I Can't Believe YouTubers Fall For This: The Camera Cage
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Oh silly youtubers, what will you fall for next? Some filmmakers actually need a camera cage. They need that bigger monitor and have to attach it somewhere. They're using v mount batteries or other external power solutions etc. Building a little cinema rig is necessarry for some jobs. But youtubers? Most youtubers buy cameras cages just because they look cool lol.
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I think it's time you cut your finger nails! Ps I love my cage
Action 4 just release a new firmware to support DJI MIC 2, no escaping buying a Pocket 3 creator kit now.
Dude you have quickly become my favorite content creator. Your mannerisms and commentary is flawless. I get my first cinema camera this week. I’m sure you wouldn’t approve of my choice but I couldn’t resist. I look forward to seeing more of your content sir!
What are you getting bro?
@@WasionKey I decided to go with the Black Magic Pocket 4k.
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Noice. I wish they did a 4k one with integrated NDs. I'd pay money for that
If you chase a squirrel with the ride mic it would look like it’s attached to a dogs collar lol
You’re provoking a cage fight
I bought a cage to protect my cage.
You were right. Cage are so expensiv nowadays. Would be sad to scratch it.
Does your wife keep the key?
@@MtnXfreerideno his BF does 😅
Cage-ception
You need a third cage to protect your cage protector. A cage protector, protector. 😂
Cages are amazing. My favourite accessories are definitely a top handle, and an HDMI clamp, top tier
The hdmi clamp is the only reason i use one 😅 damn microhdmi ports are just too fragile
I'm that guy who has a cage on my battery gripped Nikon Z6II but hear me out! I can't purchase an L bracket for the Z6II that fits while using the battery grip so this was my only option. To be fair it does look pretty cool lol. Best of all the smallrig logo covers the Nikon badge on my camera so I get asked a lot what camera I'm using 😁 No longer do I have to reveal I'm a Nikon user, people speak to me and I no longer bring shame to my family 😂
Had shoulder surgery, cage with handle was only way to shoot for 2 months with other hand. Not a typical use of one, but worked for what I needed. I have cages on both my cameras and my gopro. WOrks for what I do.
Your hairstyle would make the best windmuff ever.
The first thing I did when I bought my GH6, was buy a cage on Amazon lol. To be fair though, I did actually need it to mount my mic, SSD, and monitor. The screen is way too small, to tell if everything is in focus or not, without a monitor.
It’s the rainy season now in Bali. Guess I’ll stay indoors and binge watch Camera Conspiracies. I’m afraid of death by rain!
i made my own half cage from chicken wire. it's really light, and can be bitten down on because it has a soft textile cover. it also gives me some options to tie the camera on a tree branch
Adding weight and volume to a rig is a good thing for handheld use.
Unless you’re going for a very shaky style, your hands SHOULD NOT directly touch the lens housing or camera body.
It’s all about circles and tangential velocity. Y axis and x axis circles - your sphere of control, yaw and pitch/pan and tilt. At a longer radius, you need more velocity to cover the same movement in the same amount of time. It’s a lot to type out, but basically you have more granular control over the camera the further away your hands are but past a certain point there are diminishing returns on this principle. If you have your hands at the minimal possible separation from the imaging site and lens, then the smallest little inputs from your hands will be much more drastic in your footage.
For weight, the vibrations and small jerky motions are easier to manage if you are holding something heavy. This is anecdotal, but I know I have more steady hand held performance on a heavier rig than a lightweight magnesium camera body. When you start to tremble from it being too heavy, go gym. Lol jk. Just practice and find a weight that feels like a good balance.
I’d recommend people think twice before buying a cage, still. But weight and volume painted as a pointless “monstrosity” is a vague generalization that overlooks the benefits of those systems.
Shout out my fellow box camera brain users dependent on having a cage 😂
I know, all of this goes out the window if you’re using IBIS and OIS.
I have a GoPro with the media mod, and the Sennheiser MKE 400. I used a piece of flat aluminum and a cold shoe adapter to move the microphone back a few inches, so that it doesn't show in the video.
