![]() ![]() Adding a sphere to the left side of your camera creates another point of contact placed in a very handy position near the focus ring of your lens. While the handgrip is self-explanatory the wood sphere may not be. There are budget alternatives but this is the lightest and best designed. I have them mounted on 15mm rods coming off the Rush Design base plate with the Tilted Vocas Rosette bracket ($110.00 - get a tilted bracket, it creates a more comfortable angle for your wrist). Vocas makes some very similar and nice grips and would be a good alternative if you prefer it. ![]() While companies like Shape and Wooden Camera also make grips, I find their designs too far of a departure from the Aaton grips that inspired KinoGrips designs. I’ve heard and seen that the quality of other wood grips on the market (Small Rig, Tilta) are pretty bad and lose their finish quickly. They’re are impeccably made and I’ve grown really attached to them as they have worn over the years. Ray Thomas hand carves these grips from his base in Arizona in a variety of shapes, wood, and with the option to add trigger buttons. In the fall of 2015 I removed the FS7 smart grip assembly from my rig entirely and replaced it with a wood sphere and handgrip from Kinogrip. This cold shoe from Small Rig is cheap, allows for 2 bolts holes to securely mount to the top plate prevent cold shoe twist. I suggest this shock mount over Wooden Cameras or Small Rig’s shotgun mic mount as the rubber is thicker and more durable - and since you mount it with a bolt-on cold shoe, can be mounted on a variety of FS7 top plates. So you can mount it at a different positions based on the length of the shotgun mic. If you look at the photos at the top of the page you will see a larger Sennheiser 416 and a shorter 8060 on the two different setups. Use this universal shock mount in combination with a bolt on cold shoe to mount your microphone further back and lower on your rig via a top plate of your choice. Additionally the stock mount that comes with the camera is not very solid and sits very high on the camera. Why? Depending on the length of your shotgun mic you may catch a bit of your deadcat/foam wind guard when you are at your lens’ widest focal length. When using any top plate, its a good idea to relocate and re-mount your shotgun mic. Please see above “Special Screw” from Small Rig that solves this problem. ![]() Note: While its possible to use the stock FS7 handle’s 15mm rod clamp to attache theses brackets, the screw is really hard to get to and is prone to stripping. Its robust and better built than the Small Rig version. It has 2 mounting holes which prevents horizontal drift, I don’t believe the Small Rig version does. It attaches to the camera via 15mm rod into the stock Sony handle’s rod port, a top handle like the one listed above, or a 15mm rod tube clamp like this from Wooden Camera bolted on to the front of the top plate. While the Wooden Camera NATO UVF may be able to extend longer, you can only go so far out due to the length of the monitors cable - so the feature is sort of a moot point. There can be some play (front/back) but that is easily adjustable on the fly and won’t have you constantly wondering if your viewfinder if level.Īdditionally the NATO rail in the Vocas viewfinder bracket its the perfect length vis-a-vis the length of the FS7’s monitor cord. It is designed slightly differently to avoid horizontal drift. This brings me to the Vocas replacement bracket. I constantly found myself trying to reposition it and tighten it to get it level. Wooden Camera sells are placement kit which I believe was the first on the market, but to be honest, it has an inherent design flaw that allows for horizontal drift on the monitor. If you use the stock FS7 monitor, do yourself a favor and replace the stock mounting brackets. Vocas Viewfinder Bracket Kit for Sony PXW-FS7/FS7 II ![]()
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