Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for GH4, a7S, NX1

We reviewed the Varavon Armor GH4K camera cage in late 2014 and found it to be a more ergonomic cage than the Fhugen Honu 2.0 cage. I stopped by Varavon’s booth at NAB back in April and was interested to see a couple of prototypes with updates to the original Armor cages. So here we take a closer look at the Armor II for the Panasonic GH4 and GH3. There are also versions specifically designed for Sony a7S, Samsung NX1, and the Canon 5DIII and 7DII.

The updates include a new 15mm carbon fiber rod with an interesting mount (as well as two additional mount points on the cage’s handle) that allows you to mount a follow focus, a shoulder stock for an ultra compact and lightweight should rig, or to attach additional accessories. Gone is the HDMI retaining clamp (which didn’t work all that well anyway) and the pro rotating handle.

Overall, this is a nice, thoughtful update from Varavon to the Armor cage that makes it an even better camera cage for mirrorless and DLSR shooters.

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Panasonic GH4 and GH3

Amazon: https://geni.us/BiAcf26
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136632-REG/varavon_am_gh4k_ii_armor_camera_cage_for.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMGH4K/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMGH4K

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Sony a7S

Amazon: https://geni.us/kxsTI
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136631-REG/varavon_am_a7s_ii_armor_2_cage_for.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMA7S/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMA7S

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Samsung NX1

Amazon: https://geni.us/rTZXz
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136628-REG/varavon_am_nx1_ii_armor_ii_camera_cage.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAMNX1/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAMNX1

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Canon 5DIII

Amazon: https://geni.us/RG0A
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136629-REG/varavon_am_5d3_ii_armor_ii_camera_cage.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAM5D3/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAM5D3

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Varavon Armor II Camera Cage for Canon 7DII

Amazon: https://geni.us/6UUn
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1136630-REG/varavon_am_7d2_ii_armor_ii_camera_cage.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/VAAM7D2/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xVAAM7D2

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Tascam DR-60DmkII Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/GVLrQT1
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084690-REG/tascam_dr_60mkii_portable_recorder_for_dslr.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR60DMKII/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR60DMKII

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Electrovoice RE20 Dynamic Microphone (great for voice-over!)

Amazon: https://geni.us/0v8MjCh
B&H Photo:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/76681-REG/Electro_Voice_16207816_RE20_Cardoid_Voiceover.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/ELRE20/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xELRE20

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Aputure Light Storm LS1s LED Light Panel (with Anton Bauer mount, also available with Sony V mount)

Amazon: https://geni.us/gdOcpo
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1172654-REG/aputure_ls1sab_light_storm_ls_1s.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/LS1SAB/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xLS1SAB

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Music copyright Curtis Judd 2012

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