Thanks so much for this! After tons of research on powering my 6k Pro, I found this video and ordered Smallrig's adapter plate. Bought NP-F970s from a store in the city. The camera went on a real-world short film shoot yesterday and our conclusion is that having four NP-F970 batteries is enough for peace of mind for the whole day. (Especially when there's no way to charge them on shoot.) And we also bought four chargers so that the camera caretaker doesn't have to wake up in the middle of the night to switch batteries :D
FYI I ordered 2 of these batteries to power a Pixapro 350D GlowPad LED studio light. They worked perfectly and powered the light at full power for 1 hour and 58 minutes exactly. Great batteries at a good price. 👍
What I love about your rig system, its simple and affordable. You watch some TH-camrs. They just show off how they have every new accessory, I loved that shoulder rig too. I think i am going to buy myself another
Thank you so much for your support! Yeah, I try to make my rig simple and practical. I’m always learning what I really need to have on set every time when I’m working on a project, and I ended up having a simple rig. This shoulder rig is really simple and practical, and I really like it!
Use this same battery and plate and love it. My only issue is the one you mentioned about not being able to truly tell how much battery you have left. Can also be annoying when you have a bunch in your bag and can't tell which ones you've used already on a shoot. I just ordered the version from this same company with the battery status on the back. It was $26 for 2 of them!
Great Video! Thanks for all the info. I've heard that you should watch the Volts on the back screen. Tap the battery icon on the back screen to show volts instead of percentage and keep your eye on that. When using external batteries, don't let it go under 10.8v. apparently it can damage the camera over time. The battery compartment can run on 7V, but the connector is made to run between 10.8 and 20V. Love your channel.
Thank you! Was thinking should I get dummy battery or not, but hearing you about hot swapping made me decide: stock battery inside, NP-F outside. And I can hot swap both of them if needed.
I use this solution - NPF external power plus I keep a battery inside the camera. Tip : When the NPF is powering the camera via the weipu the power indicator (top right of the camera LCD) will say AC. When the NPF runs out of power the internal battery will take over automatically and the power indicator on the LCD will show the battery symbol. When you see the battery symbol appear you just need to swap the empty NPF for one that is charged and this new NPF will then automatically take over powering the camera and will also charge the battery inside the camera. Using this method you should never have a situation where the camera shuts down due to lack of power.
I have a different problem. The battery inside my Bmpcc 6k pro is empty before the external one, I mean, my camera shut down because the internal battery is over but the external one still have power. . How is it possible ?
3:53 make sure you use the USB c port and make sure use the QC2.0 or 3.0 charger, they will blink faster thats how you know it is working. it will charge almost twice as fast (10watt vs 18watt)
I totally had the same shoulder rig too, it was such a work horse. It just worked perfectly with the GH5 I had at the time. Looks bit silly but are amazing.
I noticed the dual charger has a built in USB cable, but at the same time it has a micro USB jack (female) and there is an included cable. There is no logical reason to just have 2 cables if they don’t have an additional purpose. So you can either: 1. Use 2 chargers to charge faster or 2. The second one is a power OUT cable, so you can use the charger as a battery plate, to power your devices directly from the charger. I received mine just an hour ago and I didn’t have the ability to test anything yet.
Lots of great real-world tips 👍👍. Much appreciated bud. I’m working off Sony a6600, building a similar rig for mostly video but some photo use also. Almost all of your vid is applicable for Sony A-6xxx and AlphaXX users also (fyi). I’m Def a new sub for you also - keep it up.
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I'm glad that the videos are applicable for Sony users too! I will keep working hard! Thank you so much for your subscription!
great video! this is the setup I was looking for. 1 question. do you have any issue leaving the battery inside? I heard that it could be overheated due the constant charging - discharging. thanks!
Hello, great video! I am using this system, but I have a problem and it is that when I turn off the camera, the light is not red that indicates the charge is not red but yellow. can you help me??
