14Jan Flashpoint DSLR Camera Cage
Need a lot of cold shoe mounting points on the cheap? The Flashpoint Camera cage might be something to check out. At $64 this thing has 5 cold shoe mounts on either side, 9 across the top, as well as 2 clamp type cold shoe mounts, and through holes all over the rig.
The cage itself has handles that are designed to be attached to the bottom of the unit which seems kind of awkward, but the sheer number number of mounting points seems to make up for it. I don’t think I would use this as a hand held rig, but if you need to mount say a boom mic, wireless pack, led light, and audio mixer on a tripod and still have room for a camera, the Flashpoint Camera cage is the most affordable option I’ve seen.
I have one of these on it’s way for testing. I’ll post some more images and info once it shows up.
January 16th, 2013 at 3:42 pm
It looks a little flimsy but I’d be curious to know if you can fit your camera with a battery grip.
January 16th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
It’s aluminum so I’m guessing it’s not to flimsy, but I’ll post some more info once it shows up.
April 12th, 2013 at 11:17 pm
Hi, did you get the chance to test this? I’m looking for a simple cage and this might fit the bill
April 13th, 2013 at 9:41 am
Yea, I just haven’t had a chance to post more on it. It’s not amazing, but I’ll try and get some more info out on it next week.