Kinefinity Active PL Mount

On a camera package that remains on PL glass for an entire production, the mount becomes part of the optical chain rather than a simple accessory. Kinefinity Active PL Mount gives compatible Kinefinity bodies a native PL interface, fixed directly to the camera at four corner points. A stainless-steel flange face and a precise locking movement keep the lens seated consistently through repeated swaps of cine primes and zooms. This direct, rigid connection suits feature, commercial and episodic camera builds that are expected to stay assembled across long shooting days.

The mount works with MAVO Edge 8K, MAVO Edge 6K, MAVO mark2 LF, MAVO mark2 S35 and VISTA. It replaces KineMOUNT at body level, so crews can choose a dedicated PL configuration for PL-led jobs, then return the camera to KineMOUNT for EF, E or LPL adapters on another production. Kinefinity states that refitting the Active PL Mount does not require another flange-distance correction. That matters in rental inventories and production-house kits: a body can move between lens families without turning each return to PL into an unnecessary calibration task.

Its active role is the Cooke /i protocol. With a compatible lens, focal length, aperture and depth-of-field information are read in real time and stored with the recorded material, while timecode keeps the data aligned frame by frame. The camera therefore carries a technical record of each take instead of depending on handwritten lens notes. DITs, editors and VFX teams can identify lens settings more reliably, which is especially useful for effects plates, continuity checks and projects with many lens changes.

For an owner-operator, rental house or production company standardising on PL optics, this construction balances mechanical repeatability with useful electronic reporting. The native PL lens mount avoids an additional adapter-to-KineMOUNT junction, and the defined lock travel gives operators clear confirmation that the lens is secured. Combined with frame-level lens metadata, it supports faster hand-offs from camera crew to post without adding unverified automation or needless complexity to the rig.