What is the benefit of shotgun mic over wireless mic. I just got a Lark wireless mic and the audio is so much better (i'm a noob just starting out). I still see pros with no budget limits use shotgun mics so there must be some reason
@@user-DaleAcosta I got that particular Sennheiser mostly because of the wind protection, it also is pretty small compared to my Sennheiser MKE 600, and the 400 has switches for boosting or cutting the signal. I found with my Sony X3000 camera, the signal from the Rode Micro was so strong it would clip audio most of the time.
I bought a cage for my camera about 9 years ago. I can confirm it was the stupidest accessory I've purchased to date.
The more you use that Z30 the more I want to get it. Well hopefully they will make a cage like they did for the og action.
You have a good point in what you say about the cage. I say kids born in the 90's need a cage because they are just scared and curled up. Don't dare cross the street. It's dangerous
I could not hold my laugh during your dialogue on the street. That was absolutely hilarious
Instead of a cage, you can wrap your action camera in a grapefruit sized ball of bubble wrap. Then cover it with duct tape, to hold the bubble wrap on. Now you're protected ! But unfortunately, the lens is now blocked. So find a three quarter inch wood boring bit and drill down to the lens. It may take a few trial holes to find the lens, unless you were clever enough to mark the spot. While the bit's pilot auger has a tendency to gouge the lens, think of the bright side. Now you will have amazing lens flares, and you didn't even have to pay for the modification. Of course, if you make the same mistake that I did (choosing bubble wrap with connected cells) you will have to redo the process after the bubble wrap deflates. The good news is you won't have to wait very long because it deflates in a few seconds. Another bit of good news is due to modern technology. If this had been a film camera, all the holes in the camera made by bad guesses about the lens location would be light leaks. And these are too, but black silicone RTV can plug those holes. See! Modern technology. No need for fancy brackets to connect accessories. More duct tape. Anyways, HTH.
Genius 🤩
Plus you could throw it at your friends head while playing in the sea getting great action footage and it wouldnt sink, with added application for live streaming Tsunamis until the cell towers went under, but then you could get an Elon Musk NWO phone and do it via satellite 👍🏼
Imagine the views!
PS take a life jacket.
There's something about music you put into evey video of yours, it's mesmerizing
You're looking good on Z30's footage
Oh boy Kasey I laughed so hard when you put the rode Mic on honestly I just can't tell ya! I'm even laughing as I am typing this! oh my that was comedy gold, just wonderful 😁🤣😂
"she's actually gonna demand half your cage, i've seen it happen" hahaha
ooooh!!!! That smallrig adapter for the action 4 is the thing i never knew i needed!!!!
I love my cage for my Nikon Z5 so I can add a top handle and monitor so I can view myself, as the rear LCD does not rotate forward. This is mostly for indoors and locked on a tripod for selfie video. A side handle also helps stabilize it if hand held. Definitely functional.
I'm not even interested in camera's, it's just fun to watch you talk Casey!!!
The "dracula" focus move...😂
You gotta use that gopro cage to rig it out like a cinema camera. Put an audio interface on it, add two handles and a follow focus, put and external monitor on it. You could probably show up and start shooting weddings with it because it looks professional. Best of all, your waterproof, shockproof, dust proof gopro will be protected
2:18 thats why i love this guy he is so blunt ...
I also utterly despise the camera cage. BUT I have a Sony ZV-E1 and I'm moving to Las Vegas. As hot as the cam can get at longer run times for Full Frame 4k 60fps I'm gonna need that Tilta Cooling System. I am such an "Anti-Cage Guy" I considered only buying Tilta's bottom plate with the hinge to click the Tilta fan into place and run a battery for the Tilta fan from my chest pouch with the USB chord sticking out (when I need it). However, it be nice to have a power source mount point for the cooling system anyway and for only about 60 bucks extra it's worth it to have the mini cage, bottom plate, handle and extra mounting points with the cooling system. With the tilta stuff on and the new cyborg level autofocus along with the current software it pretty much makes the cam better than the FX3.
Since I got the Ulanzi S-63 Rotatable Horizontal-to-Vertical Mount Plate, I ended up selling all the cages and half-cages that I had, it does 90% of what any other cage would do anyway, specially if you add a quick release system to it
I bought a reasonable high quality smartphone clamp for my EOS R7. When making the tilting axis a bit more stiff, you can also use the clamp without smartphone as "handle" to grip the camera "videographer like" on top. Ofc only with lighter lenses, still a hot shoe mount. I never understood this cage nonsense unless you really needed it.
