Moment’s New MagSafe Accessory Makes it Easier for Mobile Filmmakers to Accessorize Their iPhones

A yr and a half after its debut on the iPhone 12, MagSafe could not have radically modified how we use our smartphones, however it stays a welcome improve for filmmakers and videographers as a safe and straightforward option to mount their iPhones to filmmaking gear like tripods. With Moment’s new Mobile Filmmaker Cage, MagSafe additionally turns into a straightforward option to mount equipment to the iPhone itself when capturing handheld.

There’s no denying that MagSafe made utilizing finicky wi-fi chargers simpler by making certain the charging coils on a Qi pad and the iPhone have been all the time completely aligned. And sure, piggybacking a transportable charger in your cell system is much extra handy than wrangling a cable once you’re out and about. But by far the greatest use of MagSafe has been as an alternative choice to the adjustable clamping mechanisms that iPhone filmmakers have needed to depend on for attaching the system to tripods, jibs, dollies, and even stabilizers.

Moment was one of many first firms to launch MagSafe suitable tripod mounts which made the iPhone 12 utterly definitely worth the improve for anybody who beforehand struggled with alternate mounting options, and yesterday the corporate expanded its MagSafe mounts with a handful of recent additions that embrace the Mobile Filmmaker Cage which is suitable with the iPhone 12 and 13 lineups, or older fashions when utilizing a MagSafe-compatible smartphone case.

The cage is actually a rounded rectangular body manufactured from machined aluminum with a MagSafe attachment that mounts an iPhone within the center. The body is perforated with a number of ¼”-20 and ⅜”-16 threaded mounting holes permitting an connected iPhone to be accessorized with lighting, improved microphones, and the cage itself to be augmented with bigger handles or different methods for a digicam individual to carry onto it with out having to deal with the telephone itself. It’s virtually like a smaller scale Fig Rig: a passive stabilizer for bigger video cameras that makes it simpler for an operator to carry out easy handheld motions.

Moment’s Mobile Filmmaker Cage additionally contains built-in grooves to assist with cable administration, and it’s suitable with Moment’s huge collection of smartphone lenses when utilizing one of many firm’s MagSafe suitable iPhone circumstances and a pop-in lens mount. The cage is available for pre-order now for $99 through Moment’s website.