Rigging the Panasonic GH4: D|Cage, G-Cup, Atomos Power Station, Tascam DR-70D, RØDE, Zacuto & more
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2015
- GEAR LIST (in order of appearance):
Panasonic GH4 - amzn.to/DMCGH4 or bhpho.to/dmc-gh4
Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 zoom lens - focuspull.in/1235mm
Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8 zoom lens - focuspull.in/HS35100
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.2 prime lens - focuspull.in/leica42
Rokinon Cine lenses for EF mount - focuspull.in/rokincine
VARY-i Viewfinder - focuspulling.com/varyi
G-Cup for GH4 eyepiece - millerschneider.com/collection...
Peak Design Anchor Links - focuspull.in/al-2
Heavy Leather NYC camera strap - focuspull.in/heavyleather
Atomos Power Station Photo - focuspull.in/PSPHOTO
Atomos Power Station Video - focuspull.in/PSVIDEO
D|Focus D|Cage for GH3/GH4 - focuspull.in/dcage
Zacuto 3" Z-Rail - focuspull.in/zrail
Zacuto QR Tapped Handle - focuspull.in/zhandle
Pangshi 7" Articulating Arm - focuspull.in/pangshi
Cold Shoe Adapter - dfocussystem.com/cold-shoe
Atomos Shogun - bhpho.to/1ikWM5x
RØDE Stereo VideoMic X - focuspull.in/rodex
RØDE NTG-4 shotgun mic - focuspull.in/ntg-4
RØDE NTG-2 shotgun mic - focuspull.in/ntg-2
Tascam DR-70D audio recorder - focuspull.in/dr70D
Polaroid shotgun mic mount - focuspull.in/shckmnt
Flolight 1/4"-20 Stacker for mic mount - focuspull.in/Flolight
Tether Tools Jerkstopper thread mount - focuspull.in/Jerkstop
Roxsen Focal Reducer EF to Micro-4/3 - focuspull.in/focalred
NOTES: Over a year ago, when the Panasonic Lumix GH4 arrived, I broke it in by filming and editing the first professionally shot independent short film, in its first week: • Chicago Art & Architec... . Not the newest thing now, the GH4 still is the only meaningful option for capturing 4K video internally without a big rig, costing under a couple grand. But it's always needed a bit of rigging, and while filmmakers keep using it to make amazing films - examples at www.focuspulling.com/blog/gh4 - there's still a lot to talk about, in terms of rigging it up right (and all of this applies to the GH3 too). Following up the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera rigging guide I made last year that went sort of viral - • Rigging the Blackmagic... - here's a similar chat: because sometimes, showing stuff and talking over it works better than writing an article. For a streaming clip, it does run long, but it covers lots of ground - and I'm looking forward to reading your comments below.
Don't forget, the world's biggest GH4 User Group is spanned across Vimeo, Facebook and Twitter, all connected together at: www.focuspulling.com/blog/gh4. Thanks for continuing to share your work with the community. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Excellent video, so well explained and presented.
Thank you and subscribed to your channel.
Cheers, Pete
You speak very clearly and to the point. Thanks.
Lived the video mate!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great video man! Love it
Thanks for your time in producing this excellent video, it has helped me considerably to make a decision for our training videos.
Now that the GH5 has just been announced at Photokina 2016, confirming GH5 will not be available until approximately the middle of next year, I will now look towards the purchase of 2 x GH4Rs, plus the Atomos Inferno to use as a monitor, plus the option to record externally in 10-bit (4:2:2) and which will also record audio, instead of using the Tascam. Just one less piece of equipment.
I have just subscribed and will now look at some of your other videos. You time and professionalism is appreciated!
That's a great point, Graham. And the mock-up of the GH5 even suggests that its body will match that of the GH4, so that accessories and maybe even cages will be upwards-compatible, making investments into the GH4 now even more sensible. You're wise to capture in 10-bit 4:2:2, and hopefully also in V-Log as your Inferno will leverage that for HDR capability (if nothing else, for future-proofing).
My eye-piece fell off and got lost too. Thanks for posting this!
Great info! Thanks for your work!
+VAINOOZ Thanks!
Thanks for such a great video! I love my GH4 still on 2021 and doing low budget full feature movies with it.
