What is up creatives, this is Tom
welcome back to another video now I have
finally got my hands on the Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema Camera 4k so in this one
what I'm going to be doing is breaking
down my camera rig setup for you this is
actually the first time that I've properly
built a camera rig previously with other
mirrorless cameras I've never really
sort of felt the need to so it's been a
super interesting project for me which I
thoroughly enjoyed I've gone through a
few different variations so just a few
things that I've been playing around
with and I have found some videos online
super helpful so I'll link those down
below from some other creators if you
want to watch those also link to all of
the products that I've used to build
this rig down below in the comments what
I've gone for is keeping the system sort
of as compact as possible I've seen
videos of just enormous rigs that I just
don't really have the need or desire for
but at the same time it is a rig that
will get you taken seriously with
clients and it has enough weight behind
it that you can shoot some decent
handheld footage as well
without further ado though let's jump
into the build alright so we're gonna
kick off with the obviously the camera
and the main
sort of bulk of the rig so that is
obviously the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema
Camera 4k haven't shot with it a ton
yet but really excited to do so and all
it I have the Sigma 18-35mm
F1.8 lens this is for aps-c
lenses and I'm boosting that with a
Viltrox speed booster for micro
four-thirds I haven't really felt a need
to upgrade right now to a Metabones
Adapter but who knows maybe I'll do that
in the future the cage of choice that
I'm using is the SmallRig Cage for
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera that
this will work for the 4k and the 6k
version so pretty much this whole rig is
applicable for those cameras you just
sort of mount it and screw it in at the
bottom and then you're good to go
something I don't see a lot in these
build videos your rig build videos is
this small rig tool and it is so
important you get so many different
threads and different sizes of allen key
and this will just sort that out for you
so a real real quick tip there next we
have these SmallRig Metabones adapter
now this specifically will sort of screw
in to your speed booster either metabones or viltrox fully works with the
viltrox as you can see here I've
already sort of got this pre-installed
in my case just because it was such a
faff to take on and off but once you've
done it you won't need to mess around
with that all too much but as you can
see that screws on and they will take
all of the weight off your speed booster
all of your lenses and actually mount it
into the camera itself so it just sort
of takes a lot of the strain off the
camera body there we go so that's
tightened up now we've got the metabones
mount and the cage done and this
allen key if you don't have these small
rig little penknife thing can just slot
straight into the underneath of the cage
which is a nice little feature of the
small rig cage
Okay, for storage one of the huge
advantages of this camera is it can
shoot directly to an SSD which I
absolutely love so I'm using the this
Samsung T5 SmallRig mount that just
goes on the left side of the cage it's
all very easy we just sort of screw that
on to the side using these two super
small little screws once that's done we
can take the t5 and just sort of slot it
into the slot here nice and easy and
then just tighten that up and we're
ready to go next up we have the top
handle and I'm using a quick release
setup with my top handle so I'm just
going to mount the actual quick release
bracket that just goes on with two
screws as you can see I'm pressing it as
far over as I can near the SSD and then
we can just slot the top handle this is
the small rig
NATO grip I believe it's called and it
has a rubber texture and a rubber feel
to it and that can just slot straight on
nice and easy and then just tighten it
up and you're ready to go okay so next
on the shopping list is this small rig
baseplate and this these are eight inch
rods that I'm just inserting in there
and tightening this is what will mount
to tripods or any sort of slightly
larger setup also gives a bit of weight
to the rig and of course most
importantly for rods lets you mount
other accessories if you wanted things
like a follow focus on things like that
you could probably just extend the rods
I've gone for eight inches because I
want this setup to be fairly compact but
as I said larger rods are definitely
an option and they just sort of
this just sort of screws into the bottom
of the camera cage just like this nice
and easy and then as you can see our rig
is definitely starting to take shape now
okay so let's talk monitors now I'm
using the Atamos Shinobi monitor for
this build this is sort of a mid tier
monitor certainly more expensive than
some of the cheaper ones on the market
but not a crazy crazy expensive model
