How We Co-Designed the Ronin Dock Pro with Adicam
Some products come from a brief. Some come from a problem. This one came from a conversation with one of Europe's leading film cart manufacturers — and ended up as something neither of us would have built alone.
The Problem
If you run a DJI Ronin RS2, RS3, or RS4 on a film cart, you know the drill: the gimbal lives somewhere awkward between shots. Balanced on the shelf, rattling around. Shoved in a bag. Perched on a case lid. There was no clean, purpose-built way to dock a Ronin to a professional film cart — something that felt intentional rather than improvised.
On a fast-paced set, that matters more than it sounds. A gimbal that isn't properly secured is a gimbal that gets damaged, knocked, or picked up wrong in a rush. Camera assistants were solving this problem with gaffer tape and ingenuity. There had to be a better answer.
The Collaboration
Adicam — based in Poland, building some of the most refined and precise film carts in Europe — had customers asking the same question. So did we. So we started talking.
What followed was a genuine back-and-forth design process between two teams who both cared about getting it right. Not just a bracket. Not just a clamp. A proper dock — something that held the DJI Ronin securely during transit, released it cleanly when you needed it, and worked with the way real AC and camera departments actually move on set.
The result combines 3D printed components in high-strength glass-fibre reinforced ABS with machined metal bracing — giving the dock the precision fit of a printed part and the structural integrity of metal where it counts. The wedge locking mechanism, the captive thumb bolt, the stainless steel threaded inserts — none of that happened in one pass. It took iteration, feedback from working ACs, and the kind of honest conversation you only get when both sides are invested in the outcome.
Three Ways to Mount — One Dock
The central design challenge was flexibility. A dock that only worked one way wasn't good enough. So the Ronin Dock Pro ships with three distinct mounting options built in:
- Cart lip mount — clips directly onto the Adicam cart rail lip, no tools, no modification to the cart. On, off, done.
- Baby pin (5/8") — drops onto any standard baby pin receiver. That puts it on virtually any grip rig, C-stand arm, or accessory post on set.
- Superclamp — mounts to any 15–40mm tube, rail, or bar via a Manfrotto 035B or equivalent. Works anywhere there's a pipe.
One dock. Three mounting methods. On set that means you pick whatever attachment point makes sense for that day, that rig, that job — and the gimbal docks cleanly and securely every time.
The Result
The Ronin Dock Pro holds the DJI RS2, RS3, and RS4 series securely, protects the gimbal between shots, and removes one more "where do I put this?" decision from an AC's day.
Adicam were confident enough in the design to carry it on their own store alongside their full cart range — which, for a Polish manufacturer that builds everything to an exacting standard and takes genuine pride in what they put their name on, means something. We're proud of this collaboration. It's the kind of product that comes from two teams being honest about what was actually needed on set, rather than what was easiest to build.
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