Polaris Baseplate and Shoulder Pad Combination- Great to start a DSLR/Mirrorless Rig

The Polaris Baseplate is the perfect baseplate for any Mirrorless camera or DSLR camera. The baseplate is Arca-Swiss (Zacuto Polaris) compatible on the top and bottom- camera side and tripod side (or Polaris Shoulder Pad). The top red camera plate attaches to the bottom of your camera with a ¼”-20 screw and can quickly loosen to slide or release with a 1 1/4 turn, and lift up from the baseplate leaving the rods and rig behind.  It has safety locks so the unit can’t slide all the way out if knob isn’t all the way loose. With this system you can quickly go between various shooting styles.

The bottom of the baseplate is also Polaris compatible. Slide it Zacuto’s Polaris Mounting Plate on your tripod, slider, etc., and turn the locking knob to lock it into place. Want to build a shoulder rig? Slide the bottom of the Baseplate into the Polaris Shoulder Pad.  If you don’t want a Polaris quick release between your baseplate and tripod, screw your standard tripod plate into the bottom using ¼”-20 or ⅜”- 16 screws.

The Polaris baseplate comes with 12” rods that go through the entire plate so you can add accessories onto the back of your rig. The rods are tightened with two mini ratcheting levers. It is also height adjustable to align popular cameras like the Panasonic GH5, Sony A7III, and Blackmagic 4K Pocket camera to standard matte box height.

This can clamp up to 50+ lbs

Weight: 16.55 oz

4.25” x 4.15” x 2.5”

The Polaris Shoulder pad is an Arca- Swiss compatible shoulder pad. Any Arca-Swiss compatible plate can slide into the shoulder pad and can lock into place with a twist of a knob.

The Shoulder Pad is made of form-fitting Akton Polymer gel to settle comfortably into your shoulder at an angle with the natural slope of your shoulder. The Polaris Shoulder Pad is the perfect accessory for our Polaris Baseplate. You can slide the bottom of our baseplate into the top of the Shoulder Pad, or you can quickly release your camera from the baseplate and slide just the camera with camera plate into the Shoulder Pad. To put a camera with a camera plate into the shoulder pad, slide it in at an angle and push down until you hear a click, twist knob to lock completely. To slide for balance, twist knob and slide camera and then tighten knob to lock. To release the camera, twist knob and pull out on knob to pop it off.

Weight: 24.4 oz