Nice to see GH4 is still popular with so many other camera's around like A7S, C300MKII and so on. I am looking at the GH4 and the G7 at this moment. Decisions, decicions (affordable and limited G7 vs expensive and versatile GH4).
+Lutte Kikker I use the Panasonic G6 plus the 12-35mm and 35-100mm f2.8 lenses mentioned in this video which give me superb results. I just use the 'natural' profile peg back the saturation & contrast and it looks good. So the G7 should be great, especially given it can shoot 4K. Obviously you don't get all the video options or weather sealing of the GH4 but that's the trade-off. The G6/G7 has got focus peaking, histogram and mic input so I use a Rode video pro which gives lovely rich sound. I have some video footage from the G6 on my channel if that helps.
Great vid. Thanks
great video! very helpful and informative
+Luciano Mast Thanks!
A lot of great accessories to create a rig for the Panasonic GH4. Thanks :-)
Wish I had seen this video about 6 months ago.. thanks for all the links to products.. :)
great video!
Great info, thanks!
Tks for this great review, clear, compact and full of very interesting and necessary tips.
Have instantly subscribed to your channel. Are you maybe planning to do a review in depth about the V-Log ?
Looking forwards for next posts. All the best to you and your shoots.
+Ammann Thomas Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, I'll be writing up something about V-log once it arrives (or maybe before then) at www.focuspulling.com. Feeling hopeful but not expecting miracles!
Nice job! Thx!
Thanks for the info lots of good tips here for rigging. I'll be picking up the g cup & Anchor Links. And maybe some other stuff on your video when i have the money cheers!!
+Andrew Willard Ⓥ Glad to be of any help, and let me know if more questions come up.
not long. cool video. thanks
Got any good links for a solid articulating arm ?! Nice video by the way ! Very informative.
Great video indeed! Very helpful in assisting me in narrowing down the choice for my rig. Been holding back for half a year now. The D|Focus cage looks awesome but can you recommend other top handles instead of the Zacuto QR Tapped Handle? Also, how about a good follow focus for the GH4? Thanks in advance!
+Zulkifli Zaid I'm not fond of their practices, but inevitably you'll run into top handles made by SmallRig that connect via Arri rosettes, 15mm rods or NATO rails. As for follow focus, I'm of the view that to whatever extent you actually find it useful, there's not much variation. D|Focus offer a bundle including this D|Cage with version 4 of the FocusPulling tool (!) that they built their name on: dfocussystem.com/dcage-bundle-gh4
Fantastic video! Very tempted to order the tascam, did you say that you cannot plug it directly into the GH4? or that it is inconvenient. I very much would like an external recorder which has this option as we often have to shoot and edit quickly. cheers and thanks!
Thanks! The Tascam DR-70D records internally but also can pass along its audio to the microphone input on the GH4. That's a great way to, e.g., feed phantom power to a mic and use the Tascam as a pre-amp. The one caveat is that for best audio fidelity, it's recommended (but not necessary) to get a special cable with attenuation, as explained here: th-cam.com/video/3dUjmYTB060/w-d-xo.html
Great video. Lots of great stuff here. I subscribed. Do you ever use a mattbox? If so how would that fit with this configuration?
+Emerick Gerald Thanks, Emerick. I really don't use a mattebox for a few reasons. Mainly, lenses almost always come with hoods that serve the same purpose and can do an even better job at blocking glare, etc., being more closely honed to the lens barrel. People use matteboxes mostly because they think it looks cool (ahem!) but also in case they need to add filters, particularly neutral density, with quick drop-ins, and changing big cine lenses behind the filters without having to re-mount the filter for each lens (and get the right adapters, etc.). Because the Micro Four Thirds lens format is so compact, and even cine lenses in that format are small, it's hard to justify a mattebox! If you want neutral density, just get a variable ND filter as big as your largest lens, and adapt down for smaller lenses. Hope that helps.
+FocusPulling (.com) Thanks for the quick response.
+FocusPulling (.com) That's what I do; I purchased a 10 stop variable ND filter for my biggest MFT lens plus step down rings fo each of my other lenses which works fine to maintain the correct shutter speed etc.
That's a great informative video! Thanks so much! Do you know if the cage is comoatible with the new speedbooster 0.64? Thanks in advance!!
+Jose Prada I have not paired with that specific model, but I have used other adapters and there is plenty of room. I'm sure that D|Focus can work with you if there's an issue.
