1955 Camera Stabilizing NATO Handle
As if the SmallRig 1982 camera cage was not a gem in itself, SmallRig also sent over their best-selling handle, the 1955 camera stabilizing NATO handle.
At first glance, the 1955 looks like an other camera cage handle with a cheese design to allow mounting of various accessories, but on closer inspection, this could be one of the most well though out handles around. Mounting the 1955 handle onto your camera cage requires a short NATO rail for it to clamp onto, and once secured the handle is firmly in place.
The first bit of surprise of the SmallRig 1955 handle is that there is a hex key built in, which is a god send as I don’t have rummage around my pockets and rucksack for a hex key to loosen or tighten the screws with the camera cage. The next bit of great idea in the design of the 1955 is that there are 3 hot shoe slots built into the handle all at different angles, so no matter how and whatever direction you mount it, there’s always an available hot shoe slot in the orientation you want to mount say a microphone, and that’s not to mention the ARRI locating holes build into it.
And if that was not enough, with a quick loosen of the 2 silver screws along its side, the 1955 handle can be slid forward allow you to adjust it to the grip you want, or in my case with a long lens unbalancing the cage, have the handle slid all the way to the forwards giving me a more balanced handling with videoing at low angles.
