With yesterday’s price drop for the URSA Mini Pro 12K, I thought It would be a good idea to have a look at an accessory that I hadn’t seen before. The Wooden Camera D-Box Plus was one of those products that slipped under the radar and I didn’t even realize it existed up until yesterday.
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The Wooden Camera D-Box Plus allows users to power their URSA Mini Pro 12K camera along with its accessories from a single V-mount or AB Gold Mount battery (depending on the version you buy).
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The D-Box Plus is essentially a distribution/breakout box that was purposely designed to provide power to your camera and accessories while passing through backup AC power for hot-swapping.
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While the URSA Mini Pro 12K has quite a few inputs and outputs, it only has a single 4-pin XLR 12V power output. Sure, you could run additional items of a D-tap port from a battery or battery plate, but what if you want to run multiple accessories at once? That’s where the D-Box Plus comes in.
Key features
- Power Distribution & Breakout Box
- V-Mount Plate or AB Gold Mount Plate + Side Plate Design
- 4-Pin XLR Input for AC/DC Hot-Swapping
- D-Tap, 2-Pin LEMO & Fischer Outputs
- 1 x LANC Input, Fischer Trigger Control
- Connector Cable between Plates
- ARRI 3/8″-16 Accessory & Rosette Mounts
- Simultaneously Active Outputs
- Overvoltage Safety Fuse for Power Ports
The V-mount or AB Gold Mount battery plate mounts directly onto the back of the URSA Mini Pro 12K using a Molex connector, so there are no additional power cables to get in the way. It features two 11 to 17 VDC D-Tap outputs to power a variety of accessories. It features a digital safety fuse to shut off any power outputs in case an accessory overloads the connector. The battery plate connects to the side plate using the included power cable.
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The side plate mounts onto the camera’s rosette and provides a rosette to relocate your original rosette grip or extension. The side plate features a 4-pin XLR input, so you can plug a power input such as mains power for hot-swapping with the battery.
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There are two each 2-pin LEMO and 3-pin Fischer ports for power, and start/stop trigger control can be passed through via either of the Fischer ports. A LANC input also allows you to pass through LANC trigger control to the camera from a LANC controller.
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In addition to the ARRI-style rosette, the side plate offers two 3/8″-16 ARRI-style anti-twist mounts for additional accessories
Price & Availability
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The Wooden Camera D-Box Plus for the URSA Mini Pro 12K retails for $1,295 USD. The V-Mount version is now available to pre-order, while the AB Gold Mount version is already available.
This Isn’t exactly what I would call an affordable solution, however, if you want to use your URSA Mini Pro 12K in certain professional environments then being able to power a multitude of accessories does make a lot of sense.