Những phụ kiện tốt nhất để nâng cao chất lượng video với máy ảnh không gương lật.

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Các phụ kiện tốt nhất để tăng cường chất lượng video với máy ảnh không gương lật giá 500 đô tại B&H Edelkrone Slider Plus – X-TOF – Slide 800 đô tại B&H 3-legged Thing Jay – Chân máy quay video di động tốt nhất – 189 đô tại Amazon Zhiyun Fiveray FR100C – Đèn LED đa màu sắc tốt nhất – 169 đô tại Amazon Smallrig Black Mamba – Khung máy ảnh tốt nhất cho máy ảnh không gương lật – 600 đô tại B&H Zhiyun Weebill 2 Pro – Gói gimbal tuyệt vời với các phụ kiện hữu ích – 670 đô tại B&H Manfrotto 300XM gimbal và GimBoom – Gimbal modul linh hoạt tuyệt vời cho quay phim sáng tạo – 180 đô tại B&H ProGrade Cobalt CFexpress – Thẻ lưu trữ tốc độ cao nhất dành cho quay phim – 350 đô tại Polar Pro PolarPro Recon VND matte box – Hộp được sử dụng với bộ lọc sáng tạo – 239 đô tại B&H Photo Smallrig MagicFIZ – Hệ thống chia tia không dây tuyệt vời cho máy ảnh không gương lật – Giá phải chăng
Ngày hôm nay, các máy ảnh không gương lật tốt nhất như Canon EOS R5, Sony A7 R IV và Panasonic Lumix S5 không chỉ tuyệt vời trong việc chụp hình tĩnh, mà chúng còn là những máy ảnh video xuất sắc. Với tính năng ổn định hình ảnh, video tốc độ cao và độ phân giải lên đến tới 8K, các máy ảnh không gương lật không chỉ dành cho người mới chơi muốn ghi lại một số cảnh quay kỳ nghỉ, mà chúng còn đủ tốt để làm việc chuyên nghiệp. Nhưng chỉ có máy ảnh và lens sẽ không đủ để tạo ra những đoạn video chuyên nghiệp đẳng cấp. Bạn cần xem xét thêm nhiều loại phụ kiện khác nếu bạn muốn nâng cao sản xuất video của mình hơn so với mức cơ bản, từ các phương pháp ổn định hình ảnh khác nhau cho đến các công cụ cho phép sáng tạo hơn trong video của bạn.
Chúng tôi đã tổng hợp những lựa chọn hàng đầu của chúng tôi về các gimbal, slider, rig vai, thẻ lưu trữ và nhiều hơn nữa để giúp biến những đoạn video bạn quay với máy ảnh không gương lật của mình. Tôi đã thử nghiệm tất cả những gì có trong danh sách này để đảm bảo rằng chúng hoạt động như mong đợi và, quan trọng hơn, xem xét xem liệu chúng có đáng giá tiền của bạn hay không. Nếu chúng không gây ấn tượng, chúng xin giữ ngoài danh sách.
Andrew Lanxon / CNET Một slider là cách tuyệt vời để thêm các chuyển động camera bên ngang trơn tru, chuyên nghiệp có thể thêm phần phong cách cho video của bạn. Và mặc dù slider có nhiều hình dạng và kích thước khác nhau, tôi đã tìm thấy Edelkrone Slider Plus là một lựa chọn tuyệt vời, nhỏ gọn để sử dụng với máy ảnh không gương lật. Nó nhỏ gọn đủ để cất trong hành lý, nhưng nhờ hệ thống gắn đặc