GF-Turtle Base
Every grip's Swiss Army knife: it packs small and it does not flex.
A low, wide base that puts the camera close to the ground and levels out a floor that is anything but. Three legs or four, built up without a single tool: every arm sets its angle on a toothed collar and its length in the row of holes, and a red lever locks each one. The open top side takes the whole range of GFM adapters — bowl mounts, Euro and Mitchell plates — next to 3/8" threads in a cheese-plate pattern.
GF-Turtle Base · Datasheet
| 3-leg and 4-leg | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3-leg | 4-leg | |
| Top side | All GFM adapters | All GFM adapters |
| Cheese-plate threads | 3/8" | 3/8" |
| Pin receivers | — | 25 & 28 mm |
| Underside | — | Fixed Mitchell plate |
| Turnstile mount | — | Yes |
| In the set | 3 legs, 3 of each unit | 4 legs, 4 of each unit |
Two versions, one idea
Both are the same rig. A central plate with an open bore, arms that swing on a toothed collar and slide in their own length, and a leg at each end that takes a levelling unit, a studio wheel or a skateboard wheel unit. The three-leg version is the smaller footprint and stands anywhere. The four-leg version spreads the load wider and carries what the three-leg cannot: pin receivers, and a plate underneath.
What the fourth leg brings
The four-leg version keeps the same open top side and the same cheese-plate threads, then adds two things. Pin receivers for 25 and 28 mm pins take a rig straight off a stand. And the underside carries a fixed Mitchell plate — which is what puts the GFM Turnstile mount under the base and lets the whole build turn.
What it becomes on set
The base is the constant; what stands on it and what it stands on are not. Drop a bazooka into the bore and it is a column base. Put a jib on it and it carries the arm. Swap the levelling units for the track platform and the same base runs a shot on standard or narrow track.
