Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Thanks to SmallRig for helping me put together this little Frankenstein battery. I certainly didn't invent this idea, and you'll see similar concepts at work in a lot of modern productions. Generally the operator wears an Easyrig vest with a bunch of stuff bolted to the back (batteries, Teradek, etc), then the power and SDI cable go together in a single cable sleeve over to the camera, either handheld or on a gimbal or Stabileye. This was my first time trying something like this, and it works really well. The SmallRig batteries let me daisy-chain for 6 hours of runtime and keep the weight in my hands relatively low, even with bigger lenses.

Here's what I used in the video:

SmallRig VB212 Battery: amzn.to/4clmcxC
10-foot DTap to LEMO (for V-Raptor or Komodo X): amzn.to/3L65syw