biệt của nó, nó cho phép máy ảnh di chuyển gấp đôi độ dài của nó, làm cho nó trở nên tuyệt vời cho bất kỳ ai muốn tạo ra video du lịch tuyệt đẹp mà không phải kéo đầy đủ thiết bị khi quay phim. Bạn cũng có thể mua thêm các đầu gắn motor để biến nó thành slider có thể lập trình từ điện thoại thông minh, giúp bạn điều khiển từ xa và tạo ra các chuyển động lặp lại. Trên trên là slider với bộ Module Motor, cho phép tôi điều khiển slider bằng điện thoại của tôi, điều này rất tuyệt vời khi cần quay phim mượt mà và ổn định ở tốc độ chậm. Andrew Lanxon / CNET Mặc dù nhiều máy ảnh không gương lật có chế độ ổn định hình ảnh tích hợp để quay phim mượt hơn, nếu bạn muốn đảm bảo bạn có được những độc đáo ổn định trong thời gian dài, sử dụng rig vai là một lựa chọn thông minh. Bằng cách ngồi hoặc đứng lên vai và có các tay cầm phía trước, rig vai cung cấp một nền tảng vững chắc cho máy ảnh của bạn, cho phép bạn ghi lại video chất lượng cao ổn định ngay cả với những máy ảnh lớn hơn. PolarPro’s Pivot rig là một giải pháp tuyệt vời cho những người quay video di động khi toàn bộ rig có thể gập gọn lại đủ nhỏ để cất trong balô, nhưng có thể mở ra chỉ trong vài thao tác khi bạn cần nó. Rất tiện lợi. Rắn nhờ thanh gỗ carbon của nó và các tay cầm và gối vai có thể điều chỉnh để mang đến trải nghiệm thoải mái nhất cho bạn. Andrew Lanxon / CNET Đèn LED Zhiyun Molas X100 đưa một lượng lớn công suất vào một thiết bị vô cùng nhỏ gọn. Nó phát ra 100 watt công suất, tương đương với công suất mà bạn thường thấy từ các đèn ánh sáng chiếu mạnh dành riêng cho phòng thi nhiếp ảnh. Nó nhỏ gọn đủ để cầm tay, giúp việc chiếu sáng di chuyển hoặc chiếu sáng trong không gian chật hẹp trở nên đáng kinh ngạc. Nó được cấp nguồn từ pin nhưng cũng có thể hoạt động qua cổng USB-C và đơn vị pin có thể tách rời và sử dụng như một nguồn điện để sạc điện thoại của bạn. Bộ kit đi kèm một hộp mềm có thể gập được nhỏ gọn, nhưng Zhiyun cũng bán bộ chuyển đổi để sử dụng đèn với các bộ nguồn ánh sáng thay đổi thông thường. Andrew Hoyle / CNET Chân máy video có khả năng điều chỉnh mức tọa độ tripods – như tên gọi của nó, cho phép bạn điều chỉnh mức tọa độ của máy ảnh theo đường chân máy. Thông thường, trong video, việc tránh chuyển động không ổn định khi quay máy ảnh từ bên này sang bên kia là rất quan trọng. Thông thường, chân máy này có thể lớn và cồng kềnh, nhưng Jay của 3-legged Thing lại hoàn toàn khác. Chúng được thiết kế với tính di động trong tâm trí, với chân gỗ carbon bốn phần có thể gập gọn nhỏ nhưng vẫn cung cấp một nền tảng vững chắc cho máy ảnh khi được kéo ra. Đầu quay video có một tay quay để qu

