What Shoulder Rig are you using and why do you like it? 🤔 🎥 🛒Get the Tilta Lightweight Shoulder Rig tilta.com/product-category/shoulder-rigs/tilta-lightweight-shoulder-rig/?aff=chadwinsmith

Still rocking my $50 Neewer shoulder rig 🤣

Best video I've seen comparing these rigs. Definitely going to go with the Tilta now

This video holds incredible value for people trying to make the best investment on some of these shoulder rigs! Tilta clearly looks like the winner, thank you for your effort on making this video!

Great in depth review. I once had a shoulder rig but seldom used it because of a few reasons. If your trying to shoot without permissions you'll get noticed, related to that if you're trying to film documentary work and you don't want your subject to notice you..., finally if you're shooting run and gun sometimes you just don't have the ability to carry it, setup and brake down. There's no doubt shoulder rigs make hand held work that for extended period of time a fantastic experience and allow for stead shots without that unnatural floating effect of a gimbal. I agree if I got one the Tita sounds the best I was shocked that it wasn't the most exepensive.

The Tilta would be perfect if you could mount the rod on the left hand side - using your right hand on the follow focus causes your shoulder and arm to move up and down, which makes the camera shift. You should be holding the camera rigid with your right arm and adjusting with your left.

You're the definition of insane on utmost positive level! I'll join the crowd saying this, but hands down for the best comparison for shoulder rigs and like many others, I am now saving up for the Tilta shoulder rig, 100%, all because of this thorough video. Yes, I've seen a handful of shoulder rigs that I was planning to invest in, but seeing ALL that the Tilta offers + its quality + comfort level, it's quite simply a no brainer, so yeah, I've now scratched all other cheaper shoulder rigs and aiming for the Tilta one. But, howly smokes how thorough you are when you go through the gear you talk about, man. You leave no stones unturned, which is refreshingly superb to see, and I can only respect and salute you to the moon for that and the work you do. PS: I am going to make "KZfaqr appreciation"-videos this year, and I've now noted you down on that list. It'll be a video where I explain why that particular youtuber is worth the sub/follow/watch and how it's related to me and what I do. How you've only got LESS than 100k subs, makes no sense to me, let alone that you're not even verified.... :O Thank you, once again, boss. 🙏

Wow! This whole time I've only been eyeing up the pivot, but now I am seriously considering the tilta. Great review!

Just to add that you can separate the whole piece with the shoulder pad from the sliding plate with the handles, which is actually a Manfrotto plate, so it fits straight in a tripod. The only real problem I see with the Tllta is the absence of a second mount for a 15mm rod. It would have been son simple to add one. It's a problem both for matte boxes and many manual follow focuses.

Such a comprehensive review thank you!

smakl rig's 15mm decision would have been incredibly smart if it werent for there quick plate. Being able to quickly remove it from the shoulder rig and put it on a tripod is super helpful but the quickplate make it redundant. Kinda makes we with tilta had that option or a faster shoulder to tripod solution without being 6 inches high

@8:50 ish you missed an opportunity to highlight how you don’t need to remove the camera from the rig as the upper section of the shoulder pad is actually a Manfrotto plate and can side load into any compatible tripod head. Simply fully extend the pad section and boom. Mine side loads and locks into my Small Rig tripod without any fitment issues. This is actually highlighted by tilta and was surprised this was missed.

I ended up with the Tilta,best bang for the buck as far as I’m concerned.

what an amazing review. thanks for all the effort! So much info and demos for everything. Fantastic work.

Getting a shoulder mount with shoulder to VCT plate mount is the way to go.

Thank you for this! I’ve literally been contemplating it because I wasn’t sure haha. I appreciate you bro!

Awesome video thanks! I will definitely be going for the Tilta

Very good and detailed comparison of these rigs! I was lookinig at the Kondor Blue Shoulder Pad Air Rig which would have been nice to see in this comparison as well.

I love that the Nucleus M handles mount to the arms

Said I wouldn't go back to shoulder rigs but that Tilta is calling me.

Thank you for the in depth review.

I went for the smallrig exactly because i need lens support all the time. Taking out the plate with the support attached is what i need. I dont use gimbals (i would need a big one for my rig, cant afford it). I love that Tilta back pad so much that i did my own. All good

Thank you for this! Just got the fx6 and the tilta is exactly what I need so I can mount the grip to the side!

