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Gini rigs cage for Scarlet

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Marko Hocevar

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Recently gini rigs started selling and sold several cages for Scarlet on ebay (it should work for EPIC also).
Would be nice to see a review on the:
- quality of finish
- is the spacing for thread holes according to RED standard?

Anyway for now it looks like the most affordable option.
 
How much did you pay for it? Seems pretty similar price wise to the RED version.
 
I had some hands on time with a GINI dslr rig today. It's a direct copy of the Zacuto stuff. Pretty good effort though, it's almost as if they got hold of the Zacuto CAD data.

Build quality is surprisingly good. Not Zacuto quality but close. The Scarlet cage is a very obvious copy of the Brook Willard plate except without a NATO profile on the side rails.

Looks like they have a copy of the Cinevate Durus follow focus too.
 
Eh I won one for a little over $300, figured it was worth a shot at 1/3 the price of the next cheapest set up. I used a lot of his rigs on my 5D and have his follow focus as well and was pretty impressed by both, hopefully the scarlet stuff will be just as good.
 
I have a full cage gini. Very well built for the price. Highly recommend it if you are on a budget
 
Hudson Tanimoto said:
I had some hands on time with a GINI dslr rig today. It's a direct copy of the Zacuto stuff. Pretty good effort though, it's almost as if they got hold of the Zacuto CAD data.

Build quality is surprisingly good. Not Zacuto quality but close. The Scarlet cage is a very obvious copy of the Brook Willard plate except without a NATO profile on the side rails.

Looks like they have a copy of the Cinevate Durus follow focus too.
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The NATO rails are one of the best things about the Brook Willard / VF cage.
 
Just got my Gini cage system and it is much better machined than I had expected. All of the holes seem to line up perfectly. I paid a little over $300 on ebay which is a deal. There is also a handgrip system with rosettes now. I would recommend it if you are on a budget.
 
I got mine as well. came to $290 shipped. Top and bottom plates, 4 side cage arms, two 15mm rod risers and 4 15mm rods came in the package.

All parts fit exactly, very tight tolerances. Seems machined exactly like the Wooden Camera and VF Brook cages, except 1/4 to 1/5 the price.

Bottom line: Fantastic value for your money.
 
It's too good of a deal to be true, yes. And I feel most are skeptical, but just keep in mind that the cheaper rigs are clones and have not spent the time in development in making these rigs from scratch, hence probably the reason for the massive price difference (Oh and because South Korean labor is a lot cheaper than American.)
 
Oh yes they're a company that get my total respect, having a website called scarlet-epic.com - nice to show respect for trademarks guys, way to go.

I don't think a true pro would be seen dead with this IMHO.

Mike
 
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