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$500 at B&H

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Edelkrone Slider Plus

Best programmable slider

$800 at B&H

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3 Legged Thing Jay video tripod

Best portable video tripod

$189 at Amazon

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Zhiyun Fiveray FR100C light stick

Best multicolor LED light stick

$169 at Amazon

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Smallrig Black Mamba camera cage

Best camera cage for mirrorless cameras

$600 at B&H

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Zhiyun Weebill 2 Pro gimbal package

Great gimbal with helpful extras

$670 at B&H

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Manfrotto 300XM gimbal and GimBoom

Excellent modular gimbal for creative shooting

$180 at B&H

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ProGrade Cobalt CFexpress card

Best fast storage card for shooting video

$350 at Polar Pro

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PolarPro Recon VND matte box

Excellent matte box with creative filters

$239 at B&H Photo

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Smallrig MagicFIZ Wireless follow focus

Great wireless follow focus for mirrorless cameras

Today’s best mirrorless cameras, like the Canon EOS R5, Sony A7 R IV and Panasonic Lumix S5, aren’t just great at taking still images; they’re superb video cameras too. With features including image stabilization, high frame rate footage and resolutions up to a whopping 8K, mirrorless cameras aren’t just great for amateurs who want to capture some vacation clips, they’re good enough for professional work too. 

But having the camera and a lens will only get you so far in creating pro-standard, cinematic footage. There’s a whole variety of additional kit you’ll need to consider if you want to elevate your video production beyond a base level, from different methods of stabilizing your shots, through to tools that allow for more creativity in your video. 

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We’ve rounded up our top picks of the best gimbals, sliders, shoulder rigs, storage cards and more to help transform the footage you shoot with your new mirrorless camera. I’ve tested everything on this list to make sure it performs as it should and, crucially, whether it’s actually worth your money. If it didn’t impress, it didn’t make the list.

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A slider is a great way of adding slick, professional-looking sideways camera movements that can add some real flair to your footage. And while sliders come in many shapes and sizes, I’ve found Edelkrone’s Slider Plus to be a superb, compact option for use with a mirrorless camera. 

It’s small enough to fit into a kit bag, but thanks to its unique mounting system, it essentially allows the camera to travel double its length, making it great for anyone who wants to create great-looking travel videos without having to haul loads of gear on location. 

You can get motorized add-ons too that turn it into a smartphone-programmable slider so you can control it remotely and create repeatable moves. Pictured above is the slider with the Motor Module, which lets me control the slider with my phone which is great for getting smooth and steady footage at slower speeds.

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While many mirrorless cameras have built-in image stabilization for smoother handheld footage, if you want to ensure you get steady shots over longer periods of time, using a shoulder rig is a smart move. By sitting on — or up against — the shoulder and with handles at the front, a shoulder rig provides a solid base for your camera to sit on, letting you capture dynamic, stable footage even with bigger cameras. 

PolarPro’s Pivot shoulder rig is a great solution video shooters on the move as the whole rig conveniently folds down small enough to store in a backpack, yet folds out in just a few clicks when you need it. Its carbon fiber rods make it sturdy, while its handles and shoulder pads can be adjusted to give you the most comfortable experience. 

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Zhiyun’s Molas X100 LED light packs a huge amount of power into an extremely small package. It puts out 100 watts of power, which is as much as you’d typically get from dedicated studio moonlights. It’s small enough to be used handheld, which makes it remarkably convenient for lighting on the move or for lighting in tight spaces. 

It’s battery-powered but can run off USB-C, and the battery unit can be detached and used as a power bank to recharge your phone. The kit comes with a small collapsible soft box, but Zhiyun also sells an adapter to use the light with regular S-mount light modifiers. 

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Leveling base tripods, as the name suggests, have a base that allows you to level your camera to the horizon independently of the tripod legs. It’s often crucial in video to avoid wonky-looking footage as you pan the camera from side to side. Often these tripods can be big and bulky, but 3 Legged Thing’s Jay is a different beast. 

It’s built with portability in mind, with four-section carbon fiber legs that fold down small, but still provide a sturdy base for cameras when fully extended. The video head has a panning arm for smooth… well, panning. Meanwhile the tilt function is slick, with additional friction easily dialed in for greater control. 

But it has some other tricks up its sleeve: You can detach the legs, attach the head to one and turn it into a monopod, or you can attach small feet to the head and turn it into a tabletop video tripod. It might not come cheap, but this tripod is solidly built and its transforming nature makes it useful in a wide variety of scenarios. 