Don't forget you can purchase a separate baseplate, put a quick realease plate on the bottom of that, that works with whatever tripod you own, then when you want to go from Tilta shoulder rig to tripod, you just take it off the shoulder rig via the Arca Swiss plate and put it on the Tilta baseplate using the same Arca Swiss plate and voila, you are on the tripod big, bang, boom! That's the other reason I like the new Tilta shoulder rig.

I was going to comment on your video of the a7siii Black magic comparison because the videos of you were so bad with the coloring it made me not trust your video test. Instead clicked on your profile and see you've gotten much better since then! Watched a few more of your videos. Great job with the content!

Impressive review and opened up some interesting ideas for myself as well. Well done!

Love your through explanation!!😊

Thanks for the comparisons, sir, much appreciated!

UPDATE: Apparently the new "Tilta Left-Side (or Right Side) Advanced Focus Handle for F570 Battery" handles can take Rosette attachment brackets. (Problem solved! : )

If you slide the main plate from the shoulder part on the titla, is a standar manfrotto plate that you can fit in any of their tripods

Great presentation. I'm gonna go with the tilta shoulder rig. The polar pro price is kinda silly.

Have been waiting for the Tilta, through B&H Photo, for months. Loved it as soon as first viewing, but the price has gone up and down and none are available.

Not being a Pro I have more of a Frankenstein type of rig. By going to photo and video shows I raid the secondhand or charity booths and buy cages and parts for next to no money. Add some 15 mm ally rods from Amazon, a hack saw and a file and have at it. The fun part is figuring how to put it all together and look ok ish. Last up is a tin of matt black spray paint. I also get to watch videos like your and say "how can I do that?" Great video as always. From 25 miles north of London, be lucky stay safe

Thanks I really needed this video.

Hey! You've convinced me to get the Tilta Shoulder rig. One quick question, what are the dimensions of the carrying case? Also if possible when compacted down how small does the tilta shoulder rig go? I've looked online and there's no information on how compact this unit can get for travel. I want to know if it'll fit in my bag or if it's too large and needs to be carried separately.

Hmm... I have a Tilta 15mm LWS Baseplate (Type I) and I also bought an overprice Tilta dovetail for tripod quick release. (Probably shouldn't have gone proprietary, but... here we are.) ANYWAY... For some reason all of this is hard to visualize. I'm wondering if there is an advantage to using the Tilta shoulder rig since I already have the baseplate and dovetail... like could I just slide my rig onto this shoulder mount because of my baseplate? ...or maybe I just need to start my build over... -Pocket 6K -Tita half-cage -Tilta baseplate -Pictor Zooms (giant) -16" 15mm rods -Smallrig lens support -Fotga Follow Focus -Soonwell V-mount battery plate -Andycine 4K (7"?) monitor Yeah... its a little weird and unwieldily, barely even usable, hence the search for a good shoulder mount. I need it to be balanced back completely on my shoulder, thing weighs a ton. If I can hold it better, it should serve my purposes fine. Sorry to bring up another KZfaqr, but I'd kinda like to incorporate some concepts from that Brian Durkee video about his Pocket 4k rig from like 4 years ago. But if that Tilta rig does a good job... might consider it. I'm just not sure how things attach, and what kind of plates I need, if I wasted my money on the Tilta dovetail or not... etc. I'm still watching your video, just had to get this typed up, sorry in advance for the long comment, and thanks if you read this far!!

Thanks great review, Tilta rules !!!

Thank you for this video!

First congrats ur great! I just love the ideia of the smallrig tripod quickrelease, but i also love the tilta arms! Please tell me that you can use both! Like the arma of tilta and the shouder of small rig! A badass Frankenstein!😮