Nice video! Do you know if the vary-I loupe that you reviewed elsewhere will be releassed for the Gh5?
I suspect maybe not (as I don't think profits met expectations), but you're welcomed to contact the maker at info@vary-i.com and see!
Dont You find useful the handgrip in case of rigging? For example the one that varavon armor for gh4 is providing? Im thinking about rigging my gh4 but after putting it in cage, wont it be hard to use standard grip?
+Kacper Bork Thanks for mentioning that. I'd considered the issue in comparison with the other cages, but found that the extra grip moved the one-hand stabilization point ever farther away from the center of gravity, not a good thing. That, combined with the way that the D|Cage has a big cut-out for the original GH4 grip, makes this the best compromise. In short, it's almost like holding the GH4 without a cage anyway.
best 'tutorial' ever!!!
+franswa Vergucht Too nice! Happy New Year to you.
Excellent video. I was about to go with the new Varavon cage, but you've got me thinking this setup might be more suited to me. Two things I'm curious about. I love the look of the leather hand strap on the Varavon, but another comment addressed that. Secondly, and perhaps far more important, can you use the GH-4's built in flash with this cage? While I do a lot of video, I'm also using the Panasonic to enhance my stills skills. One final question, will the anti-twist nodes get in the way of an adapter like the Metabones Speedbooster? Thanks again for the video. I've subscribed because of it!
+Micah Floyd Thanks, Micah. I'm afraid there's no cage solution I've seen that permits the flash to pop up out of the dome, and since this cage uses the top hotshoe to lock in the camera, even an auxiliary flash may not be an option. As for the anti-twist nodes, I'm not sure about the Speedbooster, but I've used other similar adapters and I did not find the anti-twist nubs getting in the way.
+FocusPulling (.com) Thanks for the info! I thought the Varavon armor allowed for the camera flash, but maybe not. In any case, removing this cage doesn't seem too difficult. Now for the bad news, I really want that mic and I just saw the price tag :/ Oh well. Thanks again!
+Micah Floyd Much agreed that the mic sticker shock is painful. I do think that quality on-camera stereo capture is a market lacking in competition at the mid- to high-end, so am hoping for more entrants over time.
Sadly the only cage that gives room for the integrated flash is not ideal: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/969127-REG/swedish_chameleon_scgh3_cage_cage_for_the_panasonic.html/BI/8206/KBID/8862/DFF/d10-v21-t1-x432892
good video :)
thanks you !
i have one think to say ..
there are so much close ups with a lot of depth of field
without being fussy ..it was a little to stressfull for my eyes
u should take some distance to the stuff sometimes
but still nice work
Great video. Almost as relaxing as watching a Bob Ross video.
thanks a ton! if your in Chicago still i owe you a great cup of coffee! and lets swap GH4 stories
+Christian Sass Cool, not there anymore but always wishing to be back as there's no city like it in the world. Catch you next time.
well bug me next time you get back. :)
How much did you spend for this package? thanks
Would you consider this to be a good wedding setup rig ? Loving this setup. anyone else ?
is it possible to record audio in VFR with the tascam?
Thank you for your nice work. May I ask what the difference is between Roxsen Focal Reducer EF to Micro-4/3 and a Metabones Speedboster?
+Lexabboy Thanks for asking. You'd want the Metabones for any "active" Canon lens that relies upon an electronic connection to adjust aperture (and optionally focus). You'd be OK on the other hand settling with the Roxsen or other focal reducers if you are only using manual Canon lenses (e.g., the Rokinon Cine lenses mentioned here). Manual lenses have their own mechanical aperture and focus controls that wouldn't even make use of the expensive Metabones features. One small corollary is that the Metabones optical quality is slightly better, but we are shooting video, so the difference is mostly imperceptible.
+FocusPulling (.com) Thank you very much. I am very much intrigued to buy one. It had been a very informing and fascinating videos and thanks to those video, amateur photographer helping a lot to start. Thank you
Thank you for your comment. Looking forward to seeing what you create!
What was the total price for this entire setup? Thanks!
Regarding the 12-35 lens is there any issues with flickering when zooming? Also any issues with jitters with the OIS?
I've had none of that from the start; there were reports of such on the related 35-100mm f/2.8 zoom lens, but even those were addressed by a firmware update to that lens.
Awesome. Thank you so much for reply.
