Review on 🔧 SmallRig Ergonomic Handle with ARRI Locating Holes & Anti-Off Cold Shoe Adapter - 2165 by Chad Delgado

It was between four holds and I preferred this hold. Similar to Tilta's BMPCC 4K/6k design, but not available on the Panasonic GH5. The Tilta grip is adjustable, but this one is not. Let's see how the pen performs and if my opinion changes. I like the Arri style dowel pins and tightening the thumbscrew with the hex wrench was quick and easy on the small 2165b rig. The low profile, not too big and not too small, seemed to balance things out nicely as far as I could tell; the time will show? Quickly and easily removed and conveniently stowed in the Think Tank Hubba Hubba Hiney Bag. I have found that mounting my Noga arm for the Atomos Shinobi makes it difficult to manually hold the top handle, but this may not be an issue when shooting with a lock (tripod). I probably won't use it as a side handle, but you might as well. I liked the ability to stick a 15mm wand through the center or add shinobi on top if you didn't use ink (small fill light). The stem is 8" long if you want to attach a 5.2" shinobi without hitting the side handle. I found the noga lever to be quite strong provided you tighten 1/4"-20 on the cage. I spoke to a friend at Samy's and he mentioned that the noga arm is the only arm that stays secure and doesn't dangles. He mentioned that a new one is $140 and I think I spent a lot more when I bought NAB's first LED light back then. The reason I mention this is because you can use your hand as Side grip with infinite positions to use to view the shinobi field monitor From my first impression it feels really too heavy and wide, haven't shot with this setup yet Update: My Panasonic GH5 turned into a 10lb -Mini rig I converted a Panasonic Chromiel tripod plate and upgraded it to an Atomos Ninja 5 with a gold mounted Anton Bauer Tilta battery plate So now that the installation has gotten tricky again (no matte box yet) find out I this small en install button not ideal. The grip area is slightly forward and short, making it difficult to properly balance a camera mount with 98A Core SWX batteries. In addition, the shape, size of the handle and balance points make the rig so unbalanced that it can slip. So unfortunately I'm leaving. With the Arri pins, I can only secure the handle in the forward position, not further back where it could offset the weight of the battery (2lbs) hanging from the back of the 15mm rods.