Walt van der Aar Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Hi! I bought a chrosziel mattebox (compact wide angle housing 4:3) to use on both the aaton LTR and Penelope. When I tried using it I noticed it is off-center (too low and too far to the assistent side) on both cameras. I also used my friends chrosziel mattebox and had the same problem (other model). Is this something common when using the Aaton rods, or is it a chrosziel thing? Unfortunately I can't adjust the height nor the horizontal placement. Which matteboxes are you (succesfully) using on Aatons? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted July 23, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted July 23, 2021 I've actually had no problem with my chrosziel box, works like gang busters with the built-in rail system on my XTR and 35III. Can you show some pix of the box and the problem? You for sure need a box that has the center mount and is not fold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Sekanina Posted July 24, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted July 24, 2021 No problem either with a Chrosziel 450-02 on an XTR Prod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt van der Aar Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 13 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said: I've actually had no problem with my chrosziel box, works like gang busters with the built-in rail system on my XTR and 35III. Can you show some pix of the box and the problem? You for sure need a box that has the center mount and is not fold out. Thanks for your help. After fiddling around some more I noticed the matteboxes are only a little too low on the Penelope but are in fact in the middle. However on my LTR they are noticeably too low and too far to the left. Maybe it is a problem with the LTR (little older than the XTR)? In the picture you can see what I mean. (The picture is taken as parallel as possible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt van der Aar Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 hours ago, David Sekanina said: No problem either with a Chrosziel 450-02 on an XTR Prod Thanks for your response. Good to know it is possible. I will try some other things. Nice setup (and pentax in the background)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Sekanina Posted July 24, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted July 24, 2021 maybe your swing away arm (support) is bent and off axis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted July 24, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted July 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Walt van der Aar said: Thanks for your help. After fiddling around some more I noticed the matteboxes are only a little too low on the Penelope but are in fact in the middle. However on my LTR they are noticeably too low and too far to the left. Maybe it is a problem with the LTR (little older than the XTR)? In the picture you can see what I mean. (The picture is taken as parallel as possible) Yea swing away matte boxes don't work properly on these cameras using the built-in rails. They have a slightly different alignment height wise to deal with the arm for the swing away. I've never found one that's even remotely close to working. I had to resort to a non-swing away box and it fits nearly perfectly. It's still not 100% centered, but MUCH better than your setup. My swing away is a studio 15mm kit which I use on my dovetail and bridge plate and it's perfect. This is what I use for my cameras on the built-in rail kit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112995223398?hash=item1a4f0a4766:g:Os8AAOSwlndZAkCw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt van der Aar Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Thanks for all the replies. I went to my friend that owns a LTR too and checked with his accessories. He has a different rods support system. I compared mine with his and they seem to be different. Maybe mine is a standard 16 model? I don't know... Will try to get a new one like this: http://www.visualproducts.com/storeProductDetail02.asp?productID=2057&Cat=3&Cat2=33 Thanks again. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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