Zacuto Fee-N-G DSLR ENG-Style Camera Support

Comments about Zacuto Fee-N-G DSLR ENG-Style Camera Support:

Use it for corporate work.

Had to totally re-design it (customize rods, location of connectors, etc) due to several flaws in engineering of the unit. You will need to do the same to make it work properly for you.

HEAVY, weight is great quality but great mass and makes it ridiculously heavy. I just leave it off now.

Location of mounting points are questionable. Components are of good quality but overall design needs an overhaul.

Comments about Zacuto Fee-N-G DSLR ENG-Style Camera Support:

Just used this to film a small doc out in Mexico. The rig was super easy to assemble and very compact on the road. Naturally with the weight its a little heavy on the arms but fine on the shoulder. My recommendations thou would be try and use image stabilizer lenses. I had a Canon macro 100m with IS and the Canon 24-70mm. the IS makes a considerable difference. Without IS it is fine if you maintain a very stable static stance but if you want to do any run gun style stuff it gets a little choppy. The shake is nowhere near as bad as without a rig but still visible. The other thing i would say is that get yourself a good tool kit. I good leatherman will do it. I had to tinker the rig every eve to tighten a few screws here and there, nothing major. so highly recommended!

Comments about Zacuto Fee-N-G DSLR ENG-Style Camera Support:

Having purchased the FEE N G Zacuto rig primarily to shoot a real estate conference, I am delighted to say that it made a whole load of difference and elevated my Canon 5D Mkiii to a new level.
It is now a run and gun camera. Great design Zacuto

Comments about Zacuto Fee-N-G DSLR ENG-Style Camera Support:

I bought the FEE-N-G based on a couple of recommendations. I was a little hesitant on price; however owning several other pieces of Zacuto gear I knew the quality would be top notch so I bit the bullet. This is my first full Zacuto rig.

When I first received it I used it straight away for a gig (live event) the next day and it was great! It does add more items to your overall kit, but being able to place the rig down without having to set the camera on its side gives a lot of piece of mind.

Positioning is very comfortable. Once you have everything set up on the rig, camera body, lens, EVF, it balances nicely and holds very steady. What I like most is the small footprint.

It is a HEAVY unit though. Make sure you tighten down the weight AND the handle securely as not doing so can cause slips and can be dangerous for your gear.

The arm that behaves as the kickstand and the EVF holder can get in the way of the zoom barrel on zoom lenses. I have to reposition the body of the DSLR a bit forward in order for my hand not to knock into the EVF. A little annoying.