The ONLY Video Clamp You'll Ever Need
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- I'll admit I am a huge fanboy of SmallRig products - they're priced well, versatile, and are incredibly well made. I've had several of these little SmallRig crab clamps and ball head combos for years now, and find myself using them all the time while the rest of my clamps sit around gathering dust.
PROS:
Very durable
Tiny size
Tons of uses
Can support a good amount of weight 💪
CONS:
Not as strong as larger clamps
Little rubber grippies will wear off (eventually) with heavy use
While there are some shortcomings these clamps are seriously one of the only clamps you'll ever need and I highly recommend grabbing one (or more) to have in your kit.
What other clamps do you use??
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I was sold when I saw the weights😳 great video
Thanks! 😊
I work in commercial construction as an electrician and these things translate so well to the trades. If I need to throw a laser line but I’m 14ft in the air in the rafters these definitely come in handy. Between that and tablet mounts so I can look at blue prints wherever I might be working. I’ve been buying photo/cinematography gear for a while for my job.
I use this clamp to hold my phone sturdy on the dash while driving. Thanks for the video!
Awesome! I have tried by my car's dash doesn't have any good angular spots for me to clamp it :( Glad to see someone doing that though! Thanks for watching :D
Haha love the oreo shot 🤣 very helpful video! Just bought mine. cant wait to use it!
Awesome! Let me know how it goes :) (and how many you end up with, I have like 5 or 6 currently)
Great video. I just purchased two similar products.
Thanks! Let me know how you like the clamps :)
I just used three of these SmallRig crab clamps to affix a 3-meter carbon fiber monopole to a Glide Gear Medusa mounting vest. Imma get me some invisible floating "drone" shots on my new Ricoh Theta X 360 cam.
Nice!
This was just what I was looking for to hold my Oreo's while I work. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
We love them so much we bought a dozen! Great video!
Thanks, gentlemen! And while I don't quite have a dozen I do own several, enough that I wish they would give us a bulk discount rate 😇
The oreo shot sold me.
I did it just for you 😊
Jaws are shy to actually fit perfectly on my bikes front,. I feel like drilling two holes and adding rings and strapping it down, Isee it in my mind (Lol and that would do the job, personally for me I do not ride fast but the bumps and road ca jiggle it loose due to the shortness of the clamps jaws where placed. on the tubes shown perfect but the front of my bike where the handle bar goes in or top is not round thank you appreciate the review and being real.
Thanks for the watch and comment my friend, sounds like a cool DIY rig you've got in mind, would love to see what you come up with!
@@DroiMedia thank you a strap will only prevent from falling but will not add strength to the grip so yeah lets see.
I use the very popular Neewer arms ( grippy rubber bit started to slide of in 2 minutes but I still haven't lost it) and this type of thing is a life saver... I attached to one "crab clamp" two light weight things - small microphones, small lights, Zoom H1 recorder. Attached phone for top view it is super useful thing
Juris - thanks for watching! I have bought the Neewer ones before and had the same experience with the rubber grippies coming off after like 2-3 uses. I like the Neewer articulating arms a lot though, I use them regularly (you can even spy a 9" one in the video actually).
Thank you for this demonstration.
Thank YOU for watching! 😊
Thank you! Just what I was looking for
Thanks it helped me a lot .
Glad to hear it! 😊
Probably not for the purposes of attaching cameras, but will be using this to hold a 5kg sim racing shifter (fanatec shifter) attached to a foldable sim rig chair (playseat challenge). Hopefully 3x of these clamps should hold it up while allowing me to apply my force to shift gears.
Very cool potential use for them! Let me know how it works out!
the Oreo looool
☺☺☺
Nice setup
thanks! :D :D
Lovely video! Seems like a great product. Can I also use it to attach my zoom h5 audio recorder directly to a boom pole or mic stand?
Can I make a desk arm with two of this combined? Like... A Vijim LS series is a desk mount with ballheads combined. Im worried with the torque
So I’m thinking about using this by using the female part, screwing it into my cheap little tripod, and I can use the clamp to attach a diffuser or reflector.
Awesome idea!
Hey Mate .. can you give us Idea 💡 about Double ball head Weight capacity?? (Approximately) .. & Did you ever try this Double head mount on bike / cycle ??
Heya! I talk about the weight / capacity in the video around 1:25-1:30, but it's at least 7.5lbs, probably more. And I have tried this on a bike with a GoPro, worked well, but I used some of my DIY cable / bungee ties to secure it more (so it wouldn't wobble and unscrew itself, since I wasn't able to monitor it while the talent was riding the bike). Hope that answers your questions!
@@DroiMedia Thank you for your Reply. Its really help me to discover this product soon.. 👍🏻
it looks more stable than griffin's ultraclamp!
