lens constructions.

The white mark disk at the right of the red knob is made of highly resistant Delrin thermoplastic. It can be written on with non-permanent markers to mark up focus measurements for various predetermined shots, and it is interchangeable and thereby many predetermined measurements can be kept ready at your side.

Additionally, a slide-adjustable marker made of aluminium is included to be attached beside the mark disk and to be moved and tightened into positions along the disk.