sharry Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hey everybody. I just joined and this is my first post over here. So, I am Shaheryar from Lahore, Pakistan and I am a passionate filmmaker. I am planning on buying the GH3 and was a little confused over a few accessories. Mainly support accessories. Now I am buying the Benro S6 tripod which have gotten really good reviews. I am having problems with rails systems or rod supports. I saw Andrew building up his GH3 rig with Lanparte pro baseplate and rods with Lanparte Mattebox. I am currently not looking in making a shoulder rig. All I want is to attach my follow focus and work with it. I want to buy the Lanparte Baseplate pro with rods. I really like the price point and the reviews are amazing on it. But I have a small issue. Will I be able to change the battery while the GH3 is on the baseplate? This is important. I really would like to buy the battery grip but I have 2 issues with it. One being that it is expensive and the other that it offsets the whole camera to quite a certain degree. Not good. Looking forward to your answers and thank you for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharry Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Anyone please? Please suggest me which rod system to go for with the GH3. I want a baseplate that will allow changing the battery without unscrewing the camera. I just want to add follow focus to it. But in future I will convert it into a shoulder rig. If budget allows, I'll buy the parts for shoulder setup as well. Please help me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjayx Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hi sharry, In response to : "I want a baseplate that will allow changing the battery without unscrewing the camera." I'm aware that Zacuto makes a baseplate that allows you to change the batteries on a GH3 without unscrewing it. Follow this link and take a look a the product video to see it in action (about 59 seconds in they show the battery change with the plate still attached): http://store.zacuto.com/gorilla-plate-v2/ I'm not certain how this plate works with rails, but it looks like it may require this adapter for proper alignment with a matte box: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/709526-REG/Zacuto_Z_GRP_ADPT_Gorilla_Plate_Adapter.html You can get the base plate for about $65 and the adapter for $16.63 at B&H (http://www.bhphotovideo.com), so about $82 total. I hope this helps with what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjayx Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I posted a moment too soon - I just saw this too: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/895709-REG/jag35_qrgsv2_quick_release_gorilla_stand.html It lets you use the Gorilla plate I linked to in my previous post to 15mm rails. Not cheap at $150 unfortunately, but it seems very few of these rig systems are. I assume you will still need the adapter I linked to for matte box alignment yet. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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