All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
So I just got in the plate yesterday. ran into the exact same issue, I'm running a canon m50 in smallrig's own cage. they did not do a full cutout on the front of the cage and I had to take a file and continue the arca channel to make it fit.
Can i directly screw 🪛 the ssd on the opposite side of the v mount, so that the ssd doesn't stick out like a thump from the right, stays flush and clean .
Hey Robert, do you know if the arca clamp on the plate is adjustable? I find that it's way too tight and won't close all the way when using it with the FX3 smallrig cage.
I didn't realize that connectors like Arca and Nato were not uniform. It would be nice if everybody used the same specifications for Arca and Nato. Recently, I saw a Neewer top handle that would not fit on a SmallRig Nato rail. In another video, I was happy to see a Kondor Blue top handle that fit on a Neewer Nato rail. It made me feel that Neewer might be more compatible with different brands. I don't know if that is true or not. But now I wonder if SmallRig might not be so mix and matchable. I have this particular Small Rig VMount Batter Plate. I was thinking of getting a Neewer Cage, but now I wonder...
I just got this with an R6 Mark II black mamba cage and until I watched this video I actually thought i needed to mount the arca swiss plate ONTO the cage and it was just horrible. I had no idea the cage was already compatible and just slid right on LOL
looks great! im about to order one for an a6700 rig, curious though about the arca swiss not fitting the kondor cage. is it possible to take the clamp apart and adjust it? i had to do that with a nato clamp recently that wasnt working, had to change the tightness of the clamp on the inside
Thanks for the video, a quick question, I have the half cage small rig for the A7IV and the small rig base plate, the simple one for a set of rails, not the double rail connection points, like you showed around @9:30 ish and on my half cage the 2 little screws to put the base plate to the half cage do not line up with the base plate, so I have to put 2 other screws "vertically" to attach it. instead of the 2 smaller Hex type screws that are suppose to work with the base plate and Cages but it does not. So I have to use the typical base plate type screws on the other holes which stinks, but does this V mount work with the base plate. for rails, that you showed? the screws line up so you can put 2 screws instead of just one in order to keep it from twisting? Hope that makes sense. They made a mistake with the A7IV half cage because it does not allow this like it should, the holes are 1mm off so you cannot put the 2 hex type screws to attach the base plate for rails to keep it from twisting. Thanks brother
I can't use the [Peak Design Standard Plate] with the [Small Rig VMount Battery Plate], so I have to stack another [arca swiss mount] on top of the plate provided by smallrig. I just can't give up the Peak Design Capture when I am on the street.
All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
Hi Robert, would you know whether there a simple version of this so that i can just mount the V mount battery and still use my tripod with my Sony a7 iii (my screen is in the back of the camera body, and it only swings out behind and not sideways BTW and it looks like the Vmount battery may block my view of the screen) without having to buy the entire rig that you have? Thanks
You could put whatever you'd like on it, my dude. What would be stupid about that? Do you have something to mount to the rails? Matte box? handle? Small minion?
So you had a cage problem, not a Smallrig V-mount Battery Plate problem per your title. 🤣🤣 I certainly agree your final kit is much improved and I appreciate that you showed all the steps to rebuild as there are many great tips involved. Thank you.
Understandable perspective but the mount should be compatible with the standard plate sizes and not be proprietary to one manufacturer. They could certainly. sell more units if it wasn't isolated to the smallrig ecosystem.
09:45 If you mount the top nato rail the other way round, the little safety knob can do its job better 😉 Appreciate your video. I got the same rig. Sometimes it's just better to stay with one company throughout the product line. 👍
Similar issue with my falcam cage and the v mount battery plate. But I fixed it by taping some gaff tape on the receiving baseplate so that the wiggle room is reduced and it's tightly locked in
Hi, looking into building my FX30 rig just as such. Do I need to bail on 15mm rods and lens support for this rig? What are your thoughts? Great video btw!
You don't have to bail on those things. What are you looking to add with rods? You wouldn't have as compact of a set up but you could add something like this to get the rods in there: amzn.to/3DYxtEB
On the SWIT-S140 battery does not fit on this product..it does not lock completely and falls off 😠..isn't it a standard for all?..forces me to buy batteries from SmallRig?..NOT normal.
thanks for the video! I'm looking into this solution but all the rigs I'm seeing has the rod support on the bottom. if I'm not running a matte box...do I need those rods? Or is the smallrig compact vmount battery solution enough?
