Westcott’s Photography Wagon hauls your gear — then turns into a lightweight stand – Digicam Jabber

Anyone who has finished a location shoot is aware of the routine: two journeys from the automotive with a wagon filled with stands and modifiers, then a 3rd for the sunshine stands themselves. Westcott’s new Photography Wagon units out to take away that third journey fully, as a result of the wagon is the sunshine stand. Full particulars are on the official Westcott Photography Wagon page.

The wagon that doubles as a stand

The intelligent half is a patent-pending increase pole mounting system constructed into the cart. Rather than merely hauling your grip to the situation after which sitting empty in a nook, the wagon converts right into a rolling mild stand or tripod assist when you get there.

That is a genuinely helpful piece of pondering. On location, a wagon already carries the 2 issues that make a lightweight stand awkward — weight and a steady base. Using the cart itself because the assist means you get a closely ballasted stand with out carrying sandbags, and it rolls, so repositioning a key mild is a push somewhat than a lift-and-shuffle.

For anybody taking pictures portraits on location, editorial work in automotive parks and fields, or run-and-gun video the place the setup modifications continuously, that mixture of transport and assist in a single object is the form of sensible acquire that reveals up on each job somewhat than often.

Where it matches

Wagons have quietly turn into customary equipment for photographers over the previous few years — principally repurposed backyard or seaside carts, which do the hauling job properly sufficient however had been by no means designed round photographic gear. Westcott constructing one particularly for the job, with mounting inbuilt, is a logical step, and it comes from an organization with 120 years and a protracted listing of patents behind it.

What we’d need to set up in individual is the sensible element: how steady it truly is with a heavy modifier at peak, the way it handles tough floor and grass somewhat than studio flooring, and the way shortly it converts between hauling and supporting. A wagon that requires 5 minutes of reconfiguration every means would undo a lot of the enchantment.

Full pricing and specs are on Westcott’s personal product web page. If you need to choose one up, it’s available at B&H.

Westcott Photography Wagon: Specifications

Type: rolling gear cart with built-in mild assist. Key function: patent-pending increase pole mounting system, permitting the wagon to perform as a rolling mild stand or tripod. Intended use: transporting and supporting lighting, grip and digicam gear on location. Warranty: Westcott restricted guarantee with lifetime buyer assist. (Full dimensions, load capability and pricing out there on Westcott’s product web page.)

Westcott Photography Wagon: Price and availability

The Photography Wagon is accessible now direct from Westcott and thru retailers together with B&H. UK pricing and availability differ by retailer — examine present listings earlier than buy.