Hi, i got the tilta plate, but with the npf 790 only last me 50 minutes, and with the 550 12minutes. Then there is a strange electric noise and the camera turn off. If i put and lpe-6 battery inside the camera the noise is really loud , when i try to record something the noise intensify so i just turn it all off. I´m looking all over internet and nobody has the same problem. Maybe i got a really bad copy. I try to contact tilta but nor reply, i´m going to buy a pencil microphone that need phantom power (it can´t run only on the canon lpe); thats why i was thinking that maybe i just got a bad copy. Did this ever happen to you? Great video by the way i also got the Powerextra.
Look for the specs of both cameras and look at the consumption. If for example the 6K consumes twice the amount of power, you should get twice the amount of battery life on the 4K (in the theory). If they use the same internal battery, then it’s even easier, because you can just check him much you get out of the battery in the 4K as compared to the 6K. Sorry for not being able to give you a complete answer. I don’t use BM cameras. I use Fujis for video, but I do plan to buy a second hand BMPCC 4K in the future. I just have to research the high ISO capabilities, to see if I can get a cleaner image compared to the Fuji Xtrans sensor/processor.
That’s a great question! If you use it on a BMPCC4K or BMPCC6K, it will last for about 2 to 2.5 hours. Hope it helps! Thank you so much for your support on the video!
Hello! Tell me why the SmallRig NP-F plate and the Kingma NP-F 970 7.4V battery gives out only 10.9V when I connect to the BMPCC6K Pro and after a few minutes the camera turns off when the voltage drops to 10.8V. What to do, please help.
Not all batteries are created equal. Happened to me too with Kstar batteries and getting better brand "cheap" batteries (Powerextra or Neewer) fixed the problem. Kstar batteries went into the trash...
That’s a great question! The battery plate goes to the front of the top handle and the monitor goes to the top of the handle with the cold shoe mount, which is an awesome setup! Hope it helps! Thank you so much for your support!
@@henrymediagroup Hi Henry! I have these batteries and they work well for me using a dummy battery to power both the monitor and the camera. If I wanted to get a Tilta plate like yours, would I still be able to power both the camera and the monitor? I hear there are issues with the voltage...
I went with PD power bank and a usb-c to weipu cable. It costs similar to NPF-battery setup but recharges faster with PD fast charging, unless you already have multiple NPF batteries.
What cable size is used for the 12v? I bought the recommended 2pin to 12 v coiled connector and the end doesn’t fit the 12 v hole. Only the 7.4 which of course doesn’t provide enough power.
@@alexcuello5507 hey! I just went ahead and bought an adapter set from Amazon to use the cord with the camera. Here’s what I bought Adapters: www.amazon.com/dp/B08QJGXD8N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Thanks so much for this! After tons of research on powering my 6k Pro, I found this video and ordered Smallrig's adapter plate. Bought NP-F970s from a store in the city. The camera went on a real-world short film shoot yesterday and our conclusion is that having four NP-F970 batteries is enough for peace of mind for the whole day. (Especially when there's no way to charge them on shoot.) And we also bought four chargers so that the camera caretaker doesn't have to wake up in the middle of the night to switch batteries :D
You are very welcome! I’m so glad that the video helped! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and supporting the video!
FYI I ordered 2 of these batteries to power a Pixapro 350D GlowPad LED studio light. They worked perfectly and powered the light at full power for 1 hour and 58 minutes exactly.
Great batteries at a good price. 👍
What I love about your rig system, its simple and affordable. You watch some TH-camrs. They just show off how they have every new accessory, I loved that shoulder rig too. I think i am going to buy myself another
Thank you so much for your support! Yeah, I try to make my rig simple and practical. I’m always learning what I really need to have on set every time when I’m working on a project, and I ended up having a simple rig. This shoulder rig is really simple and practical, and I really like it!
Use this same battery and plate and love it. My only issue is the one you mentioned about not being able to truly tell how much battery you have left. Can also be annoying when you have a bunch in your bag and can't tell which ones you've used already on a shoot. I just ordered the version from this same company with the battery status on the back. It was $26 for 2 of them!
