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The Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K works perfectly on the Cool-Lux Shift Baseplate.  We recently had the pleasure of testing out the camera with our pro shoulder rig accessories and couldn't be more pleased with how everything worked out.   I was a little surprised to see that the  URSA Mini only has 1/4 20 threads on the bottom (most cameras have at least one 3/8 16 thread).  Other than that, the camera was just what I was expecting after seeing it first hand at NAB last year.  It really looks to be a great ergonomic camera that's perfectly setup for...

  So, i felt like sharing this not-so-great but informative video showing the Shift Baseplate's motions.  Its just an animation I made in Solidworks but it shows the range of motion for the dovetail that the camera mounts to and the flip out action of the QuickShift tripod plate.   The whole idea of the Shift Baseplate was to be able to have a rig where the shooter could go from tripod mode to shoulder mode with the simple press of a button; no extra time or pieces needed to reconfigure between the two modes.  We achieved this by integrating...