Personally i do at times use the smallrig cage on the dji action4 but in this case i think as a mic the 'Wave W1-C Wireless Lavalier Microphone" makes more sense its wireless 8grams and works well no convertor neeeded since its usb-c. I use it on my bicycle videos where the camera is near the headlight (in its original cage) but the mic is somewhere on the back of the bicycle with a massive fluffly. The only downside is that the smallrig mic is not made anymore.. you can find them still i got mine for 70 euro at some discount.
Thank you. I have been tempted several times to purchase a cage but my thought process preventing me from doing so has been confirmed. I still wish I would have saw your GoPro Unlanzi cage and rig before I purchased the media mod though just so I could get a cold shoe to mount a mic on top. I'm impressed with your ability to give your unbiased opinion and still be able to provide enough publicity for products that companies don't completely hate you.
Top Handle is also waaay overused... I've been doing handheld with a manual lens. I sold the top handle because I never ever used it. It's kinda funny because most of the rigging videos out there, it's a must to have a top handle.
Small Rig cage resulted in the death of my GoPro 10. Pushing my finger thru the hole to use the power button, allowed the edge of my fingernail to wear away the rubber part of the button. In other words, with the Small Rig cage, you can't operate the buttons with the "flat" part of your finger.
It’s one more complication, but your GoPro’s Ulanzi cage originally included a little cold shoe pedestal for that rode-mic-in-the-shot problem.
Remove the cage and let your heart be free.
Bro I just ordered a cage yesterday and you post this today. 😂
"...I hope your toddler steals it from you and takes it to playschool...! LOL! What happens with that wind muff if you do angry dad walk? Most minimalist rig is best, meanwhile back in Black Magic rig territory... 🙂 Winter is hell on Earth... Have a great day!
Camera Conspiracies Uncaged,, naked and vulnerable episode.
the Sirui Sniper looks like something i want, look foward to the review
I grabbed the SmallRig cage for my OA4 just for my DJI mic. I don't like having the receiver hang off the side of the camera, so I mount it on the cage instead. And then of course the Mic 2 comes along and now the latest OA4 firmware has support for pairing directly with it. But anyway.
I never use the camera cage with my GH5. Although once I got the Canon R5C it was necessary. At the very least a battery holder from small rig. Now I can use my gimbal with the camera on the cage and I enjoy it. When the camera comes off the gimbal it is rigged out.
The plastic cage/container/waterproofer (that came with my old Sony FDRX3000) roasts the camera in the summer. It has since been released from the cage. At 12:37 "What the hell kind of car was that?!"- likely one of our Drake-clones having escaped from Mississuburbia, fleeing to the big city.
I wasted money on a cage. I can see it if you’re only doing horizontal video and you’re not really changing lenses while you’re doing that. Otherwise, it’s just a hindrance. A good L-bracket would be a lot more useful for most people. Gives you quick and easy landscape or portrait orientation on a tripod or monopod with any Arca type head, because both bottom and side already serve as Arca plates. Not as easy to do vertical video with a cage rig. You can still add an extra cold shoe atop the side of some L-brackets if you need it.
Oh good... I have a split cage, so that divorce will be a lot smoother now! (jokes on her... she bought it for me!)
What a great bit of kit for selfie stick shooters. No longer have to mount an ass-wipe dispenser on a bandolier!
Zeppelin Wind Protection barber lol
Cage helps with a few things, Light, Mic, Battery, screen. I had one for my 6400, but then I always use a tripod so can attach all my bits to the cage held up by a tripod... hand held it's too impractical for me, heavy restrictive. Hand held I use a $2 silicone cover accessory for bag scrapes. The cage is not for protection though it looks like it is... a fall is still a fall regardless of cage, the internals will get shocked. The silicone coat is likely better than the metal cage.
In Amsterdam wearing a backpack.. Great idea.. Backpack will be empty within a minute..All youre gear ripped out.. But hey, you still will have youre action cam thats a good thing 😂🎉
So the lav is still the best 👍 Sounds great btw. Rode? Comica? Noname? Xpensive one Markus Pix likes?
