Control Ability Points Post Game

I only have a DSLR and having the ability to use two lavalier two microphones is a game changer.

This head is great for the price. The ability to change the friction on the adjustment points is a great feature.

I love the phone app with the ability to control my ecobee from my phone.

I bough it for the lighting feature and the ability to use an app to control it.

I record audio of post game news conferences for a major youth sporting event, which I post online. Although a mixer would be ideal for connecting multiple mics to my Zoom H2 recorder, I couldn't afford the expense of a mixer, but I found this. You can't beat the price for the solution this provides. (To use this with the Zoom H2, you need a transformer to connect XLR to 1/8.)

This product was everything I could of asked for and more. Personally I feel it has helped me speed things up in the post game. It will take a little time to learn how to use it but once you do it's a wrap.

We are using this camera to shoot players warm ups and post game interviews with the coach at the MLB Astros playoff games and hopefully World Series games if the Astros move ahead.

If you've had any experience with Smallrig products you know they put a lot of effort into all the products that carry their name. This cage is no exception. Fit and finish are excellent and offers many more connection points to help customize the mounting of your Ninja. Even if optional mounting points isn't main goal, the ability to secure your HDMI connections using the clamps available and the ability to use the Smallrig sun shade make this an excellent addition to the grip in your kit.

This concept of a USB dock to connect to a Sigma lens for internal & firmware adjustment is not only brilliant but at the same time, a surprising task to do. Let's talk about the ability to adjust back & front focus. You would have thought that prior to leaving the factory in Japan they would have adjusted the lens focus to be spot on. Well, it's close but this docking puck allows for the focus to be more than just close. Hooking the cable to your computer is the first step after downloading the dock software from Sigma. It is surprising that the plug connection to the lens is not a standard plug so be sure & not lose this cable. I'm adjusting the 150x600MM Sports lens. With this lens you have a spreadsheet of 16 fields to fill in. 4 focal lengths & each has 4 distance points. I would have thought that Sigma would have also provided a target for the focus points to be printed out. Some camera bodies have the ability to internally use micro focus for front to back focusing but this is only for one focal length, ok for a prime lens. Then you have the ability to adjust stabilization & focal length search areas. This lens already has a focal length search area button. Due to the weight of this lens, I would hope that most users would be on a tripod & stabilization would not be that big of an item to adjust. Yet, for the focus improvements I plan on using the Canon utilities software for better focusing & then adjusting the + & - focus points using the dock for different focal lengths. All in all a nifty tool.

Love these little access points both for the price and their ability to get the job done. Antennae is upgradable for higher db if needed.