Can you actually see the light behind the sofa this is the Viltrox RB08
and it's actually turned into one of my little favorite video production
accessories Viltrox kind of sent this out to me and I said that if I
enjoyed it I'd include it in a video and I've absolutely loved it I think being
able to place lights in such super sort of creative little areas is just super
cool you can immediately sort of change a vibe help increase the vibe of your
shot and hey you can do it for super cheap so just check this out in the
description the Viltrox RB08 if you're looking for a cheap pretty cool
extra filmmaking accessory and I'm gonna go and put it behind the sofa again
What is up creatives this is Tom welcome back to another budget Wednesday this
time I think actually it's on Thursday anyway we'll forget about that and roll
the intro
so today I wanna talk to you about this or more specifically I want to talk to
you about this guy on the top this is an NPF battery plate it takes an NPF
battery and converts it into a D-Tap signal or a D-Tap connection which means
you can plug this plate into the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and I
know before you all start coding comments being like Tom the Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema Camera (4K) is not a budget camera I do want to talk about why I
think this plate particularly is a fantastic choice or a fantastic budget
choice for anyone picking up or thinking about picking up the Blackmagic Pocket
Cinema Camera especially because this battery plate in total is going to run
you about 15 dollars so the Pocket 4k this is an incredible incredible camera
it blows other cameras of a similar price range out in terms of just image
quality and production capability however it is true to its name it is a
cinema camera this means that you really need to rig it out to sort of bring it
to its full capability things like the battery life are just not great on it
out of the box you're only currently gonna get about 20 or 30 minutes of
recording time amia so you do need to rig this camera
out so you better get the full capability out of it I myself do have a
large Blackmagic pocket Cinema rig that I used for I guess sort of bigger
production stuff and the total price on that build is probably close to about
$3,000 this build this setup that I've got right here this is going to run you
close to about 1,600 obviously minus the lens so when we're talking about the
Blackmagic pocket Cinema Camera when we're dealing with any setup for this
camera what I'm wanting to fix are two main things first of all is battery life
you obviously want to be able to shoot for a good few hours without having to
worry too much about batteries and the other is storage now you could use SD
cards but you're gonna sort of run out of space pretty quickly or you could
sheet C fast but that is a very expensive option so personally I go with
an SSD so those are the two things that we are sort of ticking off with a black
magic pocket Cinema build so this build tackles both of those things head-on and
it means that you have a setup which you can
out on a tripod for maybe higher production interviews and things like
that or run-and-gun handheld shooting for you all of your b-roll needs the
beauty of an MPF battery system like this is that you can just take these
batteries on and off so I can just slide that battery this is a standard Sony NPF
you can get those in tons of different sizes and they're pretty inexpensive so
you can just have a few of these in your bag maybe a few larger capacity and NPF
batteries as well slide them on to the plate just like this and then connect
them I can actually get it in and connect it to the system just like that
nice and easy so this little plate takes two NPF batteries and then connects by a
DTaP connection as mentioned and even has a capacity button on the side so you
can check how much battery you've got left so you will need a D tap to DC
power connection cable for the Blackmagic pocket Cinema Camera I'll
have one linked below personally I have a coiled one as I just think it's a bit
neater I also have this paired with the Samsung T5 SSD for storage and all of
this is obviously connected by the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera small
rig cage which I've just been so impressed with the cage is connected to
the battery plate using this SmallRig V mount plate which just screws nice and
easily onto the cage so worth noting here that I'd probably only use the
setup where the battery plate is on top of the rig for situations where my
camera is on sticks I think otherwise I actually prefer to have it mounted
underneath because for running guns shooting having a plane mounted on the
top right of the cage does make the power button a little tricky to press
again not a huge problem if it's mounted on a tripod but for situations where
you're going to be sort of turning your camera on it off again regularly like
maybe you were traveling it might be better to do this just using this SmallRig
tool I know you guys probably get bored of me saying this but it's
definitely one of the best things that I own I just unscrew the V mount plate
from the top of the rig and then screw it on to the bottom of the cage instead
and the V mount can be slotted straight underneath
so really guys that's basically that this is an alternative battery solution
or alternative rig option for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera budget
Wednesday this is supposed to be a filmmaking series where we go through
cheap the affordable however I just think people get sort of sucked into
building these enormously complicated rigs and this camera is fantastic on its
own let the image quality do the talking by just by fixing this battery and the
storage you've got a very viable content creation option for both run-and-gun
stuff but also static stuff as well there's absolutely nothing wrong with
these larger camera rig builds but I'm just basically showing you that there
are other options available particularly if you're just starting out you could
copy this set up we were on your way to creating some great content and saving a
bunch of cash at the same time hopefully you guys have enjoyed this video please
let me know if you have any questions about the build or the year rig down
below I'll be down there in the comments as always responding and I'll catch you
guys, next time