UK - Rycote, the industry standard in windshield and shockmount manufacturing, has released five new accessories available immediately. Through UK distributor Sennheiser UK, all these accessories have been designed and developed from suggestions received from Rycote users.

Rycote director, Vivienne Dyer explains: "We listen to our distributors and customers and so we are confident that there is a ready market for these products. Each accessory is the result of feedback from end-users and our commitment has always been to provide the industry with the most effective systems possible." The new accessories are outlined below.

Hot Shoe Extension: This simple extension will allow camcorder users to fit multiple hot shoe attachments onto their equipment. Hot Shoe 3/8" Adaptor: To attach any fitting with a 3/8" thread to a camera hot shoe. Multimount v2: Available in three sizes, this allows the user to fit the Softie mount to either a camcorder hot shoe or to a boom pole with 3/8" Whitworth tip. Softie Mount CCA: Camcorder Clamp Adaptor to attach shotgun microphone to camcorders fitted with a microphone clamp (25-27mm diameter). The Softie mount provides isolation against lens motor noise and general handling noise.

(Chris Henry)


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