On 25 August, Cartoni published the list of what it is taking to IBC 2026, running at the RAI in Amsterdam from 11 to 14 September, stand 12.F31. Two products get a world debut: the Lambda 15 fluid head and the HyperRoll movement platform. The fact that a Rome-based company is showing them, in the same week the support market lost Miller, is not a minor detail for anyone working in Italy.

Lambda 15: nodal work comes down to 15 kg

The Lambda has always been Cartoni’s nodal head — the one you get when the camera has to rotate around the no-parallax point: VFX, panoramas to be stitched, plates for compositing, virtual production. Until now that meant the Lambda 25 and serious camera packages. The Lambda 15 brings the same mechanics to bodies up to 15 kg, in a head that weighs 7.

The numbers that matter: two patented Cartoni fluid modules with three progressive drag settings plus a zero position for completely free movement, 360° tilt, a stated operating range of -40 to +60 °C, and a side-loading quick-release sliding plate. Nodal adjustment runs on two cranks, one per axis — the kind of detail that decides whether you find the point in two minutes or twenty. A Mitchell flat base is standard, so tripods, dollies, cranes and jibs are covered, with a 150 mm bowl as an option. It can also be run underslung.

The part we care about most is that the Lambda 15 is encoder-ready: the upgrade can be retrofitted later, so you do not have to decide today whether virtual production is in your future. It is the same logic behind the E-Jibo, making its European debut in Amsterdam with 22-bit encoders, roughly 4.1 million counts per revolution, configured with a Sony FR7.

HyperRoll: ten ways to roll a camera

The HyperRoll is the odd one out, in a good way. It is a patented compact rolling platform in aerospace-grade alloys that Cartoni presents as ten shooting modes in a single system: ultra-low tracking shots, roll-over moves across objects, tabletop work for food, 9:16 vertical, POV. The handle system is modular — one, two or three grips, or a telescopic extension — and it carries anything from a smartphone to a fully built ARRI 35 or ARRI 65 rig. A UK dealer already lists it at around £630.

On set we see it replacing the small slider you carry everywhere and use three times a year: quicker to deploy, less rigid than a dolly, and honest about its limits — it is not a track dolly and does not pretend to be one.

What it means for shooting here

A 15 kg nodal head sits exactly in the range of our most requested camera packages: an ARRI ALEXA Mini rigged with cine glass and a matte box fits comfortably, as does a Sony BURANO or a RED KOMODO 6K in studio configuration. In practice: if you shoot plates, VFX panoramas or footage for virtual environments, you are no longer forced to rent a 25 kg head for an eight-kilo body.

And the usual rental arithmetic applies. You use a nodal head on specific projects, maybe four or five times a year; buying one ties up capital in a piece that gathers dust the rest of the time. Better to take it when you need it, with the rest of the camera package already built and tested. If you are planning a production in Abruzzo, look at our kit solutions: the right head matched to the right body solves more problems than any accessory bought on impulse.

Pricing and availability for the Lambda 15 are not public yet — we will know after Amsterdam. The full announcement is on the official Cartoni site, while the first commercial details were picked up by Newsshooter.