Kina: WRS-1600 Tech Cam

Stress Free Rotation

One of our favorite accessories for the Arca Swiss R Series tech cameras is the Rotamount, which allows you to rotate the digital back from a horizontal to vertical position without removing the back from the camera. This is especially valuable in windy, dusty, or misty environments where removing the digital back reveals the sensor to the elements.

We’re glad to see that we can now offer this feature to our Cambo tech camera customers as well, in the form of the new WRS-1600. It allows rotation of the entire camera, without changing the optical center. The movement range is fully symmetrical (up to 20mm in each direction) and the weight is about two pounds (or just under a kilo).

Have a question about the WRS-1600? Want to compare it to the other Cambo, Arca Swiss, and Alpa tech cameras? Contact us!

Technical Specs

• Size 180 x 160mm (W x H) incl. handgrips and tripod mount
• Lightweight only 0.92 kgs (excl. lens)
• Horizontal shift 40 mm (20 mm left/20 mm right)
• Vertical shift 40 mm (20mm / 20mm)

Movement Illustration

From Cambo

The Cambo WRS-1600 series is a new addition to the Wide RS Family, made from high grade aluminum as used in aerospace technology.

The movements are driven by accelerated spindle gears, operated by XL size stainless steel drive knobs with excellent grip. These precision-geared controls provide architectural photographers with many of the image-placement movements they require, while giving digital photographers the ability to create amazing vertical and horizontal panoramic images through stitching several exposures together.

A unique feature of the WRS-1600 is its ability to rotate the full camera/lens/back assembly in the tripod mount between landscape and portrait mode within seconds, without removing any part and still keeping the optical center in the same position.

Additionally many of the Lenspanels can optionally be acquired with a Tilt-Swing possibility, to add Scheimpflug settings for increased depth of field, in both horizontal as vertical plane or intentionally selective sharpness where needed.

Like the other Cambo Wide models, the WRS-1600 features interchangeable interfaces for Hasselblad, Leaf, Phase One and Sinar digital backs. Mounts are available for Hasselblad V, Hasselblad-H, PhaseOne-DF/XF, Mamiya 645DF and Contax 645AF compatible digital backs. A dedicated interface plate hosting both Leaf AFi and Sinar HY6 backs is also available.

In order to accomplish nearly any architectural or landscape assignment, the Wide RS accepts the full range of WDS lens panels that incorporate the Schneider Digitar and Rodenstock Digital lenses. Choose from focal lengths ranging from 23mm up to 150mm and more on request.