Cage for Atomos Shogun: Varavon Armor

Varavon Armor Cage for Atomos Shogun

Amazon: https://geni.us/yosE
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1155126-REG/varavon_am_shogun_armor_atomos_shogun.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMSHOGUN/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMSHOGUN

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I really like the Atomos Shogun for a lot of reasons. It is a great monitor, the files it records to ProRes are buttery smooth in edit so I don’t have to transcode my 4K footage, and it has a whole series of valuable exposure, color, and focusing tools.

But there are a couple of things I don’t love: The case is plastic, and not a super high density, really tough plastic. Also, the microphone lemo cable puts a lot of strain on the lemo input, so much so, that I don’t like using it for fear that I’ll tear the port right out of the Shogun. So I was interested in cages for the Shogun and it just so happens that several have become available on the market just recently.

In this episode we’ll take a close look at the Varavon Armor cage for Shogun. Overall, the cage fits my needs quite nicely, protects the Shogun so that I no longer worry about falls, and provides some solid rigging for the audio lemo, dc power, and HDMI inputs.

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Gear covered and used to shoot this episode:

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Varavon Armor Cage for Atomos Shogun

Amazon: https://geni.us/yosE
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1155126-REG/varavon_am_shogun_armor_atomos_shogun.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMSHOGUN/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMSHOGUN

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Manfrotto 492 LCD Coldshoe Ball Mount

Amazon: https://geni.us/KPnLQ
B&H: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/683655-REG/Manfrotto_492LCD_492LCD_Micro_Ball_Head.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/MA492LCD/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xMA492LCD

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Panasonic GH4 and GH3

Amazon: https://geni.us/ZGZW
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136632-REG/varavon_am_gh4k_ii_armor_camera_cage_for.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMGH4K/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMGH4K

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Zoom F8 Field Recorder

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1155126-REG/varavon_am_shogun_armor_atomos_shogun.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMSHOGUN/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMSHOGUN

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Azden SGM-250 Shotgun Microphone

Amazon: https://geni.us/Gx8fa
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1123986-REG/azden_sgm_250_shotgun_microphone.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/AZSGM250/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xAZSGM250

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Aputure Light Storm LS1s LED Light Panel (with Anton Bauer mount, also available with Sony V mount)

Amazon: https://geni.us/AXRoYW7
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1172654-REG/aputure_ls1sab_light_storm_ls_1s.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/LS1SAB/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xLS1SAB

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Music copyright Curtis Judd 2012

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