NEEWER Camera Video Cage Film Movie Making Kit, Aluminum Alloy with Top Handle, Dual Hand Grip, Two 15mm Rods, Compatible with Canon Sony Fujifilm Nikon DSLR Camera and Camcorder (Black + Red)

Without being perfect, the build quality of this small rig is good and is easy to put together with or without the instructions. It feels well balanced, but not particularly light, weighing in at 994 grammes: add camera and microphone and you are looking at 2 kilos. The handles have slots at the base so you could fit a strap and help take the load off your arms between takes, but is easy to use. You have about 6 inches/150mm of space for camera and it is enough for my XT2 and battery grip - an important point, because the battery grip has the Headphones connection and additional battery helps with performance. Other cameras have a similar setup and the grip plays an integral part in video-making. You might find a larger Canon and battery grip very snug in the space available. As I said, the build quality is good ans is the finish: the plastic (pink bits in this case) do look and feel a bit cheap, which is a pity as, otherwise, this is first class. There are several threaded holes in the base and top to add other bits and bobs - I have added a cold shoe for mic and you could add a bracket for a video light and the top handle has other positions to fix to if you need to move it out of the way. The rails can accommodate barn doors/french flag/matte box etc. All-in-all a good small rig for video and very good value.

Very easy to setup and offers far more stability for free hand filming. Everything is well thought out and I can even attach the external power to my camera via the battery port without the cage getting in the way.

Like many of the Neewer products, this is well built and supplied at a great price. It is light, solid, and does the job. I am using it with a mirrorless camera, an external monitor, microphone on a short extension arm, plus I have added a matt box. There are plenty of mounting points for all that and more, but it is light enough that I can still use it as a hand-held stabiliser. (Not the same as a gimbal!). The one downside it the camera mount. It is a large screw that is quite fiddly to use. So I have added an adapter and quick release plate from. This also matches the mounting on my video tripod, so the camera can mount into the cage or the tripod, and the cage onto the tripod very quickly now. But be warned, the internal hight is limited, so depending on your camera, you might not have the room for an adaptor. My camera is small enough so that I got away with it. Overall, I am very pleased, and this completed the rig I wanted for shooting my cooking videos that no one watches!

This is a great addon for my video kit for youtube channel. allows me a much steaty shot and the ability to attach so much to the rig too from my 7in field monitor to additional lighting. works very well with my camcorders and my dslr and top handle has 3 postions to keep the balance even when adding more weight. Rods now allow me also to add my V-Mount Battery and plate too.

Overall this is a good, solid frame and top handle for the money. Unfortunately the included bottom part for attaching lens supports seems to be the wrong part. the colours do not match the rest of the frame and the two screw mounts on the part do not align to the frame, so only one screw can be secured not leaving me with much confidence. This product would have scored higher if it wasn't for this fault.

My teen son has bought this to add to his camera equipment. He’s says it’s super lightweight and easy to use. It really helps to make the images stable and he’s really pleased with it.

Excellent design, well made to a high quality, and with high quality materials

I’ve had his cage now for a few weeks and got a bit of use from it and here’s what: the actual cage is fine and does it’s job fine and it has loads of screw mounts to add things such a monitor. But it has one massive flaw; the rod attachments. The way it’s been designed means you cannot adjust be rods without dismantling the the rod mount since the levers don’t have space to turn. Really, i would not buy this again. I should’ve gone for the steady-cam or the full gear with shoulder stabiliser+follow focus they sell. If it suffers from the same design flaw at least I could set it up once and keep it the same. UPDATE: As it turns out you can fix the flaw in design by turning the bottom plate that holds the rail upside-down. That way you can actually remove the rails using the levers, as opposed to having to remove the entire plate.