Matthews Digital Baby Stand

Has anyone tried this yet? Matthews suggested it for a good location stand and I was wondering if it'd survive a mini boom attached to a BD and strobe? It's aluminum for lighter weight and has a lazy leg as well

Personally I put a baby on a towel or on a white seamless, I never thought of getting a stand especially for them.

but remember, this is a digital baby...you'd need to put it on a digital towel or digital seamless

What's the model number of this stand?

Nothing really 'digital' about them

http://www.msegrip.com …?show=article&c​at=4&ID=90

yep, nothing really digital. Probably just their answer for the Avenger stands. The load rating is a lot higher than the Avengers though...

Matthews calling it digital is probably just an advertising effort to appeal more to the still photo market. I've always known them for their excellent motion light stands and grip gear and I have two of their small kit stands and really like them.

Just to follow up on this, FYI, it does *not* come in black. Ordered one based on their catalog pictures and web site pictures and to my surprise, it was chrome. I thought "digital" meant it was black, but they claimed all "Baby" stands are chromed steel, so we're arguing about who's right and I'm trying to exchange it for a black turtle C stand w/ Calumet because I don't want to deal w/ lens flare or spray paint it black

They seem extremely expensive.

kenyee wrote in post #8510036
Just to follow up on this, FYI, it does *not* come in black. Ordered one based on their catalog pictures and web site pictures and to my surprise, it was chrome. I thought "digital" meant it was black, but they claimed all "Baby" stands are chromed steel, so we're arguing about who's right and I'm trying to exchange it for a black turtle C stand w/ Calumet because I don't want to deal w/ lens flare or spray paint it black

You get lens flare off using chrome stands?
I polish my Chrome- A700 and Baby Stands with car wax...LOL

....yes, but it will hold up a 56 pound baby. That's a big baby.

J Kacey wrote in post #8510459
You get lens flare off using chrome stands?
I polish my Chrome- A700 and Baby Stands with car wax...LOL

lol...why do you polish your stands? Rust? I thought that's what the chroming helped prevent?
and yes, flare off reflections...I use older lenses from the film era

Roy Mathers wrote in post #8510157
They seem extremely expensive.

Manfrotto's 630B replacement is also $179 (used to be a $70 stand). They switched to rectangular legs, added leveling leg, and kept the load rating 18 lbs (???) and the stand is now 15.4 lbs instead of 7 lbs. That's probably the main competition (the matthews is only 13 lbs).

It's sturdy enough to be used on location as a boom stand and mostly light enough to lug around...main negatives are no casters option and it's too long collapsed (most location bags max out at around 42-46").