{"id":2243,"date":"2020-07-24T14:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:46:54","slug":"smallrig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/smallrig\/","title":{"rendered":"SMALLRIG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For as long as I can remember, I have always appreciated well made objects &#8211; even when they are completely useless &#8211; if they&rsquo;re well produced, I&rsquo;m a fan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Smallrig<\/strong> is a Chinese setup in Shenzen, just next to Hong Kong but in mainland China. They have been producing camera accessories for a while now, and they are all exquisitely designed, and made from high quality machined alluminium. I have purchased a &lsquo;grip&rsquo; for the Z series <strong>Nikon<\/strong> mirrorless, and various &lsquo;L&rsquo; plates for other cameras, and the quality and pricing is excellent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" width=\"365\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/l-plate-Z.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption>Smallrig L bracket 2258 for Nikon Z<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This bracket lets me use the quick release &lsquo;<strong>Arca<\/strong>&lsquo; style mounts for horizontal or vertical camera mounting, that I use on all of my tripods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smallrig have just announced a new camera cage for the Z series &#8211; this will be useful for people who use the camera for video as there are mounts designed for holding external screens, microphones, handles etc. which simply bolt-on to the cage. It&rsquo;s hard to believe this will retail at 45$.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2245\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cage-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><figcaption>Smallrig Z series camera cage 2972<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the sort of things I do, the only thing missing is an <strong>Arca<\/strong> mount on the bottom and to the side &#8211; perhaps Smallrig have plates which can be added-on&#8230;? It seems obvious to me, using a tripod, but I can see that this is not always necessary for someone hand-holding the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at their site &#8211; it&rsquo;s well worth a trip&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallrig.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.smallrig.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember, I have always appreciated well made objects &#8211; even when they are completely useless &#8211; if they&rsquo;re well produced, I&rsquo;m a fan! Smallrig is a Chinese setup in Shenzen, just next to Hong Kong but in mainland China. They have been producing camera accessories for a while now, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/smallrig\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> de &laquo;&nbsp;SMALLRIG&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}