I just basically need it to be
relatively compact a decent value and
just bright enough in sort of daylight
that it is obviously usable power this
using these Sony NPF batteries just to
minimize on wires for the set up I don't
want another wire going to my monitor is
also just useful to have a couple of big
NPF fully charged when you're on a shoot
and the mount is actually slightly
different than I showed in some of those
intro shots this is actually the
dedicated monitor mount by SmallRig the
angle is just extremely good I sort of
toyed around with having just a ball
head at one point but this is just I'm
thoroughly glad that I went for this
option it gives me a lot more
versatility when shooting and mounted it
off to the right of the rig just means I
have to balance the battery later on a
bit to the left to balance that out but
definitely really good option for
mounting the monitor viewable at every
angle easily reversible so yeah a great
option so there's left to do with that
one is to screw the monitor on itself as
you can see easily reversible each side
which is great and then we just mount
the battery in that little click and
there yeah we are definitely getting
close just a few more components to do
again another one where I'm slightly
cheating I've got these two already
stuck together again just because
they're a bit of a faff to undo this is
the V-Mount plate for V-Mount batteries
by SmallRig and the 15mm rail
clamps which do slot onto the back of
these rails as you can see and then very
very easily we can't basically slot my V
mount battery on here this is V-Mount battery I found on Amazon, it has capacity to last for
about six or seven hours of shooting
which is more than enough for the type
of projects that I work on and that just
clicks onto the back of the set up just
like this and really helps with the
weight distribution gives it a is I've
always very top-heavy so this really
evens that out I guess oh now we move on
to the cables that are gonna power the
rig and this is a coiled HDMI and it's
actually by Atamos basically just means
that it can be short or long depending
on your setup and we also have a coiled
D-Tap power cable as well and this will
power from the V-Mount battery into the
Pocket Cinema Camera just pull off this
port cover right here on the battery and
then you can go ahead and thread the
D-Tap into the camera's ports I've
subsequently found out that you can take
off these little rubber door protectors
which I think isn't just an awesome tip
its non-destructive you you can put it
back in if you have something sort of
pointy but for when you're running a
setup like this that is a great choice
before we go ahead and actually put the
HDMI and USB C cable into the camera I'm
going to go ahead and put the cable
clamp in as well this is just a tool
which can secure both of those cables in
place and means that you won't ever lose
a storage or signal to your HDMI feed
definitely recommended if you're going
to be using accessories with the Pocket
4K or 6K there we go that's that one
in and then connected up to the Atamos
Shinobi monitor and we just have the USB
C to USBC cable and especially one that
came with the Samsung T5 I'm just using
one straight out of the box and luckily
it always has all this has this little
velcro clip on as well that I can use to
velcro it to the coiled HDMI as well so
that is pretty much the entire rig I am
just going to tighten up these cable
clamp here and as you can see those
cables are going nowhere now so a bit of
extra security whilst shooting all done
fairly minimal I think for a full kitted
out Blackmagic Cinema rig the nice thing
about this is fairly stable and well
balanced as I mentioned the battery
is offset slightly to the left to
account for the monitor weight on the
right but you can see when the shot that
is fairly stable balanced only on a
couple of my fingers here I've had a
couple of comments about how I'm going
to focus on this rig now you could
definitely extend the set up with a
follow focus I've not necessarily gone
for that I'm pretty much happy running
and gunning focusing either on sticks or
focusing beforehand I just don't think
I'm going to be doing a ton of sort of
moving subject work right now so that's
why I haven't done a follow focus set up
another really nice option with this
setup is that you can just change the
way the battery mounts if you're on a
tripod you want to see the back screen
of the Blackmagic pocket Cinema Camera
you can just mount the battery
underneath like it's down here we can
even lay it flat lots of different
options there we go guys that is the rig
build hopefully you guys found it
interesting or informative if you guys
have any questions on the rig just drop
a comment down below and I'll do my best
to answer building a rig like this does
take time and you need to sort of figure
out the right product for you so talking
about it as much as possible forehand is
a really good approach so like I said
drop a comment and I'll do my best to
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