Sadly, the "Tilta Side Focus Handle Type II (F570, Tilta Gray)" handle is PERFECT for a Rosette-bese grip like this, but it has been discontinued AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND! At least, I couldn't find it outside of a non-trustworthy Tilta online shop in China (Chinese speaking only). As far as I can discover Tilta has NO ROSETTE equivalent? Odd, huh? The newer handles (and larger battery capacities) are all either that proprietary underside rail dealy-bob, an ARRI locking pin solution, or NATO Rail solutions. And I cannot see how I could re-engineer one of these to Rosette ... although perhaps SmallRig has an ARRI => Rosette adapter plate? Any ideas? Good review, BTW. I am personally NOT impressed with all of the carbon fiber pazzaz of the Polar Pro stuff. WAY overpriced IMO. The new Tilta Mirage Matte Box will really bite into Polar Pro's lightweight matte box business as well. I think the ONLY downside of the Tilta Mirage is that their VND and perhaps Polarizer filers are ... not very pro. However, the idea of adapting their Tilta light-weight motors to a box with rotating VNDs is sheer genius!! There is a market nitch on one (else) saw coming! The Mirage is obviously MADE for their light-weight shoulder rig. However, even in this case they missed the mark because it does not have side flags ... or perhaps it will be the MARK II version that implements side flags into this? I know side flags is not as useful here, as this is designed as an outdoor solution, but it would still be a HEAVEY matte box killer! Thanks for making this video. Good job! (Dorian)

You forgot to include Zacuto! That’s my favorite

I would love to but the Tilta arms separately, but I could not find them.

12:31 what monitor mount is that? This maybe be the solution to my monitor mount on my fx6 rig

Is there a way to install two 15mm rods to the front of the rig? Seems silly only to have a mounting point for one.

Hi I got the polar pro pivot on your recommendation at a bargain £420. But now I’m wondering if the tilta is the better choice especially as I use arca Swiss plates and will get the focus system at some point. What do you recommend I do? Sell the pivot and get the tilta and save myself the headache or is there a way to adapt the pivot for arca Swiss? Thoughts much appreciated!

l have been using a cheapo, nameless "spider rig" for the last ten years (with black and blue handles, used to be very popular I think) that's probably a rip off from some good company and I was wondering if I should upgrade to something more professional. But looking at these I don't see a lot of improvement. Some things are certainly better, but overall the spider rig seems more versatile and it was dirt cheap compared to even Tilta.

Thanks for yh video brother! Could you just use a normal manfrotto plate on the smallrig shoulder pad? Thanks!

Great now I made my decision

Thanks for posting this comparison review. On the Tilta shoulder rig, is there a way to mount a 15mm rod on the LEFT side? If using a manual follow focus, I prefer to do that with my left hand.

Amazing video, detailed review, wich model is the accessorie that support the monitor?

Great video! Can you tell me the ref of the Smallrig shoulder plate please? I can't find it on their website

Thanks for the great comparison video. What parts are you using for the monitor arm?

Surprised you didn't try a Kondor Blue one!

so what you’re trying to say is….. tilta is the best? 😂 this video helped a bunch. thx!

Witch one will be best for a Bolex H16 camera?

Great video, if you could place timestamps that would be helpful

what parts would you need to add rs3 gimble to the tilta

Are you able to secure Manfrotto QR plates to the receiver base of your Tilta shoulder rig? I just received mine and the lever on the receiver base is not able to tightened down enough to hold the Manfrotto plates firmly. The supplied QR plate does fit onto my Sachtler FSB-6 head, but it is way too short to provide the range of travel I need to balance my tripod. The supplied QR plate is also too thick to fit my DJI RS2 gimbal, which currently IS Manfrotto QR plate compatible. I'm hoping there is a way to adjust the tension on the shoulder rig's receiver plate. Swapping QR plates to go from tripod or gimbal to the shoulder rig is going to be very disappointing.

hi, who is the model with the red dress?

I like all the titla products but unfortunately for Canadians its very hard to buy titla products B&H Dont have any stock titla has customs duty , 😞😞

Great video. One question. Does anyone make a side grip ( start/stop and zoom) for a Panasonic DVX-200? I have seen so many shoulder rigs but without start/stop and zoom they are useless. I went with a full blown Zacuto rig once but hated it because of the reason. The gear was great but I shoot sports and I need zoom and rec. Thanks.

Tilta definietly wins in my eyes.

Copped a "antivertical club" shirt! Can't wait!

@chadwin Any update on what you prefer?

where can i get this monitor arm dont think i saw this before

@chadwin smith what attachment(s) to your rig is holding the monitor?

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Come on Chad. just stand up! show it in action. You are too lazy today.