Charlie Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi, Anyone know from experience whether there is a cage that fits the G80?......perhaps the Smallrig for the GH4? The specific Smallrig for the G80 is not out yet. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldolega Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I have been in contact with Smallrig about their G85 cage. They're still working on the design and told me it will be available in March or April. In the meantime I ordered their G7 cage, which I will modify to accommodate the G85's tripod mount being further forward, and the card door being on the grip side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timotheus Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 21 hours ago, aldolega said: ...which I will modify to accommodate the G85's tripod mount being further forward, and the card door being on the grip side. Great man, please let us know how/if you get this to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldolega Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Will do. Got the camera today, won't have the G7 cage for a week or so still. It will probably be way more work than most are willing to do though, vs. just waiting til March or April for the actual G85 cage to release. Smallrig sent me some pics of a G85 in the G7 cage, it looks like it will work with just a new hole for the bottom screw, and some filing to clear the card door. This will leave a bit of a gap between the right side of the camera (grip side) and the right vertical part of the cage, though, so I plan to move that in to hug the camera grip more. Possibly forward too, if it's needed to clear the card door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 On 19/01/2017 at 4:10 AM, aldolega said: Will do. Got the camera today, won't have the G7 cage for a week or so still. It will probably be way more work than most are willing to do though, vs. just waiting til March or April for the actual G85 cage to release. Smallrig sent me some pics of a G85 in the G7 cage, it looks like it will work with just a new hole for the bottom screw, and some filing to clear the card door. This will leave a bit of a gap between the right side of the camera (grip side) and the right vertical part of the cage, though, so I plan to move that in to hug the camera grip more. Possibly forward too, if it's needed to clear the card door. I would interested to see this, I thought the G7 Cage would be too small for the G85?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldolega Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I'm working on it now, the G85 is just a little too tall to fit into the G7 cage, by a couple mm. The Smallrig G85 should be out soonish, they have it up for preorder on their site, only $40: http://www.smallrig.com/SMALLRIG-Cage-for-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-G85-G80-1950.html Cinegain and PannySVHS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 22 hours ago, aldolega said: I'm working on it now, the G85 is just a little too tall to fit into the G7 cage, by a couple mm. The Smallrig G85 should be out soonish, they have it up for preorder on their site, only $40: http://www.smallrig.com/SMALLRIG-Cage-for-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-G85-G80-1950.html Pretty looking cage! Maybe I could get one for my G70. And then get a G80 later on. I already got a G6 and a GX80. Some Lumix GAS going on Bought the G70 because of the nice ergos, though tactility of GX80 is outstanding, but just almost too small for my hands and the GX80 cage from Smallrig is the only pretty one so far but costs 70 USD. So maybe ordering the G80 one could be a nice thing to do. Thanks for the find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Looks interesting indeed, thanks for the heads up! Ricardo Constantino 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangenz Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The fhugen honu gh4 cage makes the G85 look quite small. As the hotshoe and mount hole line up it still fits snugly though. The anti-rotate studs do not touch the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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