Building a Camera Rig on a Budget

Let's build an affordable camera rig on a budget. This cine rig will work for nearly any mirrorless or DSLR camera. 👉Monitor geni.us/ViltroxDC550 Battery geni.us/50wh VND Filters geni.us/FreewellV2
Sony cameras like the FX3/FX30, a7siii, a7cii and others, Canon, Fujifilm, Blackmagic Cinema, etc. will work well. The only thing you might need is your own camera cage build to fit your model.
🛒 Camera Rig Gear:
Sony FX3 geni.us/sonyFX3
Sony FX30 geni.us/FX30sony
Sony a7siii geni.us/a7siiiSony
SmallRig FX3 Cage geni.us/FX3cage
A7siii Cage geni.us/a7siiiCage
🔋 Batteries:
SmallRig V-mount battery plate geni.us/vmountArca
SmallRig 50wh Battery geni.us/50wh
SmallRig 99wh Battery geni.us/99wh
🖥️ Monitors:
Viltrox Monitor DC-550 Pro geni.us/ViltroxDC550
SmallRig Monitor Mount geni.us/ARRImount
Atomos Ninja V geni.us/TheNinjaV
8Sinn Ninja V Cage geni.us/NinjaCage
SmallHD Cine 5: bit.ly/3iRhdxN or geni.us/cine5
📷 Lenses:
Freewell Magnetic VND geni.us/FreewellV2
Sony 16-35 GM ii geni.us/1635GMii
Sony 24-70 GM ii geni.us/2470GM
Sony 70-200 GM ii geni.us/70200GM
🤜 Handles:
SmallRig NATO Top Handle geni.us/NATOtop
⚙️ Other Accessories:
HDMI cables geni.us/HDMIthin
USB-C Cable geni.us/USBCable
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==Let's Connect==
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Cages
01:05 V-mount plate
01:39 V-Mount battery
03:10 Nato Rail
03:30 Top handle
04:15 External monitor
06:47 Monitor mount
7:33 Monitor hardware software
8:31 VND filters
10:11 Mist filter
10:48 Final build
Who is Chadwin Smith? I am an aspiring cinematographer. I love creating videos and showing others how to light and shoot better videos! I also review tech and gear. Based in Arizona, USA
Thanks to SmallRig, Viltrox and Freewell for sending out some of the parts used for this review today. They didn’t pay me anything or sponsor this video. These are all my own opinions.
*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Any affiliate links above used may contribute a small commission to help me create new content.

[@chadwin]

How much do you think the rig build is gonna cost? 👇 💵

[@Shookie]

What an underrated channel this is! What I love about your videos is that they start in an instant! No bs rambling about nonsense, non-related things. And also, props for having such low volume on the bg music! It's there, but it's not a nuisance for a viewer who watches this with a surround setup. However, the biggest applause is that you're doing these budget-friendly setup videos! I realise that you're a pro, so for you making these vids, is great to see! There's just 1 sad thing about this whole thing for me..... Too bad I didn't find your channel before! ;) Most definitely subbed!

[@chadwin]

Wow! Thank you for such positive feedback, it's much appreciated. Yeah, I try to get to the content as quickly as possible, cause I don't wanna waste your time listening to me ramble about whatever. Loud background music always drives me crazy, so i try to keep it low but just barely present.
Hope it helps with your own camera rig build!

[@just.michael.]

Love your vids made the m50 mount but used the viltox monitor

[@OttoFilmStudios]

I love how you put the Nikon logo on a RED and the RED logo on a Nikon lol 😅

[@chadwin]

Hehe 🙃 I’m glad you caught onto that.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

Way to go with the Nikon-Red cameras....hehehehe

[@chadwin]

😂 I couldn’t resist. So curious to see if anything changes or they remain separate product lines

[@AdudenamedKemp]

Very useful, thank you!

[@aNumberOne]

I recommend getting a bigger viltrox Np battery for the monitor, because that one only holds a 30min charge.

[@dougstroudphotography]

Great alternative build… can you provide a link to the small rig battery plate searched and what you’re showing it I can’t find. I can find some variations, but not that specific one.

[@atlifreysi]

how do you get into this stuff to begin with? This is a super interesting video but I have no clue what's going on lmao, feels pretty overwhelming!

[@reco5able]

1800

[@wesreegaming]

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