CAME-TV Terapin Rig (turns your stills camera into a shoulder rig)

[IronFilm]

CAME-TV has a new camera rig that just came out, comes with a big block at the bag (for powering, monitoring, and audio):

 

 

https://www.came-tv.com/collections/came-terapin-rig/products/came-tv-terapin-rig-for-panasonic-gh4-and-gh5

 

Is it worth nearly six hundred bucks? (for the non-mattebox/FF version)

Hmmmm.... dunno, but I guess if it makes the client impressed with your "big camera" (totally not a stills camera! ha) then I suppose so.

Or if you actually need all the functionality there, then it can make a worthwhile value proposition to consider vs buying the components individually yourself and building it up.

 

[Cinegain]

Reminds me of the https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hannahradcliff/loggers-lunchbox . Pretty neat idea though for those who need that kind of thing.

 

[IronFilm]

1 hour ago, Cinegain said:

Reminds me of the https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hannahradcliff/loggers-lunchbox . Pretty neat idea though for those who need that kind of thing.

That looks  an awful lot bigger/heavier than the CAME-TV one, going too far in my view. 
 

[MurtlandPhoto]

It seems these rigs are getting a fair bit of attention lately. Here's a review I made of the ASXMOV Scorpion. It's the exact same rig, just from another brand.

 

[fuzzynormal]

I'd only get one if I was constantly doing corporate stuff and needed to make the client feel like they were getting their money's worth.  That's a big "if," but I've been there.

I hired a guy with a GH4 a few years back simply because he could make it look fancy.  Matte box!  Rails!  Oooooooooo.

[UncleBobsPhotography]

It seems like a bit of a cable mess in my opinion.

How does tall people feel about shoulderrigs? I often end up feeling like I'm filming from above when I'm using a shoulder rig like that, so I've assembled one where the camera is slightly lower than my shoulder.

[IronFilm]

6 hours ago, UncleBobsPhotography said:

How does tall people feel about shoulderrigs? I often end up feeling like I'm filming from above when I'm using a shoulder rig like that, so I've assembled one where the camera is slightly lower than my shoulder.

 

Im a bit taller than average (watch my vlogs, I'm no Curtis Judd, but still you'll never see anyone taller than me in them), & this is one of th reasons I rarely use a shoulder rig. And I'd like to buy an easyrig! So I can have easy control over the camera height. 

[newfoundmass]

Caleb Pike made something like this. I feel like you could, pretty easily and much more affordably, make your own set up that does pretty much the same thing.