ALCS konvas 15mm rods plate

[Aapo Lettinen]

Just designed this heavy duty plate for my Konvas 1M. 

15mm rods at correct height and centering. The multiple tripod mounting threads on optical axis rather than the one offset thread the camera originally has. 

lots of extra 1/4" mounting holes to add heavy duty handles or a set of additional rods, or for rigging this to a car etc. 

The plate is fastened to the camera so that the rod mount is in contact with the camera's front part, thus preventing pretty well the plate from twisting even when it is only mounted with one screw to the camera body.

Plate is mainly meant to be sold at very good package price with my Konvas motors but it is possible to purchase these separately too if needed. Probably will include a set of basic black aluminium rods with the plate but will see if getting orders for these.

 

[Vincent Wolfram]

Looks really nice! makes me wanna buy a Konvas as well...

[Aapo Lettinen]

48 minutes ago, Vincent Wolfram said:

Looks really nice! makes me wanna buy a Konvas as well...

Thanks!  I actually have one extra 1M konvas similar than that in the images. will likely sell it in Spring with the 4-speed motor and rods plate. 

these are great MOS cameras when learning to load them right so that they don't jam. The newer black versions of 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm are very nice lenses and pretty affordable. I will probably use my own 1M for car rigs and such next year and occasional steadicam footage, maybe on Ronin if it fits well enough.

[Aapo Lettinen]

I calculated that the 15mm Konvas baseplate is 150usd if purchased with my 4-speed Konvas motor kit. I may have campaigns every now and then but the normal price is pretty good too.

Or 200usd if one wants to buy only the baseplate and nothing else.

The baseplate includes a set of black 15mm rods which are about 20cm in length on the current batch. The local store sells Smallrig rods and usually possible to arrange different length rods instead if needed. 

Edited December 23, 2025 by Aapo Lettinen