Overkill, but I love it - Building my new 5.9K Camera Rig!

In this video we build my new, completely overkill camera rig based around the Panasonic S5 mirrorless camera. This new setup will be capable of recording 5.9K Blackmagic raw video with audio from a fancy new Sennheiser digital wireless microphone system all powered from a single battery.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Camera & Cage
06:58 - F22 Quick Release System
11:04 - Rods & Base Plate
20:07 - Tripod Quick Release Plate
22:30 - Rod Installation
24:09 - Blackmagic Video Assist Mounting
33:51 - Powering the rig
42:52 - Sennheiser EW-DP Wireless Microphone System
50:27 - Cabling it all up
58:39 - Ground Loop Issues
1:03:24 - Camera Top Microphone
1:08:30 - Samsung T7 SSD Dock
1:14:52 - Matte Box Installation
1:16:58 - Powering it up!
1:18:50 - Shooting vertical video
1:22:10 - Conclusion

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[JakeHillion]

Would you be interested in doing a full video on the Sennheiser hardware? I’d love to get more details on it.

[marksapollo]

Haha Cameron, that’s a classic tech geeks setup. I bet you spent ages researching all those parts. Brilliant. Works well as then last two videos looked great!

[bowlnut]

A cost breakdown would have been interesting to see.

[peterwelly]

Very cool. Great work! Thanks for the entertaining video!

[Nevexo]

Brilliant video as always, those Ruckus videos looked awesome.

[JoseDHernandezV]

I always thought it was a wordplay on the word Falcon, the bird! Looked it up and yes, I was spot on.

How you think of falling when purchasing a camera cage? lol

Having said that, your video was really helpful on my s5iix build; For some reason there’s not many, if any, Falcam rigs setups for the LUMIX S5IIX online.

[karsnoordhuis]

As richard brunning would say "overkill is my 2nd favorite type of kill"

[pineappleroad]

When i saw the title, i was initially concerned that you weren’t aware of what youtube has been doing recently
(Youtube used to support resolutions such as 5K and 6K, but they recently removed support for those resolutions, so now, the highest resolution Youtube supports, without going up as high as 8K, is 4K)

[stevecoatesdotnet]

That looks ridiculously far fetched compared to my ENG cameras :). Still, hopefully you'll get good results with it.

[movaxh]

Interesting. I would say it is a lot of compromises, but it is very flexible. Of course many parts could be optimized, to reduce number of adapters, or integrate things, have less screws / points of failure, and smaller weight, but then flexibility could be also lower. For example that base plate, tripod plate, and main guide rails, could be one piece (if there was one made by somebody). Similarly the battery, having USB ports and own DTAP connector, which you do not use is a bit wasteful. And the microphone receiver plate could be optimized, but the receiver itself is very weird shape in my opinion.

If the weight and size are not a big concern, then sure it works, just a bit more work, and pricey pieces.

[LauwersFreddy]

According to Apple, all you ever need for a professional camera rig is an iPhone… 😉. Thank you for making these videos!

[johnthered]

blackmagic video assist 7 12g hdr doesn't record 5.9 or 6 k footage, pretty sure you will need to record camera internal - 4k max for video assist