Tilta Tiltaing Lightweight Quick Release Top Handle - Tilta Gray

The Tilta TA-QRTH3-G is a lightweight quick-release top handle for Tiltaing cages: it sits on the cage by its cold shoe and a 1/4"-20 screw pulls it tight. It is smaller than the standard Quick Release Top Handle and suits small builds. It has 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 threads, a cold shoe at the front and a pass-through for a 15 mm rod to hang a viewfinder or monitor on. Aluminium alloy and stainless steel, colour Tilta Gray.

The Tilta TA-QRTH3-G is the handle the caged camera is lifted off the tripod and carried by — and a carrier in its own right: threads on top for accessories, a cold shoe at the front and a 15 mm rod through the body for a viewfinder or monitor.

Quick release with one screw

The handle sits on top of the cage by its cold shoe and one 1/4"-20 screw pulls it tight — fitting and removing take a few turns and no tools. It is the lightweight version of the standard Quick Release Top Handle: it holds the same but is smaller, so it does not overhang a small cage. It fits most Tiltaing cages; on the top plate of the cage for RED KOMODO only backwards.

Threads, cold shoe and 15 mm rod

Along the handle run 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 threads for a microphone, light or receiver, with a cold shoe at the front. A hole with a locking screw passes through the body for a 15 mm rod: a viewfinder or monitor hangs on the rod and sits above the camera, not on the cage beside it. The handle thus carries what would otherwise take up space on the cage.

Tiltaing handles and plates

The Tiltaing range builds the rig around the cage from parts that fit together: side handles with a REC button powered by a Sony F570/F970 battery or USB-C PD, wooden and quick-release top handles, handle adapters to an ARRI rosette, 15 mm LWS baseplates with a Manfrotto or ARCA plate and battery plates with P-Tap and USB-C outputs. They share 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 threads with ARRI locating pins, NATO rails and ARRI rosettes. This part is one of them.