Best Camera Cranes
1 SmallRig Camera Cheese Nato Handle Grip QR Top Handle for EVF Mount or Microphone Shock Mount - 1649
Color: Nato Handle 1649. NATO Clamp, Fast Lock and Release. 1/4" and 3/8" Threaded Holes, 2 ARRIMounting Points. 1 x NATO Clamp Adapter. An integrated shoe mount on the top for attaching on camera lights, microphone shock mounts, etc.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"First a disclaimer: I don't have shares in SmallRig, nor am I getting kickbacks or anything personally for free from this company to make the comment below. Being a Cameraman in this day and age is not the easiest of jobs, especially with the diverse range of camera's in many form factors, coming onto the market. Not to mention if you're a freelancer like me who in any given month can use any and every form factored camera on the market, the need to adapt your add on's to each of these units can be not only a headache but stupidly expensive. Their products are incredibly well made, well designed with the operator in mind, and the you can use them anywhere and on any camera [a particular frustration for me with some companies who only want you using their products]. Now I realise most of the their products were designed for the DSLR market in mind... I'm also practical, I don't want to pay excessive amounts of my hard earned dollars on a piece of over engineered metal which may only come out once every three weeks, it's just not practical or sustainable in todays ever changing camera design market. SmallRig have priced their equipment realistically for todays market. Time will tell if it's up to task on heavier work loads than the dslr world [which truthfully isn't different at all now-a-days]. And truth be told even if a part did break, it's so competitively priced I could buy three of their items for one of their bigger US competitors and use it in three different configurations on three different camera's if need be...... you get my point. If your looking to kit out your rig and searching for well priced components to use, Give SmallRig a look over."
"I love smallrig and there gear, used this with a nato rail on top of my cage for a top handle, but also put a nato rail alongside this handle so I could mount an evf on that rail and be able to adjust it forward and backworks to help with balance and use of the monitor."
"Just when I thought I had no choice and purchase Wooden Camera, I found this little company called Smallrig that basically makes the same stuff, including the top handle here."
"Can't recommend highly enough, if you are looking for a top handle that slides onto a NATO rail I think this is the best choice in every regard (this is my third top handle)."
"the handle is on the larger side for DSLR bodies, but I like the larger grip for my Digital Bolex D16."
"Got mine and it's perfectly sized to use with the Smallrig small NATO clamp and my NOGA arm to duplicate the Wooden Camera NATO Lock Magic Arm."
"Most of the Smallrig nato rails are barely wide enough and barely usable with non-Smallrig clamps but this one is just too narrow."
"The width is under size for a NATO rail and mating accessories won't grip down on it securely."
The ProAm USA Camera Crane Stand is an affordable and secure way of mounting your ProAm USA crane or jib. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"That's pretty much what this is EXCEPT if you buy a speaker stand, it's probably more expensive AND you'll have to figure out how to drill a hole in the sleeve, you'll have to figure out how to secure the sleeve onto the stand so it doesn't twist and turn when you rotate your Jib."
"It's solid, totally worth the investment and feels sturdy HOWEVER I was really bummed to see that the legs aren't individually adjustable."
"I bought the crane, jib, and stand together and can't speak more highly of this product."
"One problem, my camera weighs a little over 4 lbs with everything added, it causes the boom to arch about an inch."
"Great, sturdy product."
"I have always felt the 8 ft crane/jib was a great product for a great price, and I was using it on a tripod up until I bought the stand that goes with it."
12 Foot Camera Crane with Stand (also converts to an 8 foot crane). Tool-less design converts from a 12' crane to an 8' crane in minutes. Simply connect the sections to form an 8 foot or 12 foot crane and you are ready to shoot.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It arrived today, a week ahead of schedule, and I immediately set it up, hooked up my camera and monitor and went at testing this bad boy. I had to figure out that keeping the camera angled the way I wanted it (with the lock off) took equal amounts of pressure on the jib and the handle."
"The best part is when a jib shot is not needed the system can also act as a mic boom, light stand, or an extreme tripod (getting high angle shots)."
"This Crane is HUGE and very well made. Defiantly worth every penny. I defiantly made the right choice."
"We loved this, we made a youtube video showing it's motion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkVHcKVAMvw."
"It takes awhile to set up, but when fully assembled is fairly smooth."
"This jib does exactly what I need it for."
"Surprisingly well made."
"Took it out of the box for the "first time" and there were already scratches on some parts."
Best Camera Sliders
Motorized Camera Slider Multiple Shooting Methods Options: camera slider can be tracked and 120 degrees wide shot and panoramic shot.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"it's a matter of remove from both tripods, remove both tripod quick release plates, set on ground, move track/pan pole, put quick release plates back on, put back on the tripod."
"I haven't had a chance to really dig into all of my shots with this, but so far I'm really happy wit the results. You seem to need a balljoint or some other mounting hardware in order to aim the camera. Fortunately, I planned to use this with a ball joint, so it's not a problem for me. The foam included in the case is great to make sure nothing gets jostled, but it's actually TOO tight, to the point where it's hard to get the track, remote, and battery in and out of the case. All of these are very minor points, and are more annoying than deal breakers - at least for me."
"I wish there was a way to contact the manufacturer so they can send me a new controller. They're sending me a new controller which is great customer service."