Griffin and I can have a clamp-off! 😁😁😁
Looking for a small reliable and yet articulate for mounting a Bluetooth control on my motorcycle.
Nice! I have recommended this to a buddy who did a cross country (US) trip on a motorcycle and it worked out great for him. Entirely different scenario but I have left this for several weeks at a time in a construction zone to capture a timelapse and it was just as tight at the end as the day I set it up.
I have this as a Gopro bike mount LOL
Nice! I've used it for that too!
I'm looking for a way to connect my Zoom H4n to a boom pole. Think this would clamp down on that?
Yeah! I would try and get a reducer adapter and just go into the 1/4 20 threaded hole on the H4n, OR, same thought but with a micro ball head if you want to be able to adjust it.
I saw they also have a tiny tiny magic arm that uses the same clamp, what's your take on that one?
Have it, use a lot for smaller things (mounting a monitor, my little Rode mic, securing a totally barebones camera for a timelapse, etc.), but it certainly won't hold much weight. It's still the same build quality that you can expect from the other clamp and arm, just a micro version of it. Hope that helps!
I'm having an issue with my SmallRig clamp at the moment. When I lock the ball head, the tilt movement is locked but it can swivel around in a panning motion when my Panasonic G7 is mounted (the G7 is a pretty light camera.) With no camera attached, both the tilt and pan can be locked together. I was going to use it today to clamp my G7 to a long pole but I had to abandon that because of the swiveling issue. Have you experienced this issue yourself? I don't recall this happening when I first used it over a year ago.
Never had any issues with mine, I have a similar Neewer one from Amazon that can loosen a little. Sorry you're having issues, did you reach out to their customer service?
Cool. Whats the clamp size just above this one. Really heavy duty?
Hey Mike - are you asking what the next size up of clamps is? I'm not sure SmallRig makes a 'larger' version of this, but you can always go up in size with some of those Manfrotto / Impact clamps (I have several of those and they can hold entire lighting rigs they're so strong, just not as versatile IMO).
@@DroiMedia Thanks. I do Benro. I dont like Manfrotto. But Small Rig is good. And your video is good. Thank you for replying. That's huge.
@@mikeburke1348 Always happy to respond to people who take the time to leave a comment or ask a question :) Later gator!
can it handle a Godox AD600 strobe, attached to a light or C-stand, thanks
It could probably handle the weight of it rigged straight up and down, but I'd be concerned of the weight if it were rigged cantilevered out (which is the most likely position / scenario). So yes, BUT, I would be careful HOW you might rig it.
@@DroiMedia thanks
Hi Adam! Do you know if these clamps are big enough to tightly fit a Varipole or Autopole? Thanks!!
Heya! I would THINK so, but I do not have either of those to test for you. What's the diameter of the varipole? These little clamps are pretty wide, would definitely clamp around speedrail so I would assume that's one of the wider things you might encounter on set. If you can hang tight I'll get a legit in use / measurement tomorrow and get back to you!
@@DroiMedia Thanks so much! Can't find diameter of pole anywhere! Not even on the B&H site, which always lists the specs. Says the shortest it can be, and the longest. But no diameter. Thanks again!
@@DroiMedia Ah, Manfrotto Autopole 2 says diameter of 1.8". But the Varipole, no info. Not even on their official site. I'm guessing it's the same! These clamps in your video, I can get them to fit a 1" pole (VESA arm pole mount), but not much more than that.
Smallrig has two of these clamps - model 2164 & 1138. Which one is this and how do they differ?
Hey Aaron, great question and sorry for not clarifying (I might have mentioned it in the video but it's early and the coffee hasn't kickstarted my brain yet). SO, the one I have is the 1138, it's larger and a little heavier duty than the other. The 2164 is a LITTLE bitty arm - I believe the clamp is the same size though. I accidentally bought that one a few years back, and I actually use the smaller articulating arm for camera rig stuff, but it's not great for holding anything heavier than a small mic or something.
TLDR; 1138
@@DroiMedia great thank you so much for this! but would you say that both crab clamps are of the same quality? (I only really care abt the clamp and not the arm haha!) theres also this UURig R060 clamp im considering but its twice the price of 2164 and it doesnt include the arm.
Cheers
Happy to help, both the clamps are the same from what I can tell, and they are beasts, anything from SmallRig will be solid quality. I have an identical Neewer clamp from Amazon and it's pretty solid too, and might be a couple bucks cheaper.
@@DroiMedia thank you so much man!
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Can i use this to dslr for overhead shot?
Yeah! BUT, depends on the DSLR - I regularly use for overheads with both of my Sony cameras (a6300 + A7sii) - a larger camera w/ a large lens MIGHT be pushing the weight limit, but try it out and see!
Can it hold the canon dslr in an overhead shot?
Probably! It can hold quite a bit of weight!