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If you want to get even more creative with your lighting, Zhiyun’s Fiveray light stick is a great creative toy to play around with. It’s best thought of like a Star Wars lightsaber: a long stick that lights up in different colors and is handheld. Though you won’t be slicing through droids with it, its bright output and handheld nature means it’s easy to get that light in hard-to-reach places, or create other interesting lighting effects by moving it around. 

You can adjust the color temperature to match other lights in the room, or switch it to RGB mode if you want to experiment with vibrant pinks or deep cyan tones in your lighting. 

While the battery life isn’t great — especially if you’re using it on max power — it comes with a power pack and can also run via USB-C. 

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A camera cage is a metal frame that fits around your camera, with mounting points for a variety of accessories. Smallrig’s Black Mamba cage is specifically designed for the Canon R5 and allows you to fit top or side handles, or any other items, like LED lights, monitors or microphones. It turns your camera into a fully fledged video rig that makes it great for handheld filming.

I particularly liked using it with the optional side handles, which offered more-stable footage than I was able to achieve just holding the camera and allowed me to also attach a microphone for better audio. 

If you’re hoping to get into wedding or event videography — or you simply want better footage of your family on the holidays — then a cage like this is a good option to consider.

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If you’ve ever wanted to use a smoke machine for your videos but didn’t want to have to carry one of those big boxes around — and a power source for it — then the SmokeGenie is for you. It puts out a huge amount of safe-to-breathe smoke that can fill a small room in seconds. 

It’s brilliant for food or still life shooters who want to create a smoke effect on a small set, while an optional haze accessory lets you create a cinematic haze that will comfortably fill a large set. It’s handheld, making it easy to put the smoke exactly where you want it and give it a quick top-up when needed. The amount of smoke and the power of the fans are customizable, allowing for clouds of billowing smoke or more of a dry ice effect that makes the smoke act more like a liquid that cascades over whatever you’re shooting. 

I’ve had great fun experimenting with my demo unit, and it’s been a huge step up from my previous way of using smoke on set, which simply involved blowing some vape smoke through a drinking straw. While the SmokeGenie is certainly more expensive than a vape, if you regularly use smoke on professional shoots, then it’s well worth the money. 

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If you want smooth footage and dynamic camera movements then consider a stabilizing gimbal. The Zhiyun Weebill 2 stabilizes your mirrorless camera on three axes, keeping your shots looking steady, even if you’re running with your camera. 

While the base model comes with all you need for steady footage, the Pro package takes things further, bundling advanced gear including a follow focus system and a wireless video transmitter that lets you see the video footage on the gimbal’s fold-out LCD display, on compatible external monitors or even on your phone.

The Pro Plus package we tested can be found in photo specialty stores. It includes  that connects to the wireless video transmitter and has its own controls for remotely controlling the gimbal, the focus system and basic camera settings. 

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Like the Zhiyun Weebill 2, Manfrotto’s 300XM gimbal allows for smooth-looking footage thanks to its three-axis stabilization. But Manfrotto’s gimbal has a trick up its sleeve; It has a modular design, that lets you detach the handle and use it as a wireless remote to continue controlling the gimbal and camera. 

Manfrotto also launched the Fast GimBoom, a carbon fiber extending pole, with screw mounts on the top and bottom allowing you to attach the 300XM gimbal to the top and the remote control gimbal handle to the bottom. The result? Your camera is now on top of a 45-inch pole allowing you to get dynamic footage that looks like it was shot using a crane or jib, with much less hassle. 

The twist mechanism of the GimBoom makes it quick to work with, while the optional tripod legs allow it to stand up on its own to operate as a regular tripod. 

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It can be difficult to monitor your footage solely using the small LCD screen on the back of your camera. That’s especially the case if you have your camera on a shoulder rig, on a high tripod or in some other awkward position. In these cases, using an external monitor, connected via HDMI, is the best solution, providing a direct feed from your camera so you can see exactly what’s going on. 