"If the carriage is loose, there are four set screws on top which pitch two of the rollers in or out from the rail."
"so I can use it with a light weight tripod and move it easily by myself without any disassembly as I am almost always a 1 man band."
"For this price, it's an unbelievable product."
"I need an electric slider, and search the camera slider for some time, I am interested in photography, only through the camera slider to achieve, but I am more fortunate to find this mute motor slider, open carrying bag, It was a very good sturdy aluminum alloy track, and the slider out of the box , I installed the Sony HXR-MC2500 connected to the slider, made a test, I first set the automatic round trip, slide on the track So smooth, so that the video material looks professional, and do not worry about bending, because my camera is heavy enough, I suggest that interviews and shooting people can choose."
"They assured me that each one goes through 3 levels of QA so I wonder if the extreme cold here in the plains had an effect on it while it was out for delivery (I got it from the UPS guy directly when he dropped it off, it did not sit on my stoop for any time at all)."
Best Camera Cine Dollies
Waterproof legs. made of very special materials makes the tripod perfect for both internal and external use.This means the tripod can be used at any place making it the perfect gadget. Compatibility with camera, any smartphones, Gopro, webcam, etc.Universal Phone clip and 1/4 screw interface - Compatible with all iPhone, Samsung and most Other Smartphones up to 3.5 inches wide.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Works great with my go pro. Cons: like with any tripod. The rubber doesnt have lines to know where to fold but you can figure it out."
"Works for my iPhone with a bumper case Great !!"
"Haven’t had a good experience with these mini tripods but this one is great."
"This tripod is made for durability and function made of high impact plastic and metal and for an ex aircraft builder like myself it meets my high standards of quality."
"At beginning, I was kind of worried that the camera would be too heavy so the legs will be moved."
"Love this tripod."
"The tripod is easy to set up, well-designed with high-quality."
"This is by far the best tripod I have found for its unique functionality."
Best Camera Chest Supports
Chest mount is removable to accommodate smaller dogs.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The bottom footage is really shaky, clunky from the dogs legs or what not. The top mount gives a good POV of the dogs head and what they're getting into. I would recommend using superview 1080p by 60fps, just because dogs run fast!"
"this comes with so many attachments and different ways to mount the camera."
"If you have ever owned a underwater camera which gets foggy (this is what happened to me) then it will work great for you. I had my camera sitting in the Hawaiian sun for hours then jumped in to a 65 degree cold fresh water spring. You can use these multiple times you just put them in the oven for 5 minutes at 300 degrees to dry them out."
"We used this floaty on our camera attached to a wrist strap. A couple of times the strap came off our wrist while doing waterspouts, and this floaty saved our camera!"
"Mostly what I like is that it is one sided, so you don't really have to be careful in aligning the thrum screw perfectly to get a good grip, you just place it on and start turning."
"Of course when a dog is walking or running there is going to be a lot of moving parts so perfect crisp footage will most likely never happen but this is the best thing there is in terms of a POV footage for a dog."
"Attaching the Floaty pad: The Floaty has a large adhesive pad to attach it to the back of the GoPro case. The Floaty covers essentially the entire back face of the GoPro case, so aligning it when attaching it to the back can be a bit tricky."
"We watched several videos on how to fit this and adjust it for your dog and read things online and it just wouldn't stay without being too loose or too tight. We used the white fitting to try to hep and tightened the camera as much as possible but eventually the camera would always fall forward or backward as the dogs run around."
Best Camera Shoulder Supports
【Various Straps】- 360-degree Rotation Wrist Strap with a screw fix your GoPro on the wrist,the angle can be adjusted freely;Flexible Chest Harness is used to equip your action camera comfortably; Vented Helmet Strap helps to attach camera on the forehead, which provides a wider angle and horizon. 【Compatible with】- GoPro Hero 5 4 3+ 3 2 1 Black Silver SJ4000/ SJ5000/ SJ6000, also for SJCAM SJ4000 5000 6000 7000 Xiaomi Yi, Apeman DBPOWER Lightdow WiMiUS Rollei IceFox ODRVM.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The Chest Harness Strap Belt and Vertical Surface J-Hook Buckle helps your Motion camera to have a shooting and recording while surfing or in water park. Different pieces of mount available in the kit for different kind of activities like bicycle, auto cycle riding,sking boating, fishing,hiking, camping, swimming. Stick has adjustable ball head and thumb screw locks for multiple angle shooting with 180 degree position. It can mount your device securely on your car while you are driving and can be swiveled into 180 degree as the picture shows providing more angles for viewing and bringing more convenience to the users. Case of this accessories looks cool and perfectly fit in all the stuffs mentioned here and apart from that its is designed to accommodate camera, battery, SD memory card, housing doors and all your leads."
"I feared it wouldn't fit my off brand action camera, and it fits perfectly!"
"(In a good way) The only thing I wish it came with was an explanation for all the pieces."
"If you're going to go on a fun trip, I suggest you prestage some parts/joints together beforehand so that you don't spend a lot of time doing so during your time out."
"Kit has everything you need."
"Some folks might not mind that about the foam, but, I also bought this to protect my items too and I don't feel this foam will do that for me."
"(4pcs Adapter Set). Odly, the selfie stick does have a 1/4" camera mount."
"Used it over the weekend going off some pretty large jumps and the go-pro never shifted and stayed tight for a full day of riding."