FotoCrane UltraLite

The World's Lightest, Most affordable Professional Crane

Responding to a growing demand for cinematic tools for modern lightweight DSLRs. The FotoCrane was designed to enhance the capabilities of today’s DSLR camera operator. The FotoCrane is a lightweight variable length camera support system which offers the professional or hobbyist photographer and videographer a dynamic, unique, flexible crane system for both stills and videos. The FotoCrane can get shots that you simply could not obtain easily any other way. The variable length crane allows you to get shots above the crowd, by adding length to your current tripod, or get unique low angles and low shots that are tough to frame and shoot. The FotoCrane Ultralite weighs only 1.8 kilos, making it the lightest professional crane available. For only $249, you get the lightest, smallest, feature rich crane in the business. You pretty much recover the cost on the first job you do.

Professional Cinematic Moves

With the FotoCrane a single photographer can set the camera at heights from ground level up to over 9 feet in the air using your own medium duty tripod. The crane provides Boom, Swing and Tilt capabilities. By employing a combination of these Boom, Swing and Tilt movements, you are able to position your camera in a variety of unique and flexible positions, otherwise impossible.
 

 

Small Footprint, Yet Large Impact

 

The FotoCrane UltraLite is retractable and can be retracted as small as 91 cm, while weighing less than 2 kilograms, making it easy to transport and carry. It uses small compression knobs to very quickly change the length of both the camera bar and the weight bar. Both can be individually set at any length from 91cm to 162cm offering you the ability to adjust the FotoCrane’s length to meet your current requirement simply and quickly without tools. The FotoCrane will get your camera about 120 centemeters above the tripod head, so on a 5 foot tripod, your camera can get almost 3 meters off the ground.

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Lightweight, Durable and truly Flexible

Made of three lightweight powdercoated aluminum tube sections that telescope within each other to create variable sizes up to 190cm. The CC FotoCrane Ultralite can get your camera to almost 3 meters into the air using a standard tripod. Using the same tripod your cameras can be just millimeters above ground level so you can get a variety of shots that were simply not possible before. FotoCrane UltraLite is ideal for very lightweight cameras up to 1.5 kilos.

Boom, Swing and Tilt

While shooting video with your DSLR, use the FotoCrane’s Booming, Swinging and Tilting capability to shoot a variety of angles and achieve dramatic, cinematatic shots that previously were only available on very heavy, expensive gear costing thousands of dollars and a full crew to man. Beautiful, sweeping panoramas; awesome slow side to side shots and breathtaking vertical moves with and without tilting are easy to do and enhance every shot you make.

 

 

 

Accessories to Enhance your Work

 

The FotoCrane UltraLites work with a variety of accessories making your work easier at every step. Our Tracking Dolly takes your capabilities to the next level by providing super smooth slides and dolly moves. The dolly comes with five meters of pre-cut track and can be easily setup in less than a minute. Monitors, Camera Controllers, Weight bags and a variety of additional Accessories are available to help make your work easier.

 

 

Complete Cinematography Kits Available

 

Our Cinematography kits are complete kits that can include monitors, controllers, carry bags, and even tracking dollies. We have a variety of kits available combining the FotoCrane with the appropriate accessories to meet your need and your budget. Professional Kits include crane, monitor, bags and tripod. Deluxe kits add Track, Dolly and a large padded bag, while the Ultimate kit includes all the above plus our cable operated panning kit. Whatever your job requires, SteadyTracker has a kit to meet that need.

 

So take the next step and order your FotoCrane today and get the shots that get the jobs.

 

Specs:	FotoCrane Ultralite
Length	162 cm / 5' 3"
Length from pivot to camera	120cm / 46"
Construction	Aluminum
Payload Capacity	1.5 kg / 3 lbs.
Counterbalance System	Barbell weights or optional Weight bag (Not Included)
Height	272 cm / 9 feet
Boom Range	From 120cm above to 120cm below tripod head
Tilt Lock	Locks with existing fluid head tilt lock
Tilt Drag	Drags with existing fluid head tilt drag
Tilt Range	Up to 90 degrees forward, 60 degrees back
Swing Lock	Locks with existing fluid head pan lock
Swing Drag	Drags with existing fluid head pan drag
Swing Range	360°
Tripod Attachment	Uses existing release plate
Tripod Types	Works with any video tripod
Head Attachment	1/4-20 Camera Attachment (included)
Fold Down	.9 mtrs.
Weight	1.8 kilos / 4 lbs
Recommened Tripod	6.5 kilo capacity and up
Aprox. Counterweight	3.5 * your camera weight