I just wish the baseplate had a second rod mount on the other side, what a weird thing to not include. Some of us still use manual follow focuses, even on shoulder rigs...
Hey. Thanks for the comment. It works fine with my follow focus, that single rod. The other thing I usually do now, I just have a nice baseplate I built with the rods and everything below it, and then a Manfrotto plate that slides on to this quick. I typically shoot most of my films/commercials between the shoulder rig, sticks or my easy rig. I can quickly switch between them with that set up.
@VolareMedia it just seems like it would have been so simple to just put some threaded holes in the other side of the baseplate for that same included rod mount so you could switch the sides. Having the rod on the right is absolutely useless for 99% of setups, although nice if you're running a full wireless FIZ setup. Most prosumer follow focuses and motors are designed to be mounted on the left side of the camera anyways because they are meant to be mounted to mirrorless camera cages. Just seems like a glaringly obvious and weird flaw to have on what otherwise seems like a well thought-out rig. I'm really debating getting one and am kinda wondering if I can skip that whole double plate assembly all together and just mount the camera directly to the manfrotto-type plate that holds the arms, then attach a rod holder to the 1/4"20 thread points at the front...
I love it .was looking for reviews on this when I bought this ages ago . So thanks for your review it's nice to see positive vibes about it . The case really is immense . For the external monitor I had a extension arm clamp on the front arm to help me view it
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.
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 🤔
Great video, very detailed. If I were to want to mount the whole rig with the camera attached to a tripod, would I be able to attach a tripod plate to the bottom and in front of the shoulder pad and pop it on my tripod?
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.
I ran into an issue with the HDMI cable poking me in the face, so what I did is I switched to the Arca Swiss side of the plate so then I could run it left to right and that allowed me to off center my camera to the right so that the shoulder pad fit more comfortably, idk if it's because of how my shoulders are, but it was uncomfortable having to the rig farther out on my shoulder.
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.
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Could I just like... slap my current rig on top of this? Having trouble visualizing some of the details of the different plates... -Pocket 6K -Tita half-cage -Tilta 15mm LWS Baseplate (Type I) -Pictor Zooms (giant) -(2x) 16" 15mm rods -Smallrig lens support -Fotga Follow Focus -Soonwell V-mount battery plate -Andycine 4K (7"?) monitor Oh, and I have a Tilta dovetail (their proprietary one... I think?) for use on a tripod, or whatever.
Hey! Thanks for watching. And for all the great info. I sure don’t get on here enough to check these anymore. Starting the RUclips 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.
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! 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.
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.
No one is commenting on how Tilta just had one rod mount in the front (for the follow focus), but without two rods you will not be able to use this rig for heavier lens that need support or a traditional matte box! They clearly had the space to do it. I know this is meant to be a rig for light cameras, but you can't grow with it! Why, Tilta, WHY?
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.
I bought this shoulder rig and it's great. I have only one problem. I want to mount the entire shoulder rig on the tripod. The long plate of the shoulder rig (the one with rosette mounts) should be a manfrotto plate. I have a manfrotto fluid head but the plate is not compatible. The plate is too short and the top part of the should rig touches the tripod head and the plate can't be screwed in place. In the tilta adv of the sounder rig they show this feature but they cut the video at the exact moment they are trying to mound the shoulder rig on the tripod. So I think tilta know that the plate is not designed correctly but the don't give a f.....😢😂
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 RUclips short this weekend and share how I have it set up. Watch for it. Cheers 🍻
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
Maybe I'm wrong here, but why did Tilta decide to change standards? Did they finally just decide to abandon the Tilta standard in favor of manfrotto and... that other one? Great, doesn't fit my Tilta baseplate. I had to bolt on the included plate onto the bottom of the plate I'm already using. I don't love having a stack of plates, but I guess that works... ugh. Now I need to find an elegant way to mount a monitor where I want it... preferably not an expensive arm that shifts at the joint when bumped at all... but that's probably what I'm stuck with... should've built a custom rig...
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.
Been so busy. Had no time this summer to do RUclips 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.
Great review! Really appreciate it！
Tilta!! You are welcome. I have lots more we are writing and filming now. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. 🤝
I just wish the baseplate had a second rod mount on the other side, what a weird thing to not include. Some of us still use manual follow focuses, even on shoulder rigs...
Hey. Thanks for the comment. It works fine with my follow focus, that single rod. The other thing I usually do now, I just have a nice baseplate I built with the rods and everything below it, and then a Manfrotto plate that slides on to this quick. I typically shoot most of my films/commercials between the shoulder rig, sticks or my easy rig. I can quickly switch between them with that set up.
