FS7: Tilta Battery Plate - pics

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bengiles

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This arrived today. I hoped I could use our Hawk Woods 12v distributor plate on there, but the two won't mate at all easily. It turns out the Tilta power plate one isn't too bad - only one D Tap socket, but I'm only running an additonal Micron radio mic receiver on there, so will see if that will run without issue from one of the other regular power ports.

One advantage - the V Lock batts slip on and off the Tilta plate far more easily. After a year, the HW plate is still too stiff and you can end up destabilising things trying to get it on and off.

One tip - it needs a couple of spacer washers under there, which weren't supplied. Otherwise, it fouls against the FS7 bodywork slightly. I've attached a pic to show the resulting clearance. All feels pretty solid. Bought it here in the UK from Cinegear Pro.

Ben.

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The only thing i'm concerned about with that plate is how much strain a v-mount would put upon those two top screws.

I have PagLink batteries and the thought of linking two (or more) together on that does frighten me a little.

I'm torn between this and Hawk-Woods forthcoming plate.

How rigid is the plate, Ben?
 
Hi Neill.

I think you'd be OK. It's a solid 5mm aluminium plate and the screws are supported/reinforced by an additonal peg. I certainly wouldn't be concerned about the plate itself - and a quick hand test suggests to me that the mag-alloy mounting point is quite capable of taking a lot more weight.

You'e welcome to have a look and play here at the office in Sheffield. It's off for a proper stress test in the Himalayas in 2 weeks...

Ben.
 
FYI: I ran an overnight recording test of a fully charged SWIT S-8082S V-Lock battery, rated at 95 Wh/6.6 Ah.

Both 128Gb cards were filled in a relay recording, meaning it recorded 4hrs and 26mins of 1080P25 before the media ran out. I'm not sure how much battery life was left after that, but it suggests to me that 2 of these batteries are probably sufficient for my average shooting day, perhaps with a third for redundancy/resilience.

Ben.
 
That looks a bit scary, especially in extreme conditions like I'd assume the Himalayas to be. I'd seriously consider getting the proper Sony extension unit even if it's just to use V-Mounts. Excellent super solid fit and no little cables to get snapped.
 
Ben Scott said:
That looks a bit scary, especially in extreme conditions like I'd assume the Himalayas to be. I'd seriously consider getting the proper Sony extension unit even if it's just to use V-Mounts. Excellent super solid fit and no little cables to get snapped.
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Actually, I'm happy that it's quite solid enough. It's no more fragile than the rest of the camera and EVF etc. It's all a compromise - if I wasn't prepared to take reasonable care with it, I'd have bought a 2/3" camera.

The mountains will be hard work - but no more than when I took a C100/Ninja Blade combo up there a couple of months back. This new setup is bliss compared to all of those bits wired together.

Also, this project requires me to be fairly incognito - so the FS7 for me is a step forward compromise between fragility and big sensor image quality, while trying to keep a reasonably low profile.

Ben.
 
I have the Tilta Plate and its totally solid and fine. The power connection on the camera is the weak point and the only real annoyance is that I have to remove the entire plateit to fit a Sony BPU90 battery. BPU60 Batteries slide in just fine.
 
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