Camera cage and accessories maker Seercam is about to release its extension kit for the company’s Cube GH5 camera cage and has kindly shared a set of photographs of the kit in situ on the cage and as part of a big Cube GH5-based rig. To all those moviemakers asking which accessories makers are building cages that can be safely stacked high with monitors, recorders, microphones, handles and more, Seercam’s Extension Kit for Cube GH5 is the answer to your prayers.
Seercam’s Extension Kit for Cube GH5
The extension kit is primarily for use with Panasonic’s DMW-XLR1 XLR Professional Microphone Adaptor with 2 XLR Terminals, raising the Cube GH5’s Classic Plus Handle high enough and forward enough to accommodate the audio adapter.
The extension kit contains a rod holder to accomodate rods of various lengths for mounting extra gear and even a camera left side handle.
The folks at Seercam tell me that they are currently working on their own custom external battery pack, similar to the one depicted in some of these product shots. Unlike Motion9’s CubePower battery pack that “could not be sold overseas”, the new Seercam battery pack will be designed and manufactured to enable it to be sold overseas. More details will be forthcoming as development proceeds.
This is great news for those of us shooting long takes or through long days with the GH5, which apparently eats up battery power faster than its younger sibling, the GH4. Although I am partial to camera-mounted battery grips like Panasonic’s DMW-BGGH5, Seercam’s custom battery solution looks like a smarter and more versatile alternative.
Links:
- Motion9 – CubePower Battery
- Motion9 – CubePower Battery Charger
- Motion9 – CubePower Battery Plate
- Motion9 – CubePower External Battery Kit
- Motion9 – DC (battery) Voltage Adapter with Coupler
- Motion9 – DC Cable 15cm/30cm
- Panasonic USA – LUMIX V-Log L Function Firmware Upgrade Kit DMW-SFU1
- Panasonic USA – NEW! LUMIX GH5 Battery Grip, Additional Battery Compartment, Vertical Shutter Release Button, Splashproof, Dustproof, Freezeproof – DMW-BGGH5
- Panasonic USA – NEW! LUMIX GH5 4K Mirrorless ILC Camera Body with 20.3 Megapixels, 4K 60p & 4:2:2 10-bit Internal, Dual Image Stabilization 2, & WiFi + Bluetooth
- Panasonic USA – NEW! LUMIX GH5 XLR Professional Microphone Adaptor, 2 XLR Terminals – DMW-XLR1
- Seercam – Cube GH5
- Seercam – Extension Kit for Cube GH5
- Untitled: Stories of Creativity, Innovation, Success – Seercam Cube GH5 Camera Cage for Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5, First Look
- Untitled: Stories of Creativity, Innovation, Success – Seercam’s Brilliant New Cage for the Panasonic Lumix GH5 Available Soon, Extension Kit to Follow
Image Credits:
Header image created in Affinity Photo then finished in Macphun Luminar.