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Hi! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. That battery was just on there for testing. Doesn’t last that long. Now I use a much bigger one, or more often I plug into my V-Mount I put on the back. That’s a new update. I run longer shoot days now, so using v mounts for most things is the way to go. I have it set up on my camera now from a shoot yesterday, if you hit me up on Instagram I can send you a short clip or some photos. @volare.media

Hello, I think the one in this video is a Shape 99 No idea what the part number is. But you can find it for sure online. I recommend Shape or Swit batteries. Both have been great for me so far. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! Glad this video helped you. For counter weights, I just put weights on until it feels like it’s sitting about half way with the arm. Not at the top, and now all the way to the bottom. Like centred on the arm, if that makes same. This way it can move up or down with bumps. You can adjust the spring and shock rate to help with this as well.

We now use Ninja V monitors.

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@@mynamesfats yes it is! I’ve bought it and tested😎

Works with RS 3 as well, yes

I always prefer having some sort of bottom plate now. With my rods and V-mount on the back. I build it all out depending on my shot list. Takes time, but if it’s the right shot, it’s always worth it.

Thank you so much. I appreciate you

@@VolareMedia Heck yeah 🤙

Hey! Thanks for watching. And for all the great info. I sure don’t get on here enough to check these anymore. Starting the TH-cam back up soon. Have a few filmed. For this set up, I’m usually hustling between my sticks and shoulder rig. So I have a baseplate that is manfrotto and I just swap between the two, or handheld with the easy rig. Never have to change plates, I can quickly swap between the three types of shooting. Then I just have another camera on my gimbal for the 4th style. This way I’m not changing plates ever really on a bigger shoot with all different shot styles.

@@VolareMedia Awesome, thanks for getting back to me with a detailed response! Carry on, and good luck with the channel!

Hey. Now we are using the Vaxis wireless receivers. For this video it was probably the Raven Eye

Been so busy. Had no time this summer to do TH-cam videos. We have a plan in place to re vamp and start back up this winter. And hire some help! I will say this does work really great. Still very happy with it. Sets up so fast! Instantly ready to rock. The perfect combo has been A Cam on sticks with manfortto plate, then switch to this when needed. Then we have B Cam that lives on the Ring Grip with gimbal etc. Great set up and saves so much time during filming days.

Good eye! For that run yes, but they were brand new. And it was a short trip for testing. We checked them a few times and they were fine. Now we do this all different. More secure, new gear added and a few other upgrades.

Thanks! It works really well. I have been using it for all sorts of different shoots. Mine is not the pro kit, as I had the Ring Grip with controls, so didn’t need the pro kit. But if you don’t have other controls, I recommend getting the pro kit right out of the gate. Otherwise you won’t have a way to control the gimbal. Let me know how it goes when you get one. Enjoy!

Great to hear! First V Mount battery I got was by Shape. They are really good. I also have some now by Swit. But honestly there are many good v mount brands. After using lots of different v mounts on film set etc. I recommend considering one with a USB + USB-C on it. This way it has other uses aside from this. And yes, most v mounts do not come with a charger. Any one will do. Cheapest starter one will be amazon, direct d tap plug in style. Good luck, and have fun!

Hey! This is done with the Raveneye. It’s an add on device from DJI that works with the gimbal.

I used stainless nuts, bolts and washers. Drilled holes and attached it. Also used rubber grommets under it where it mounts.

Hey! That’s great to hear. You are going to love this set up. For this set up we used the DJI Raveneye, you need that to send the video output to your phone. You can also control the gimbal through the same app once it’s set up.

@@VolareMedia amazing just what I need ? Just to dig deeper, Is there anything I could get that would manually control the zoom whilst on a gimbal ? I will need something wireless really !

Hey, ya I know it’s been a minute since I have done a video. We have been so busy with client work it’s insane. We have a crazy trip planned in July to film a commercial for a client at a race track. We will make one during that trip. Thanks for following. We will start content on here again soon.

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Hey! You are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.

Hello. Sorry for the delayed response. I’m not sure, I have never use the Pivot one, but I do still use this Tilta one, I like it a lot. Works well.

You are so welcome! Thank you for taking the time to write this. I appreciate you

Now I have it down packed. I get be up and running in 20 minutes. Used to take longer. Also depends if we go extreme and have a focus puller and multiple monitors etc. But two man show, with auto focus. I’d say 15-20 mins.

In this case it was just the DJI app. Called force mobile. Now I don’t use an app, I use the Tilta handle controls for movement, Tilta focus and separate wireless transmitter for video, then monitors in the car for focus etc. But the original set up works ok as well with the DJI app

Thanks for this info. I do love this shoulder rig, and I find it very useful and so easy to set up. But I feel the same. It’s too bad that one plate is not compatible with manfroto. I do have a different way I set this up to use as a base plate, but it doesn’t utilize the handles. I’ll make a TH-cam short this weekend and share how I have it set up. Watch for it. Cheers 🍻

@@VolareMedia I'm making a custom aluminium plate to rise the tilta plate about 3mm so the shoulder rig should work better on manfrotto heads.