That's awesome! I'm glad that you got another version of the battery! Thank you so much for your support on the video!
Put some gaff/camera tape on the batteries that are fully charged and label the ones you used!
Great Video! Thanks for all the info. I've heard that you should watch the Volts on the back screen. Tap the battery icon on the back screen to show volts instead of percentage and keep your eye on that. When using external batteries, don't let it go under 10.8v. apparently it can damage the camera over time. The battery compartment can run on 7V, but the connector is made to run between 10.8 and 20V. Love your channel.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and thank you so much for your kind words and support on the video!
Thank you! Was thinking should I get dummy battery or not, but hearing you about hot swapping made me decide: stock battery inside, NP-F outside. And I can hot swap both of them if needed.
You are very welcome! Yes, being able to swap the battery without turning off the camera is awesome! Thank you so much for your support on the video!
Great video dude!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support!
Best review of this. I looked for hours. Thank you for being so thorough! I'm liking and subscribing now!
Thank you so much for supporting the video and subscribing!
I use this solution - NPF external power plus I keep a battery inside the camera. Tip : When the NPF is powering the camera via the weipu the power indicator (top right of the camera LCD) will say AC. When the NPF runs out of power the internal battery will take over automatically and the power indicator on the LCD will show the battery symbol. When you see the battery symbol appear you just need to swap the empty NPF for one that is charged and this new NPF will then automatically take over powering the camera and will also charge the battery inside the camera. Using this method you should never have a situation where the camera shuts down due to lack of power.
I have a different problem. The battery inside my Bmpcc 6k pro is empty before the external one, I mean, my camera shut down because the internal battery is over but the external one still have power. . How is it possible ?
@@nelsonbboying damn
Amazing video! Modelling my rig after this.
That’s awesome! I’m excited for you too! Thank you so much for your kind words and support on the video!
"Let's get right to the point."
Thank you! So rare these days lol
Thank you so much for supporting the video!
3:53 make sure you use the USB c port and make sure use the QC2.0 or 3.0 charger, they will blink faster thats how you know it is working.
it will charge almost twice as fast (10watt vs 18watt)
Thank you for this very usefull review! Very cool!
You are very welcome! Thank you so much for your kind words and support!
thats crazy, npf for bmpcc >< Awesome! For gimbal i got a v-mount on my belt and an extension d-tap into the bmpcc, works like a charm. Cheers!
I had that shoulder rig. Used to use it all the time. They include the dual charger on eBay too.
That’s awesome! I really enjoy using the batteries, hope you do too! Thank you so much for your support on the video!
I totally had the same shoulder rig too, it was such a work horse. It just worked perfectly with the GH5 I had at the time. Looks bit silly but are amazing.
Yeah, I really like the shoulder rig because it is easy to store and it works! Thank you so much for your support!
I noticed the dual charger has a built in USB cable, but at the same time it has a micro USB jack (female) and there is an included cable.
There is no logical reason to just have 2 cables if they don’t have an additional purpose. So you can either:
1. Use 2 chargers to charge faster or
2. The second one is a power OUT cable, so you can use the charger as a battery plate, to power your devices directly from the charger.
I received mine just an hour ago and I didn’t have the ability to test anything yet.
Lots of great real-world tips 👍👍. Much appreciated bud. I’m working off Sony a6600, building a similar rig for mostly video but some photo use also. Almost all of your vid is applicable for Sony A-6xxx and AlphaXX users also (fyi). I’m Def a new sub for you also - keep it up.
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I'm glad that the videos are applicable for Sony users too! I will keep working hard! Thank you so much for your subscription!
Thank you dude. New subscriber.
Thank you so much for your kind support and subscription!
well presented video mate, answered just about all my questions
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I'm glad that the video helped!
great video! this is the setup I was looking for. 1 question. do you have any issue leaving the battery inside? I heard that it could be overheated due the constant charging - discharging. thanks!
great video, clear explanation. thanks
You are very welcome! Thank you so much for your kind words and support!
Where do you mount the battery plate if you don't have a top handle????
like this Setup. it would be perfect if also show battery percentage.