@VolareMedia it just seems like it would have been so simple to just put some threaded holes in the other side of the baseplate for that same included rod mount so you could switch the sides. Having the rod on the right is absolutely useless for 99% of setups, although nice if you're running a full wireless FIZ setup. Most prosumer follow focuses and motors are designed to be mounted on the left side of the camera anyways because they are meant to be mounted to mirrorless camera cages. Just seems like a glaringly obvious and weird flaw to have on what otherwise seems like a well thought-out rig. I'm really debating getting one and am kinda wondering if I can skip that whole double plate assembly all together and just mount the camera directly to the manfrotto-type plate that holds the arms, then attach a rod holder to the 1/4"20 thread points at the front...
Great review. Very thorough.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. More videos coming very soon.
Very well shot, well edited review, thanks!
Thank you so much. I appreciate you
@@VolareMedia Heck yeah 🤙
I love it .was looking for reviews on this when I bought this ages ago . So thanks for your review it's nice to see positive vibes about it . The case really is immense . For the external monitor I had a extension arm clamp on the front arm to help me view it
You are so welcome! Thank you for taking the time to write this. I appreciate you
Awesome review broh
Thank you so much! 🙏
Another great one!
Hey! Thank you so much Rohit. Glad you liked it.
Great video I were on the fence about which shoulder mount to purchase this give me a better insight to Tilta product
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
I have one of these, and I love it.
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 🤔
Great video, very detailed. If I were to want to mount the whole rig with the camera attached to a tripod, would I be able to attach a tripod plate to the bottom and in front of the shoulder pad and pop it on my tripod?
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.
I ran into an issue with the HDMI cable poking me in the face, so what I did is I switched to the Arca Swiss side of the plate so then I could run it left to right and that allowed me to off center my camera to the right so that the shoulder pad fit more comfortably, idk if it's because of how my shoulders are, but it was uncomfortable having to the rig farther out on my shoulder.
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.
just awesome
Thank you
Solid review. Thank you for the upload.
Do you happen to have a link to where you bought that hat you’re wearing?
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 🍻
Could I just like... slap my current rig on top of this? Having trouble visualizing some of the details of the different plates...
-Pocket 6K
-Tita half-cage
-Tilta 15mm LWS Baseplate (Type I)
-Pictor Zooms (giant)
-(2x) 16" 15mm rods
-Smallrig lens support
-Fotga Follow Focus
-Soonwell V-mount battery plate
-Andycine 4K (7"?) monitor
Oh, and I have a Tilta dovetail (their proprietary one... I think?) for use on a tripod, or whatever.
Hey! Thanks for watching. And for all the great info. I sure don’t get on here enough to check these anymore. Starting the RUclips 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!
super video
Thanks
Best of luck
Thank you. I’m working on another one now.
Hey thanks for this video. Useful stuff. What mAh battery are you using for the monitor? Does it last long enough? Thanks
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
Thank you for step by step process. I am going to order it this week. I have one nob question.. Is this shoulder rig comes with V-mount battery plate?
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.
yes, awesome, love this vid?eo
I'm glad you like it
video is awesome
Thanks. Glad you liked it. Don’t forget to subscribe!
How long did you have to wait? Looking forward to see it in active use
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.
No one is commenting on how Tilta just had one rod mount in the front (for the follow focus), but without two rods you will not be able to use this rig for heavier lens that need support or a traditional matte box! They clearly had the space to do it. I know this is meant to be a rig for light cameras, but you can't grow with it! Why, Tilta, WHY?
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.
Thanks for the video, does this replace the Pivot shoulder rig? I'm stuck between which one to invest in, thank you.
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.
I bought this shoulder rig and it's great. I have only one problem. I want to mount the entire shoulder rig on the tripod. The long plate of the shoulder rig (the one with rosette mounts) should be a manfrotto plate. I have a manfrotto fluid head but the plate is not compatible. The plate is too short and the top part of the should rig touches the tripod head and the plate can't be screwed in place. In the tilta adv of the sounder rig they show this feature but they cut the video at the exact moment they are trying to mound the shoulder rig on the tripod. So I think tilta know that the plate is not designed correctly but the don't give a f.....😢😂
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 RUclips 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.
do you know if the dual base plate would fit the kessler kwid stand? it's arca swiss, but i'm not sure it's compatible
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
Maybe I'm wrong here, but why did Tilta decide to change standards? Did they finally just decide to abandon the Tilta standard in favor of manfrotto and... that other one? Great, doesn't fit my Tilta baseplate. I had to bolt on the included plate onto the bottom of the plate I'm already using. I don't love having a stack of plates, but I guess that works... ugh.
Now I need to find an elegant way to mount a monitor where I want it... preferably not an expensive arm that shifts at the joint when bumped at all... but that's probably what I'm stuck with... should've built a custom rig...
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.
i like it
Thanks!!
Wow
Thank you 🙏
Video footage sample?
Been so busy. Had no time this summer to do RUclips 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.
so annoying and distracting music I stoped watching!
That’s great! Thank you for watching. I stopped reading your comment when I noticed the terrible spelling and grammar. 🤘😜
I agree. The content is great but the background sounds (I cannot call it music) make this video hard to watch.