Zacuto Panasonic Lumix S5 Cage and Recoil Shoulder Rig Experience

Here’s my experience of ๐™๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ’๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐’๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ข๐ .

You can read the blog post on Zacuto’s web site at www.zacuto.com.

I wasn’t paid to do this. I’ve bought a ton of rigging gear over the years and there’s something about the Zacuto equipment which always makes me feel confident in my filmmaking and I return to their products time and time again. Maybe its because I trust in their build quality, robustness, and adaptability – maybe its because I can re-use large parts of the equipment across other cameras.

There are some great hardware companies out there, and Zacuto are certainly one of my favourites. This cage and shoulder rig work beautifully, and I just love the quick release functionality of the ACT system. together with industry standard rail and screw mounts, building my Lumix S5 rig with Zacuto is effortless.

Here’s what I was using for the Lumix S5:-

๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐’๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ The Panasonic S5 Cage is Zacuto’s ย โ€œno-cageโ€ cage – lightweight and compact, and compatible with Zacuto’s own Arca Swiss- The ‘ACT Recoil’. It packs a ton of features!

 

๐’๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ข๐  ๐ข๐ง๐œ ๐œ๐š๐ ๐ž: The ACT Panasonic S5 Recoil Rig is an Arca-Swiss compatible shoulder rig with a lightweight camera cage. Designed specifically for the Panasonic S5 camera, this rig is balanced, easy to customize, and perfect for all-day filming.

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ:

๐“๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž: Simplyย turn one ratcheting lever! This handle can be a top handle, left hand grip, or right hand grip-ย  use it where you need it for your shooting style.ย The slim design fits comfortably in your hand.

๐™๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ‘๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ’ ๐™-๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž:ย A unique, universal direct drive follow focus, designed with single operator shoulder mounted rigs in mind. It attaches to a single 15mm diameter rod and curves away from the operator at a 60 degree angle creating space and distance from the lens for comfortable use when the camera is on your shoulder.

๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐๐จ ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž: The Tornado grip connects to the Zacuto Z-Drive (not included) follow focus via a standard whip port. Due to the unique 60 degree curved shape of the Z-Drive and the comfortable horn shape of the Tornado grip, these products combine to create a unique mechanical follow focus handgrip perfect for single operator shoulder mounted work.

๐™-๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ/๐๐Œ๐ƒ ๐•๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: The Z-Rail Ball mount is a universal mount used to attach monitors, recorders and other accessories to camera rigs via Z-Rail or other compatible rails.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐™-๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ: Perfect monitor accessory or if you have other multiple accessories youโ€™d like to mount.

I also bought in the past the ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐’๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ ๐ž (which also supports S1H and S1R) which you will see in this video.

Overall, I’ve always been impressed with Zacuto build quality and design and have bought rigs for the S1H and EVA-1 in the past. They work for me and I can wholeheartedly recommend them.

  • I wasn’t paid to write about the new S5 Cage and Recoil Rig. These are my ownย opinions. Other great rig co’s are out there too.
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