I've been shooting since 1970. Yeah, I used to be able to walk around with my camera....without a shoulder strap or a wrist strap and have full confidence I wouldn't drop it. Not anymore. Things don't work like they used to and I have to give myself every advantage I can to not drop my Nikon 7ii......including a cage that gives me extra grab points.
Those falcam plates are winners!
i regularly shoot video for clients.. bought a cage to rig up a mic receiver and atomos (and batteries, handles, etc..)... spent all the money on adapters and cables.. cage has been on my camera for 6 months.. atomos has been in the box on my shelf for 6 months.. handle and batteries are on another shelf.. still excited about the day i finally put the whole thing together.. probably never will..
PS... ua-cam.com/video/6m-NhWv-9d0/v-deo.htmlsi=bJbwj77brlW11eLm
I have a cage on my One RS, as it gives me two cold shoe mounts, one of which takes the wireless RX and the other can be used for a light when required. And if you had a wireless mic, you wouldn't need tethering, BTW. I also have a cage on my OMD EM10iii because it gives me Arc Swiss 38mm rails in both landscape and portrait and a bigger grip. I don't, however, have a cage on my vintage Nikon D200 because it's magnesium alloy and built like a tank, with a substantial grip!
I have a passionate loathing for camera cages, tripods, gimbals, etc. The raw power of a naked camera in the hand is what I live for.
One exception, i love my slider
3:17 The cage and the battery are probably more worth than the camera. :P
The studio I worked at had a cage for the a6000 because I recommended it, after I left I bought my own a6000 and I decided to go cageless. I do miss the handle but at least I can stick a light on top when I need it.
My cage looks sexy with the FX3 green vinyl wrap from alphagvrd. It also acts as a counterweight on the gimbal.
I like compact minimalism. But I still don't like to wear my cameras. I'd still prefer them to be pocketable. The Sony x3000 was the CLOSEST thing we got, but they needed to put a micro-shotgun mic in the body instead of its wind-beaten stereo mic. 📽
I want you to make a research video on blutooth technology and convince us with science that dealing with a cord is worth it lol (I'm too in love with my instamic). Good video Kasey 👍
I put a small rig cage on my Nikon Z5 because all my speed lights are Godox for Olympus but I have Nikon Trigger so I place a flash on the cold shoe mount on the cage and fire it with the on camera trigger. Mind-blowing.
So you spend the amount of money you could have used for a new speedlight to buy a cage😁
Speed light cost more than $45 cage.
@@andersistbesser my Godox V1 was $199. My small rig cage was bought second hand on eBay for $30. Let me know where you can get a good speed light for $30, better yet $60 if the cage was new.
Like the expression: “thats a bitch”😂😂😂
Man is laying it thick
all of the information channels on cameras i have to like the dry sarcastic mocking pitch. All i want is a camera that will work with a motion control arm for stop motion but give a wide feel
i bought a cage and loads of accessories after watching everyone on youtube with them and talking about them
absolutely did not need it. complete waste of money. it makes using the camera more frustrating to use.
Hello Mr. Conspiracies,
though I dont disagree with your opinion on cages for safety you did miss one very common use for cages: the second tripod-screwhole. Having your camera unscrew itself during a shoot is super annoying and even the fx3 only has a single screwhole.
Ye if you only go handheld or dont Touch your cam on the tripod its different, but thats not all youtube-shoots.
Besides that a cage can help with balancing for tripod or shoulder-rig usage. Shifting the weight back to compensate for heavy lenses can help a lot.
Best regards, random-comment-section-dude
The Rode mic was rule of thirdsing the top.
Also the Sennheiser was picking up the cars better than you.
I never get tired of your videos. 😂 I always know I’ll have a good laugh when I see your thumbnail appear in my feed. 💕 (And for the record, I don’t have a cage for my Fuji - and I plan to keep it that way. lol)
the most minimalist osmo pocket...
I totally agree 😂 only time i use a cage is when i shoot wedding films, and that's just so i can use two comfortable handles and not get the dreaded "clawwwww handddd" after shooting for like 13 hours
I got the bottom plate for the ZV1 so I can access the battery/card without unscrewing. Other than that not a fan either.
Hey Ulanzi (I think) makes a DJI A4 battery door replacement with a cold shoe mount on it. Lightest way to go AFAIK.
I got a cage for my a7c and out it on the day I bought it. It has lived on a tripod since. Never have I taken it out nor has it ever needed to be protected. I guess you’re right, I fell for the “ you can build your setup with this cage” scam.