🎉! The Qr lock is somewhat adjustable . Im using falcam 38 . It would save alot of adapting and money if universal was universal and arca was arca 🎉 Thank You
You don’t have to swap the cage. Just add a smallrig arca plate and screw it to the bottom of your existing cage. Only downside is that it’ll raise the camera slightly
This seems to be a common issue with Smallrigs ARCA Stuff. Arca plates seem to be the wild west when it comes to size. I would lean more to Kondor being correct in the standard, and that the SR QR needs to be fixed.
6:12 for the ONE problem with the SmallRig VMount Battery Plate
All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
That’s what I was thinking while watching this. Every arca clamp item I’ve ever owned was adjustable…
Thank you for this ;) It works now!
Mine still won't fit - so frustrating!
is that cold shoe mount on the bottom of the cage still accessible?
my 90 degree v mount plate would get loose every ten twenty minute of use, did you have the same problem?
Hey - Not yet with this one. The locking pin is pretty good so far.
does the battery lock in place? mine don't and I'm using the smallrig vmount battery
my cametv has never fully locked into this v mount plate. my neewer v mount battery does though
So I just got in the plate yesterday. ran into the exact same issue, I'm running a canon m50 in smallrig's own cage. they did not do a full cutout on the front of the cage and I had to take a file and continue the arca channel to make it fit.
Can i directly screw 🪛 the ssd on the opposite side of the v mount, so that the ssd doesn't stick out like a thump from the right, stays flush and clean .
idk. Try it out and let us know what you find!
Do you ever use a follow focus? Which one and how do you mount it?
Just use the 15mm rods. He works with plates.
Hey Robert, do you know if the arca clamp on the plate is adjustable? I find that it's way too tight and won't close all the way when using it with the FX3 smallrig cage.
The niceyrig cage for Sony ZV1’s arca mount is soo big for the cage…
Does the quickrelease plate on dji rs3 pro fit on the smallrig mount? Since both is from the side
Honestly don't know. I've only owned Zhiyun.
Cant remeber .falcam 38 is workin for me
I didn't realize that connectors like Arca and Nato were not uniform. It would be nice if everybody used the same specifications for Arca and Nato. Recently, I saw a Neewer top handle that would not fit on a SmallRig Nato rail. In another video, I was happy to see a Kondor Blue top handle that fit on a Neewer Nato rail. It made me feel that Neewer might be more compatible with different brands. I don't know if that is true or not. But now I wonder if SmallRig might not be so mix and matchable. I have this particular Small Rig VMount Batter Plate. I was thinking of getting a Neewer Cage, but now I wonder...
Pretty weird, right?
I just got this with an R6 Mark II black mamba cage and until I watched this video I actually thought i needed to mount the arca swiss plate ONTO the cage and it was just horrible. I had no idea the cage was already compatible and just slid right on LOL
Yup...clear day day! now we know you live at P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney!
looks great! im about to order one for an a6700 rig, curious though about the arca swiss not fitting the kondor cage. is it possible to take the clamp apart and adjust it? i had to do that with a nato clamp recently that wasnt working, had to change the tightness of the clamp on the inside
yes, you can.
Thanks for the video, a quick question, I have the half cage small rig for the A7IV and the small rig base plate, the simple one for a set of rails, not the double rail connection points, like you showed around @9:30 ish and on my half cage the 2 little screws to put the base plate to the half cage do not line up with the base plate, so I have to put 2 other screws "vertically" to attach it. instead of the 2 smaller Hex type screws that are suppose to work with the base plate and Cages but it does not. So I have to use the typical base plate type screws on the other holes which stinks, but does this V mount work with the base plate. for rails, that you showed? the screws line up so you can put 2 screws instead of just one in order to keep it from twisting? Hope that makes sense. They made a mistake with the A7IV half cage because it does not allow this like it should, the holes are 1mm off so you cannot put the 2 hex type screws to attach the base plate for rails to keep it from twisting. Thanks brother
I can't use the [Peak Design Standard Plate] with the [Small Rig VMount Battery Plate], so I have to stack another [arca swiss mount] on top of the plate provided by smallrig. I just can't give up the Peak Design Capture when I am on the street.
Stacks on Stacks, Calvin.
All you need to do is unscrew and remove the locking arm from its little cog, then rotate it either clock or anti clockwise a few degrees to make it clamp tighter or looser depending on your needs, test and retighten. If you have a few arca plates find your widest and narrowest, then once it set to fit both of them, all your plate will fit. Be careful not to strip the small screw and the locking bar may need a good pull to remove it first time.
