Tango - The freedom to capture anything, anywhere.
Dubai, UAE: United Broadcast and Media Solutions (UBMS), a leading pro-video and broadcast equipment distributor in the Middle East and Africa, announces the regional launch of Steadicam "Tango" from Tiffen.
The lightweight Steadicam® TANGO™ provides a long anticipated floor-to-ceiling boom range with lateral reach, full stability, intuitive control and simple, economical construction.
According to Steve Tiffen, President and CEO of The Tiffen Company - "The TANGO™ is a game-changing Steadicam accessory for use with today's miniature HD. It is designed to be a straightforward, bolt-on addition for future Tango compatible Steadicam models."
The Steadicam TANGO™ balances and feels like a single sled carrying all components. It provides a comfortable, centered operating position, even at full up/down boom. It incorporates rugged, all-mechanical construction and uses a conventional Steadicam sled plus the six pound Tiffen Tango extension.
Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam said - "There are no electronics, gyros, wiring, connectors or power-hungry components," It also has a large-aperture, interior cable-path for camera/CCU interconnection.
Few features of the Steadicam Tango™ are:
- Nine-foot continuous elevation and traverse with back-pan and back-tilt
- 360 degree pan, ±90 , ±90 degree tilt available throughout boom range
- Optimum pan/tilt inertia at all times
- Camera fits into small openings with full angular control
- 2.72kg camera payload @ 3:1 extension equals 13.1 kg total
- Rapid conversion from "Tango" mode to conventional Steadicam
- Stable - when walking, running, climbing stairs
- Silent - no servo motor noise
- Fast - ultra-rapid traverse, elevation, pan/tilt
United Broadcast and Media Solutions is an exclusive distributor of Tiffen products.
For further information about United Broadcast and Media Solutions and Tiffen, please log on to www.unitedbroadcast.com; Alternatively send email to info@unitedbroadcast,com or visit Showroom #1, Rashid Al Majid Building, Airport Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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