Would you rather a focal reducer for canon, nikon or sigma lenses? I wanna buy one with a few new lenses but I dont know which one and I dont wanna buy a focal reducer for canon,nikon and sigma lenses :)
Personally I'd go for Canon, for lots of reasons. (Technically, as an aside, because of the flange distances being what they are, Nikon lenses are actually the most cross-compatible with everything down the chain -- but it's a less-common lens mount and arguably in decline.) Canon lenses mount natively to most Blackmagic Cinema Cameras, Canon Cinema EOS, and have numerous adapter options for Sony and Panasonic, so it's the most solid investment I think -- this is particularly in the context of this video, though, involving manual cine lenses where electronic aperture control is not relevant.
Which speed booster would you prefer, if you only want to use manual Lenses?
As mentioned in the video and caption, I still think the Roxsen Focal Reducer is more than adequate for most uses: focuspull.in/focalred
hi, i know this video is a little old but what UWA lens would you recommend for the GH4?
+Alex Yap With extreme caution, the Voigtlander 10.5mm f/0.95, since the GH4 is so light-starved and that's a hyperprime aperture. HOWEVER, it only works that wide under ideal conditions, where you're directing attention to the center of the frame, with reasonable lighting and minimal flares, otherwise you get extremely ugly distortion at the edges (e.g., facebook.com/GH4users/posts/910659342314565). For a more reliable image, I also like pairing my Rokinon 16mm T2.0 cine lens with a focal reducer to decrease the crop factor, and that performs better with almost the same short focal length.
+FocusPulling (.com) just the answer i needed thank you for responding so quickly. one other thing i am wondering about is would you recommend the dji ronin-m? i plan on purchasing one for my rig instead of the conventional cage/shoulder rigs.
+Alex Yap Even though that's the smaller sibling to the Ronin, I think it's still overkill for the GH4's size. By far the best on the market right now is the CAME-Single 3-axis single-handle gimbal stabilizer. It has 32-bit brains and encoders, which even there best the Ronin, at a lower price point and much, much more portable. Highly recommended.
FocusPulling (.com) i'll look it up thank you so much.
at 6:03, is that the PICO remote?
nvm
Tips for sidehandels?
Try this: amzn.to/2aGA6gZ. Needs 15mm rods on each side; pretty easy to rig up.
FocusPulling (.com) thanks!
+FocusPulling (.com) tips for an shoulder rig setup to? The video is great!
I recommend rummaging through the awesome clearance section at Zacuto: focuspull.in/clearce. I pieced together a Mini-DSLR baseplate, rods w/offset, EVF mount, and handles.
+FocusPulling (.com) Thanks a lot man!
but doesn't the Gh4 come with the adapter that goes attached to the camera and has the extra battery and 2 XLR audio inputs ?
+DAVID VILLA Unfortunately, no. The YAGH accessory was especially comical upon release, with its extraordinary bloat in ergonomics and added accessory cost, but by now it's just sort of an outdated relic. Unless you need SDI, the camera body outputs 10-bit 4:2:2 via HDMI anyway, and you don't want to be lugging around an external 12-volt battery pack just to provide power to...the YAGH battery pack so that the YAGH can work as a...battery pack!
yes its true that it is big and cumbersome , but you do have the 2 XLR inputs and composite out , well i personally like the yagh for the audio xlrs ,how wold you compare the xlr inputs to the external recorders as far as quality ..
(or GH3) ;)
Nikon mount is more practical for gh4. Unless you are willing to buy the more expensive smart speed booster vs one with an aperture control ring. Surprised at how many people go for canon lenses on the gh4. Unless that have other canon cameras.
+Dane Gerwig When it comes to cine lenses which have their own aperture control rings, as mentioned in the video, Canon mount is the best investment because it buys adaptability to every other lens mount standard per the flange distance. Nikon buys you E-mount and Micro Four Thirds, but shuts out Canon (making the lens investment lost from the entire Canon ecosystem including Cinema EOS).
+FocusPulling (.com) agreed. There is tons of value in the canon mount when it comes to true cinema lenses and interchangeability. I'm coming from a dslr set up to gh4 which is why the Nikon makes the most sense to me. Compact for run and gun is what my gh4 is used so I went with Nikon.
From my experience most people are unaware of losing aperture control with canon l series lenses.
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