It’s not scam. You just don’t use it….
@@ChadPrime69 you sound like you mom is a photographer.
I see some similarity with cope cages on some contemporary battle tanks, as they seem to have similar reason and efficiency.
Lol, everyone gave the Russians grief for this and now everyone's doing it, Israeli Merkavas in Gaza all have them, the age of the FPV Drone with an RPG sticky-taped to it.
After watching hours of your content. I just have one question. Does Martin Cabello write your scripts ? XD I love the vibe and tone. So similar, yet so different. Thanks for a good laugh. I enjoy every weird sentence you make.
Lens is a 38mm equivalent, with up to 1.2 aperture.
I'm just here for the comedy.😆
TIL there’s a kewl little foldy adapter for GP/tripod that I never even thought to look for. Gracias sir.
I have always thought that camera makers should design a body with more attachment points for accessories
I started never having considered a cage, but I'm now convinced I need one to protect the micro HDMI on my Nikon.
Like a camera mounted under some giant dog. Very original look I must say…
There is actual cat content of that type on IG.
i just got a cage for my M50 and i kinda hate it, i mean, it gives it so much stability hand held, i just shot the most stable low to the ground video of my cats i have ever shot... and was thanks to the weight... but i hate it so much, it does not fit in my bag anymore, its heavy and i don't feel like its needed at all... at least not for me... i will try to keep using and learning to use it, and if i don't like it at all, i will sell it and that's it.
btw mine was 20 euros in aliexpress LOL.
Captain YT, which video did Kasey explain the filter hack? Link please captain?
Highlight: "you're a crab".
but but but but I need my cage for my light to blow out my night filming image! My light has a cold shoe making it as tall as mount Everest with the mic on top.
Buy a pistol grip, mount the camera backwards, then spray it with insulation foam after it dries, cut away the extra and you have the perfect rig. Oh yes the rain does kill, the pipes in the dome are lead, when they turn on the water...beware! I like the fuzzy dark cloud like thing in the video!
Cages make sense when you want to attach monitors. For the Z9 this is critical and needs a monitor.
Looking forward to joining the half cage club. FML. 😅
Oh no…I wish I had seen this video before I asked my wife, Snap E. Chimp to get me a cage for Christmas! Hopefully, she'll think it was for me and my friends and not my camera.
Didn't know youtube was giving us free movies...
I keep an arca L bracket on mine so that its easy to tripod it portrait or landscape
The looking guy...bestest funny about to lose it laughing look.
Go stand up and talk bro, you'll probably suck but that'll be funny too...aww not, and that'd be hilarious.
I had a cage for my alpha for a while, thought it would protect against scratches and such. It was a pain putting it in and taking it out though, don't get me started on the squirrel army that surrounded it every day trying to get at the peanut butter on the hot shoe.
I think you're supposed to just leave the camera in the cage all the time. If you're taking it out all the time, the cage life probably isn't for you tbh
The cage is intended to be used when you rig it, if you are not rigged and not in studio or on set why would you lug around all the extra weight? Not everyone has multiple bodies laying around, try and remember that.@@thatcherfreeman
Man, you gotta be using A.I. for all these video topics. Make a mascot for that. I release the rights.
Didn’t you change the auto focus settings so that it stays locked onto your face longer? I think you’ll have to change that again if you wanna be able to throw things up in front of your face and have the Nikon focus on them.
You don't need a cage if you don't have a camera! ... Thanks for the Nikon autofocus test, it focuses quite smoothly IMO. I actually like that it prioritises the face, and finds it easily.
You can fix the mic issue with Smallrig Hot Shoe Mount, Ballhead Tripod, it will get it out of the shot.
So Gopro could have fit a tripod screw (1/4"?) in there all along.
I mostly use a cage to mount a larger monitor on to a camera. No shot I'm going to put that on the hot shoe.
Yep... If you had the Pocket 3, you could use Product Showcase Mode...
All I have to say, I dropped my GH5 mk2on a concrete path from 6 feet. It was caged and survived. I doubt it would have without it. I attach focus pull and other accessories so to me its worth it. simplicity where practical yes. 🙃
I dropped my gh5 from about 6.foot as well and nothing was damaged