Systematic: the pinnacle of Gitzo technology, craftsmanship and quality.
Gitzo’s top of the range modular tripod family has been redesigned, with a host of practical benefits for professional photographers.
Gitzo’s top of the range Systematic tripods have been improved to provide even greater strength, stability and ease of use to exacting professional photographers choosing the ideal support for long lenses and heavy camera equipment. Systematic payloads are almost doubled by new high-performance bonding and construction techniques, and by design refinements to the top casting which optimize weight distribution. A tool-free ratchet locking lever replaces the previous nut and bolt when interchanging the modular centre component, and a secondary safety mechanism with release button now protects equipment during and after changeovers.
The Systematic range now comprises the following models:
Fast and easy to use
Systematic’s modular top casting allows each tripod to be configured with a geared or sliding centre column, a flat disk, video half-ball adaptor, levelling unit or other specialized centre components. Opening and closing the tripod top casting in order to switch components has been made much easier by changing the opening mechanism from a nut and bolt that required a socket wrench to a new tool-free ratchet locking lever.
Secondary safety mechanism
Even if the top casting is inadvertently left untightened, centre accessories (and valuable camera equipment attached) are held securely in place by a secondary safety mechanism. Until the safety mechanism’s release button is pushed, the centre accessory can’t be removed from the tripod, offering even safer support at all times.
Doubled payloads
Systematic has a brand new design for the key top casting component: its pronounced triangular shape distributes weight more efficiently and evenly to the carbon fibre legs, and in combination with an innovative bonding and assembly technique, this has led to dramatic increases in the loads that each Systematic tripod can support: a Series 5 tripod now safely carries up to 40kg of camera equipment, double the payload of the previous version.
Built-in spiked feet for a secure grip on all surfaces
New one-piece, built-in spiked feet provide a secure grip on uneven ground, mud and snow. Integrated into the leg construction (so there’s no risk of losing them), the spiked feet have a special non-scratch finish that won’t damage floors and surfaces, but protective rubber caps are fitted for everyday usage.
Carbon Fibre increases rigidity throughout the range
Gitzo’s own 6X Carbon Fibre leg tubes are used on all the updated Systematic models. The unique crossed-layer structure of 6X tubing maximises rigidity and strength, and absorbs vibration.
Easier tripod set-up and increased stability
Setting Systematic’s independent leg angles has been made much easier and more comfortable by changes to the design of both the tripod top casting and the pull-out angle stops, which now offer more “grip room”. Gitzo’s G-lock system, used between all leg sections, adds stability to each leg by exerting a consistent blocking force on the entire circumference of the leg, while also requiring less force to twist and lock or unlock.
Gitzo’s elegant and durable Noir Décor finish
All cast components of the Systematic range are finished in Gitzo’s traditional “noir décor” paintwork. The hammered paintwork has become a Gitzo tradition not only for its elegance, but also because of its durability and resistance to rugged treatment.
A new series extends the Systematic range
The Systematic range has a new addition: Series 2 tripods. Extending the range from Series 3, 4 and 5 to include the smaller Series 2 models makes Systematic’s professional levels of performance available in a more easily transportable tripod. Built around the same top casting used in Series 3 and 4, Series 2 inherits its structural strength from the larger models.
Here is a chart to help explain where the new models fall into the product line and the expected retail price (subject to change) of the new tripods.
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Professionals over the world acknowledge Gitzo tripods, monopods, heads and accessories as setting the industry’s standards for excellence. Innovations such as the first uses of carbon and basalt fibre to make tripods, and magnesium to make heads, matched with a design policy of “no gimmicks and no compromise on quality,” puts Gitzo in a class of its own. Gitzo’s carefully crafted products form a comprehensive range of supports for large, medium and small format cameras, for film or digital technology, for still photography or dynamic video, and for studio or location work. Precision assembly, high-quality materials and fine control are all qualities representing Gitzo products.
