GH3 External 7' monitor and cage

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stefanocps

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Hello i have trouble in getting my external 7 inches monitor well fixed to my cage
I use hose magic ams, but both at monitor joint and at cage joint, were it screw to it..tend t get loose quick
May be the quality of magic arm?also can be quality f thread at cage
looking for some reliable oltuion to have my gh3 with rode vidomic and monitor connectdto a cage!
thanks
 
7" monitors with their batteries tend to be a little on the heavy side for some of the cheaper arms out there. Still looking for a rock solid solution myself. Using an adapter on a set of rails works very well but it puts the monitor right behind the camera which blocks a lot of controls.

If you are trying to mount the monitor to the side you are really fighting against gravity here. These monitors work best when they are mounted in the bottom thread of the monitor. This way gravity isn't working against you.
 
Thomas Smet said:
7" monitors with their batteries tend to be a little on the heavy side for some of the cheaper arms out there. Still looking for a rock solid solution myself. Using an adapter on a set of rails works very well but it puts the monitor right behind the camera which blocks a lot of controls.

If you are trying to mount the monitor to the side you are really fighting against gravity here. These monitors work best when they are mounted in the bottom thread of the monitor. This way gravity isn't working against you.
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i use the bottom thread of monitor but it doesn't help much.and it get loosy even without battery mounted!. i don't understand the adpater on set of rails solution,can you describe it better?
 
stefanocps said:
i use the bottom thread of monitor but it doesn't help much.and it get loosy even without battery mounted!. i don't understand the adpater on set of rails solution,can you describe it better?
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It is basically a small block of metal with two holes through it to mount across two rails. In the middle of the block on the top is a threaded hole to screw in your arm or tiny ball joint to use with the monitor. With the monitor mounted directly above the rails the weight is supported evenly from the middle of the monitor. By using the monitor to the side of your rig the entire weight of the monitor will drag down because of gravity. You have to have a pretty darn good arm to support that weight from the side.

There are better arms out there that can mount a heavy monitor and battery that way but some of the cheaper ones may struggle. Mounting up directly above your rails may be a better solution.
 
Thomas Smet said:
It is basically a small block of metal with two holes through it to mount across two rails. In the middle of the block on the top is a threaded hole to screw in your arm or tiny ball joint to use with the monitor. With the monitor mounted directly above the rails the weight is supported evenly from the middle of the monitor. By using the monitor to the side of your rig the entire weight of the monitor will drag down because of gravity. You have to have a pretty darn good arm to support that weight from the side.

There are better arms out there that can mount a heavy monitor and battery that way but some of the cheaper ones may struggle. Mounting up directly above your rails may be a better solution.
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can you point an addres where to look/but similar object?
thanks
 
stefanocps said:
can you point an addres where to look/but similar object?
thanks
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http://www.amazon.com/SmallRig-Rail...m_sbs_e_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NQ9QKSJX4JR2PVQAF4W

This one works well. Slide it on your 15mm rails. Attach a small ball mount via the threaded hole on the top or screw in your monitor directly. Since you use the hole on the bottom of your monitor instead of extended it out to the side it is a lot sturdier.

There are many other options but this is pretty rock solid as long as you are ok with having the monitor directly behind the camera and not off to the side. Works well for tripod shooting but not for shoulder mounted shooting. Still looking for a solid solution for shoulder mounted shooting.
 
Another solution I just tried last night was to mount the LCD monitor directly to the side of my Honu cage for my GH3. Worked exceptionally well except to fully tighten it and adjust the angle. Plus it now blocks the HDMI port. Not sure there is enough space for a right angle HDMI cable either. Will keep playing around with it. Thought about adding a small quick release adapter to the side of the cage to make adding and removing the monitor quick and easy. May also help push it far enough away to fit a right angled HDMI cable.

http://fhugen.com/honu-cage/
 
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