I am wondering if its possible to mount it on Smallrig top handle.
Hello, great video! I am using this system, but I have a problem and it is that when I turn off the camera, the light is not red that indicates the charge is not red but yellow. can you help me??
wow great, simple rig
Thank you so much for your support!
This is really incredible
Thank you so much for your kind words and support!
Hi, i got the tilta plate, but with the npf 790 only last me 50 minutes, and with the 550 12minutes. Then there is a strange electric noise and the camera turn off. If i put and lpe-6 battery inside the camera the noise is really loud , when i try to record something the noise intensify so i just turn it all off. I´m looking all over internet and nobody has the same problem. Maybe i got a really bad copy. I try to contact tilta but nor reply, i´m going to buy a pencil microphone that need phantom power (it can´t run only on the canon lpe); thats why i was thinking that maybe i just got a bad copy. Did this ever happen to you? Great video by the way i also got the Powerextra.
Cool!
Thank you so much for your support!
Can you verify their claim of 8800 mAh vs other similar batteries 6600 mAh? Or cut open the case to see what cells are inside?
Do you get more battery life out of this with the Pocket 4K than you would with the 6K?
Look for the specs of both cameras and look at the consumption. If for example the 6K consumes twice the amount of power, you should get twice the amount of battery life on the 4K (in the theory). If they use the same internal battery, then it’s even easier, because you can just check him much you get out of the battery in the 4K as compared to the 6K.
Sorry for not being able to give you a complete answer. I don’t use BM cameras. I use Fujis for video, but I do plan to buy a second hand BMPCC 4K in the future. I just have to research the high ISO capabilities, to see if I can get a cleaner image compared to the Fuji Xtrans sensor/processor.
How long does the battery work?
That’s a great question! If you use it on a BMPCC4K or BMPCC6K, it will last for about 2 to 2.5 hours. Hope it helps! Thank you so much for your support on the video!
@@henrymediagroup Thankyou soo much
You are very welcome!
Hello! Tell me why the SmallRig NP-F plate and the Kingma NP-F 970 7.4V battery gives out only 10.9V when I connect to the BMPCC6K Pro and after a few minutes the camera turns off when the voltage drops to 10.8V. What to do, please help.
hi i have the same problem, solved how to fix it?
Not all batteries are created equal. Happened to me too with Kstar batteries and getting better brand "cheap" batteries (Powerextra or Neewer) fixed the problem. Kstar batteries went into the trash...
Where do you mount the monitor if you put the battery on the front of the top handle?
That’s a great question! The battery plate goes to the front of the top handle and the monitor goes to the top of the handle with the cold shoe mount, which is an awesome setup! Hope it helps! Thank you so much for your support!
@@henrymediagroup Hi Henry! I have these batteries and they work well for me using a dummy battery to power both the monitor and the camera. If I wanted to get a Tilta plate like yours, would I still be able to power both the camera and the monitor? I hear there are issues with the voltage...
I went with PD power bank and a usb-c to weipu cable. It costs similar to NPF-battery setup but recharges faster with PD fast charging, unless you already have multiple NPF batteries.
I use this battery arround 1 year the battery dies, and 2 of the charger got error
i have seen on youtube too.. comparison between powerextra and wasabi power, it shows if Wasabi power more long lasting than Powerextra.
What cable size is used for the 12v? I bought the recommended 2pin to 12 v coiled connector and the end doesn’t fit the 12 v hole. Only the 7.4 which of course doesn’t provide enough power.
Had the exact same issue, did you find the solution yet??
@@alexcuello5507 hey! I just went ahead and bought an adapter set from Amazon to use the cord with the camera. Here’s what I bought
Adapters: www.amazon.com/dp/B08QJGXD8N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
@@alexcuello5507 12V is 2,5 and the other one is 2,1
I've gone through two of these now. They don't hold up for me
I only get an hour and twenty minutes with this battery and LUMIX s5iix
Subtitles?
u don't actually show if you use a dummy battery