CineBack turns your Sony into a modular box cinema camera

Creating the right digital camera rig isn’t simple. That is very true in relation to small mirrorless cameras. As a result of they’re a lot smaller and lighter than their typical box-shaped cinema cameras, they are often awkward to arrange.

That’s the place CineBack is available in. The creation of Caleb Pike at DSLR Video Shooter, the CineBack turns your mirrorless digital camera into extra of a standard box-shaped cinema digital camera. Making it simpler to rig an steadiness like a bigger digital camera.

CineBack for Sony FX3/FX30

I’ve to say, it seems to be like fairly the neat little compact setup. And if I have been taking pictures video with Sony FX3 (purchase right here) and Sony FX30 (purchase right here) cameras, I’d in all probability spring for a few these myself.

It attaches to the SmallRig 4183 cage for the Sony FX3 and FX30 (purchase right here) and helps so as to add some measurement and weight to the unit for straightforward balancing. With lengthy lenses on hooked up, small mirrorless cameras can really feel fairly front-heavy. With extra weight behind the again of digital camera, not a lot.

However what in regards to the LCD?

My first query on seeing this was, naturally, “what in regards to the LCD?”. As you possibly can see, although, Caleb’s considered that. It now not flips absolutely again into the digital camera, however lives in a slot on the aspect of the CineBack.

It permits you to preserve it open or closed on the aspect to maintain it out of the best way, however nonetheless permits you to flip it out in entrance of you when that you must see it. However you too can connect a prime deal with to this setup. So, you too can set up a small subject monitor on prime, as properly.

A modular system

It expands on the modularity of SmallRig’s cage for the Sony FX3 and FX30, nevertheless, it begins to make the digital camera itself a modular piece of the entire. Everytime you needed to swap out the digital camera you wouldn’t have to dismantle and rebuild the entire rig. You’d simply unscrew the cage and swap it out for one more digital camera.

Not less than, you’d in case your different digital camera was additionally a Sony FX3 or FX30. Proper now, that’s the one digital camera that Caleb’s designed a CineBack for. He does say nevertheless, that he’s engaged on various different Sony our bodies, together with the Sony A7 IV (purchase right here), A7S III (purchase right here), ZV-E1 (purchase right here), A6700 (purchase right here).

He doesn’t plan to cease there, although. Caleb additionally hopes to incorporate cameras just like the Canon EOS R5C (purchase right here), EOS R6 (purchase right here), EOS R5 (purchase right here) and as many Fujifilm cameras as he probably can. Whether or not or not this can finally prolong to Panasonic and Nikon cameras, too, stays to be seen.

Worth and Availability

The CineBack is at present out of inventory. The preliminary pre-orders have all been bought. The newest worth was $299. There’s no phrase but on when it should change into out there once more, however when it does, it’ll be on the Digital camera Foundry web site.