Inon offers three cold shoe mounts
Inon has announced a series of “cold” shoe bases. There are three versions, two offering rotating and swivelling movement with 1/4” 20 or M6 attachments and the third with a 1” ball mount. All 3 share a common cold shoe attachment, so are interchangeable.
All three versions are shipping now, please consult your local Inon dealer for pricing information.
Press release
Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC, Shoe Base M6 and Shoe Base BALL
INON INC. is pleased to announce official release of three different new type of Shoe Bases offering simple yet compact strobe/light/action camera etc. installation on the accessory shoe (Cold Shoe) of underwater housing from various brands. They are Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC Shoe Base M6 and Shoe Base BALL. Each of them works as a shoe base with 1/4 in. screw, M6 screw or ball-joint and disassembled upper part of them are attachable on a tripod. These new Shoe Bases provides more secure installation on an accessory shoe.
Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC
–Release date: December 27th, 2017
–JAN Code: 456212143 848 4
Shoe Base M6
–Release date: December 27th, 2017
–JAN Code : 456212143 847 7
Shoe Base BALL
–Release date: January 11th, 2018
–JAN Code: 456212143 852 1
Features
- Directly attached on the Accessory Shoe of a conventional underwater housing etc. or INON Shoe Base Spacer etc. (*1)
These new Shoe Bases are designed to separate upper Head Adapter and lower Shoe Base Adapter. All Head Adapter has 1/4 tripod screw hole on its bottom to attach on a tripod etc.
All Head Adapters are available separately while Shoe Base Adapter is identical among three Shoe Bases to create different combination only with an optional other type Head Adapter.
Lower: Shoe Base Adapter
- Shoe Base 1/4-20UN and Shoe Base M6 is equipped with a ball head to support wide movable range (360-degree rotatable and 180-degree back and forth) with compact body. These two Shoe Bases have a Locking wingnut on the side to lock movement or unlock to adjust combined product orientation. These design/construction provide intuitive controllability and ample load capacity to hold combined product. (*2)
Right image shows :Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC 180-degree back and forth movement
Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC
- A Shoe Base equipped with 1/4-20UNC male screw on its head adapter to attach a conventional digital camera or underwater housing directly as they originally have 1/4-20UNC female screw hole on the bottom(*2).
- Use INON Single Light Holder LE/LF for Tripod when attaching INON LE/LF series LED flashlight.
Center(L): LF series light attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC /Single Light Holder LF for Tripod
Center(R): An action camera attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC.
Right: An action camera attached on an underwater tripod via head adapter of Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC. (*The underwater tripod in the image is to be released in 2018)
- Shoe Base equipped with M6 screw on its head adapter to attach an INON strobe or accessories for an action camera (SD Front Mask, SD Mount Base etc.) directly (*2).
Center: GoPro HERO6 Black/SD Front Mask for HERO5/6 attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base M6.
Right: S-2000 strobe attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base M6
Shoe Base BALL
- A versatile Shoe Base equipped with ball-joint as its head adapter to link with INON Arm II system compatible ball-joint via Clamp III (*2).
Center(L): 2 x LF3100-EW attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base BALL
Center(R): S-2000 strobe attached on an underwater housing via Shoe Base BALL
Right: GoPro HERO6 Black/SD Front Mask for HERO5/6 attached on an underwater tripod via head adapter of Shoe Base BALL. (*The underwater tripod in the image is to be released in 2018)
Compatible product
All Shoe Adapter
- An Accessory Shoe of underwater housing/Mount Base/Video Base (*2).
- Shoe Base Spacer
- Shoe Base Adapter D4
- Shoe Base Adapter X-2
Please refer below link to see compatibility with underwater housings on INON web site.
Shoe Base 1/4-20UNC,Shoe Base M6,Shoe Base BALL Compatibility Chart [PDF:85KB]
Shoe Base 1/4-20 UNC (1/4 Tripod Screw)
- Single Light Holder LE for Tripod
- Single Light Holder LF for Tripod
- SD Mount Cage for HERO3/3+/4 , SD Front Mask STD, SD Front Mask for HERO5/6,
- SD Mount Base for TG-Tracker, SD Mount Base UWH1
An action camera/compact digital camera equipped with 1/4-20UNC tripod screw hole (depth: 5mm/0.2in. or more)
Shoe Base M6 M6 Screw)
INON strobes Z-330, S-2000, Z-240, D-2000, D-2000S, D-2000W/Wn, D-180, D-180S, Z-220, Z-220S, Z-220F
- SD Mount Cage for HERO3/3+/4, SD Front Mask STD, SD Front Mask for HERO5/6, SD Mount Base for TG-Tracker, SD Mount Base UWH1 (*3)
Shoe Base BALL (Ball adapter)
- Clamp III
- Clamp
(*1) Optional Accessory Shoe Spacer for Canon is required when installing these products on an accessory shoe of Canon housing.
(*2) This product is designed to make simple set-up to attach strobe/light/compact digital camera /action camera etc. on a water-proof housing or tripod. So attaching too heavy product or too many products could cause excessive load on this product and combined water-proof housing or abrupt movement of the combined product could happen leading to personal injury, damage or malfunction.
(*3) OptionalRubber Spacer is required when installing on the SD Mount Cage for HERO3/3+/4.
Please consult with your purchasing dealer for detail.