Hi Robert, would you know whether there a simple version of this so that i can just mount the V mount battery and still use my tripod with my Sony a7 iii (my screen is in the back of the camera body, and it only swings out behind and not sideways BTW and it looks like the Vmount battery may block my view of the screen) without having to buy the entire rig that you have? Thanks
Maybe tilt the v-mount all the way down so you can still see the screen or use an external monitor when you need the extra battery?
could you also put nato rails on it? or its gonna be stupid move
You could put whatever you'd like on it, my dude. What would be stupid about that? Do you have something to mount to the rails? Matte box? handle? Small minion?
So you had a cage problem, not a Smallrig V-mount Battery Plate problem per your title. 🤣🤣 I certainly agree your final kit is much improved and I appreciate that you showed all the steps to rebuild as there are many great tips involved. Thank you.
Understandable perspective but the mount should be compatible with the standard plate sizes and not be proprietary to one manufacturer. They could certainly. sell more units if it wasn't isolated to the smallrig ecosystem.
09:45 If you mount the top nato rail the other way round, the little safety knob can do its job better 😉 Appreciate your video. I got the same rig. Sometimes it's just better to stay with one company throughout the product line. 👍
Similar issue with my falcam cage and the v mount battery plate. But I fixed it by taping some gaff tape on the receiving baseplate so that the wiggle room is reduced and it's tightly locked in
*Very thinly sliced gaff tape
Yeah, I used one of my 0.5 inch spike tapes and it worked wonders
how did you do it? like on the smallrig bottom u put tape? i ordered the Cage and now i want this V-mount rig, and comments are saying its too loose.
@@Limitless.By.Design taped half inch gaff tape on the arca swiss receiving end of the v mount plate
Could I use this for my bmpcc
If your cage supports Arca plates, absolutely!
Hi, looking into building my FX30 rig just as such. Do I need to bail on 15mm rods and lens support for this rig? What are your thoughts? Great video btw!
You don't have to bail on those things. What are you looking to add with rods? You wouldn't have as compact of a set up but you could add something like this to get the rods in there: amzn.to/3DYxtEB
@@RobertMTeegarden I meant, in the future, thinking of getting follow focus and mattebox to complete the rig. So, I went with the rods and base plate.
On the SWIT-S140 battery does not fit on this product..it does not lock completely and falls off 😠..isn't it a standard for all?..forces me to buy batteries from SmallRig?..NOT normal.
thanks for the video! I'm looking into this solution but all the rigs I'm seeing has the rod support on the bottom. if I'm not running a matte box...do I need those rods? Or is the smallrig compact vmount battery solution enough?
You can run a matte box without rods. It would fit on the lens. You dont need rods unless you're attaching shit to them (focus rings etc.)
@@RobertMTeegarden sweet! thank you! appreciate it!
You can adjust the clamp on the 4064 to get a tighter fit. I wish all arca plates were the same 😢
Same! Thanks for watching!
🎉! The Qr lock is somewhat adjustable . Im using falcam 38 . It would save alot of adapting and money if universal was universal and arca was arca 🎉 Thank You
Can you use this on a canon m50?😅
Should be able to, yes
Thank you for your presentation. I also have the Small rig battery holder. Great piece of equipment.
Thanks... Very Helpful✌...
Happy to help
You don’t have to swap the cage. Just add a smallrig arca plate and screw it to the bottom of your existing cage. Only downside is that it’ll raise the camera slightly
Ya, I know. The rig is already too tall for me so the extra few mm would drive me nuts.
This seems to be a common issue with Smallrigs ARCA Stuff. Arca plates seem to be the wild west when it comes to size. I would lean more to Kondor being correct in the standard, and that the SR QR needs to be fixed.
Definitely would agree with you there.
I want one!
Get it!
If anyone is curious it also will mount to the Tilta cages
Same here curious if it will fit tilt a Zve1 cage
The tilta ZVE1?
¡Tengo la misma curiosidad! Por eso no he comprado la jaula y sigo buscando vídeos en TH-cam.
@@RobertMTeegarden tilta cage for Sony zv-e1
Any update on this working for tilts fx3 cage?
i spy whoop on yo wrist hehe - also thx for this video. i'm buying one
Whoop there it is, dude! It's great for the money. Love mine still.
Thanks Man!!!!!!!!!!
So happy it was valuable, dude.
One thing that you won’t know till you get it in hand for a wild is the plate will hurt your hand after a few hours of work
this is a compact video. the full version is 21 hours long.