Hello, that’s great to hear. Let me know if you do purchase it. I would love to hear your feedback. We have not had a chance to finish our episode on using it in the field. But we did use it already on a few shoots. I even found a great trick to share, it turns the rear part into a baseplate. Works so good.

@Volare Media just put my order in from B&H. I had three that I was looking at, but this hit that sweet spot with function and price

Hello! Thanks for watching. Unfortunately it does not come with a V mount plate. You have to purchase the two rear rods and a V-mount plate. Tilta has some good quality ones at a reasonable price.

I can’t say I know for sure without trying it. I do not currently have one to try unfortunately. But by looking at it online I do not see why not. Should fit. If I can find someone locally with this I will try it out and let you know. Thanks for watching

How long to get it? Wasn’t that long. Even when it says on order. They usually only take a few weeks. You can always email Tilta. They have great customer service, and they usually know when stuff is coming in. I have used it in the field for the first time recently. Works really well. I’m even using the main base now for my handheld rig. It’s a bit overkill, but I like it.

Hello, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. There is easily a way to mount dual rods. I am doing an episode on it soon. I actually use this base of this shoulder rig now for my handheld. Bigger lenses or anything. My next lens will be the DZO 20-70 and I guarantee I can make it work. You might just need to use a different base. Just about any base can mount to this, super easy. Might even work with this base, just a longer 12” rod instead. Should be able to mount a focus, zoom and matte box to the rod. If not I’ll use a dual rod base and mount to this. Give me a bit, I’ll make an episode about it. Thanks again.

@@VolareMedia Looking forward to seeing your solution. I have several shoulder mount rigs, all that I have built myself. I also have devised a solution to this in my mind but don't think it will be ideal in practice, so looking forward to your upcoming video. This issue kept me from buying this rig.

Hey! Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you liked it. For the hat, we have shirts already on our site. Hats are coming soon. We actually have a Film Crew brand. Go check it out - www.volaremedia.net/store I will have the hats available in a week or two. A few people have asked me. The logo is actually better than the hat in the video. Go check it out. Cheers 🍻

Great to hear. We love ours too. I actually use it as my handheld rig base as well. With the handles off and the rear pad off, I added two long rods on the back, mount my battery on that. It makes a perfect solid base for my handheld set up. Maybe an episode on that too 🤔

Hey! Thank you so much Rohit. Glad you liked it.

You are talking about the hydra arm correct, not the gimbal? I really had to play with the spring and dampening stiffness a bit. And the weights. Tried a few different things until I found the right combo. For this stuff we use the a7iii with one v mount battery, three weights and then I adjusted the shock just a bit back from full negative. The spring tension I barely touched.

Hope that helps? 🤷 If not maybe hit me up on IG or FB. We can back and forth there and figure it out. Happy to help.

@@VolareMedia im actually facing the same issue as what CS mentioned! let say i adjust the spring arm where by if i push it down and have it go back up to the horizontal position (parallel to the ground), i cant do the same for when i push the arm up. The arm will stay up. And vice versa, if I adjust the spring arm where by i push it up and have it fall back down to the horizontal position, pushing it down will have it stay down. Isn't it suppose to stay horizontal regardless when it is pushed up or down?

this cause my footages to be quite jittery! so im curious what did you do to get it to work, cuz your footages looks so smooth and stable!

Tilta!! You are welcome. I have lots more we are writing and filming now. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. 🤝

We now use the Tilta hand controls. Same ones you use for the Ring Grip. At the time of this video I think we were using the DJI app and the Raveneye with the ForceMobile feature. Now we use full control. Even for focus we do separate with a focus puller. New video coming this spring with our new set up.

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Thank you. I’m working on another one now.

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Hello, Thanks for watching. Good news! The mounts are not custom, they are Tilta mounts. You just remove the suction part. Four screws. Just order two extras from Tilta, either size, they are the same price. If you do, please use my affiliate link below. If you can’t click on it, just copy and paste all of it 🙏 Click> tilta.com/shop/hydra-alien-small-suction-cup/?aff=chris.chisholm

Hello, Thanks for the tip. That’s some great info. I ran into this as well. I ended up trying my 90 degree hdmi cable. That works too! I’ll be using it this week for the first time on an actual project. So we will see how it goes. Thanks again for all the great info, and thanks for watching.

Hey. Glad you enjoyed the video. To answer you question. Sort of. Under the main large pad there is nothing. But if you really wanted to you could remove the rear small pad bracket and attach the included dual plate. Right on the back. But it would be very front heavy and awkward in my opinion. The other option would be if you slide off the lower plate with the two pads. You could mount any plate to the bottom of the part that slides out. It would still have the handles on it. If that’s what your wanting. If you follow my Instagram I could always send you a video or photo of what I mean. @volaremedianet I hope that helps. Thanks again.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. More videos coming very soon.