Godox’s GM7S has a bright and sharp 7-inch display that makes it extremely easy to see your scene as you’re shooting. It has various assist functions to help you get your focus, as well as tools to ensure your exposure and other camera settings are exactly as they should be. 

It can be powered with USB-C or by using L-series batteries, which are commonly available on Amazon. 

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If you’ve upgraded to a mirrorless camera that shoots 6K or 8K video — such as the awesome Canon EOS R5 — then odds are that camera accepts CFExpress cards. These storage cards are much faster than typical SD cards to both save files and to read them. As a result, they’re what you’ll need to look towards if you’re planning on shooting high resolution video. 

Even 4K footage can be challenging to slower SD cards, especially if you’re shooting at high frame rates or in Log formats, which generate more data per minute of footage. At CNET we’ve used ProGrade’s Cobalt CFExpress cards for shooting a variety of high definition videos and they’ve performed well, with higher capacities available to eliminate the need for swapping out cards halfway through a shoot. 

CFExpress cards are certainly more expensive than SD cards, but if you want to make the most of capturing at those maximum resolutions then it’s worth investing in good storage that can handle the huge files. 

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Any built-in microphone your camera might have isn’t designed to capture professional-quality audio that you’d actually want to use in your finished videos. Instead, you’ll need a proper microphone setup to make sure your audio sounds as good as your footage. 

DJI is better known for its drones, but its Mic setup is a superb wireless audio recording solution in a neat package. The kit comes with a receiver that sits on your camera and two separate wireless mics — one for you, one for your friend, perhaps. The connection is strong and stable and the audio quality is superb, even in high wind thanks to the supplied wind shields. 

The mics are stored conveniently in a case that charges them, providing up to 15 hours of total recording time. The output can plug directly into your camera’s mic socket or you can even use it with your iPhone or Android phone using a 3.5mm adapter. 

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Matte boxes are essentially hoods that attach to the front of your camera lens and are used to help eliminate any weird light flares or distortions that might be caused by the sun or other light sources around you. They’ll often have movable panels (called flags or barn doors) that you can position specifically to control the light, and there are usually slots to drop in cinematic filters. 

PolarPro’s Recon matte box ticks both of those boxes, with a large carbon fiber panel mounted on the top that’s great for blocking flares from bright sunlight. The base kit comes with the hood, the flag and a variable neutral density filter. This filter reduces light coming in through the lens and gets even darker as you twist it. It allows you to maintain the correct shutter speed for your footage, even when the light starts to change. 

Upgrade to the Director’s kit and you can take the creativity further. This set also includes a mist filter that adds a cinematic haze to your footage and a “bluemorphic” filter that turns hard light sources (car headlights, for example) into wide blue light streaks, similar to the anamorphic lens flares that are a staple of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars and Star Trek movies.

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Autofocus in cameras can be great for locking on to individual subjects, but when you want to achieve cinematic focus changes between different subjects in a scene, then you’ll need to take manual control. A follow focus system attaches to a camera rig and allows your lens’ focus ring to be turned more smoothly — and without having to touch the camera, which could cause noticeable shaking in your footage. 

Smallrig’s MagicFIZ system is wireless, allowing you to attach the motor to your lens and have the controller off camera. It’s great if your camera is in an awkward position or if you want a second person to control the focus while you concentrate on getting the shot. 

How we test

I’m a professional photographer and video producer for CNET and I have personally tested every item on this list to confirm that it works as intended and that it’s actually a genuinely helpful part of your video setup. No marketing promises have been taken at face value and if it didn’t impress, it didn’t make this list.

Some items are used as part of my everyday video production setup for CNET, helping me get creative footage for our video reviews. Others I’ve simply put to use in my studio, or out and about on shoots around my home city of Edinburgh or throughout wider Scotland. As a professional, I know what to look for in a good product and I know what would be more of a hindrance on a real shoot — I need to trust that any equipment I take on location will always perform at its best and allow me to do the same. 


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