24Mar Canon EOS-M Rig
The Canon EOS-M is a pretty tiny little camera and there’s not a whole lot of room to mount accessories. In order to make the camera a little larger and add a few more mounting spots I attach it to this used flash bracket and a Giottos MH652 quick release plate. I’ve made a few makeshift updates to the flash bracket
like the foam grip tape wrapped around the right hand side and the bits of white velcro to make the whole thing a more comfortable to use. While it’s not the most beautiful looking rig, I find it reasonable practical.
The overhead bracket provides a nice place to mount a mic or LED panel and the right hand side of the bracket works out as a nice hand grip with easy thumb access to the record button on the EOS-M.
The rig also leaves the left hand side of the Canon EOS-M open and easy to access. This works fine for the mic input, but you might want to be careful if you’re using a field monitor with the EOS-M because there is nothing protecting the HDMI port.
Rounding things off the beachtek DXA-SLR is mounted below the flash bracket and ends up providing a nice solid base to set everything down on. The whole setup weighs about the same as a 5d mark III with a battery grip and easily breaks down for travel and storage. If you missed it, you can check out a full overview of my EOS-M kit here. It’s a great little camera for the price.
March 24th, 2014 at 8:52 am
need a audio setup for my eos-m. What do you think about the Tascam dr-60d + audio technica AT897 or something similair for about $400?
March 24th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
The Tascam Dr-60d should is fine for the EOS-M but I haven’t used the audio technica at897 so that one is an unknown for me.
March 24th, 2014 at 12:11 pm
I can’t vouch for the mic, but I love mt DR-60D. started using it at work as well, so we no longer have to pull out a PC/Mac to do voice overs.
should be fine with an eos-m
March 24th, 2014 at 2:00 pm
So the Beachtek allows you to monitor live and in playback mode… correct?
March 24th, 2014 at 2:08 pm
As long as you have the RCA output from the camera plugged into the monitor port on the beachtek.
March 24th, 2014 at 2:41 pm
I also own the iRig pre and I use ith with my 5D Mark3 and it’s an incredible little pre amp. Can this be used in some way with the EOS M for capturing audio and monitoring as well. The EOS only has mic outlet and iRig has the cable added to it can go in the mic and audio channel, just like what you did in a past episode, is there a cable workaround for this version as well?
March 24th, 2014 at 2:06 pm
What about the Beachtek DXA-2T for Canon EOS M?
March 24th, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Here’s an actual eos-m question.
I remember when it was initially released, reviewers panned it and more…now, after a firmware update and epic price drops, everyone seems to be praising this little cam.
How are you enjoying it? I’m trying to come up with the funds for one (as well as a couple of lenses and more) just curious how it holds up to its mirrored siblings.
March 24th, 2014 at 4:10 pm
At the original price of $799, it was way overpriced and it’s still not great for its primary design, photography. For video it’s very enjoyable, and with its “epic price drop” the camera is actually less than a used t2i body. Image quality is in line with pretty much all of Canon’s current line of crop sensor cameras, as is low light performance.
For me the two biggest selling points are size and price. As a mirrorless body I’m able to use a number of lenses that would normally not work, or not work very well on a normal DSLR. These lenses are very affordable and work well with the EOS-M which leads into the price savings. Because the body can be had for around $200 and decent FD lenses are in the $30 to $400 range, you can put together a very decent kit for under $1000. While that’s not cheap, it’s much more affordable than other kits out there. The EOS-M is the camera I toss in the bag “just in case”, or hand over to someone when I don’t trust them when a 5d mark III but I need them to shoot something. Danger camera.
I personally like it at it’s current price point.
March 24th, 2014 at 5:30 pm
good to know. was thinking about grabbing one as a toss around/extra person can use cam.
Surprised that initially I was willing to go as cheap as possible for video…. now i want to do more and more.
March 26th, 2014 at 12:13 pm
I have been shooting with EOS-M for a little over a year. I paid the steep prices of 1K for the body, two lenses, the flash and the EOS Lens adapter. I don’t regret it one bit. I shoot mostly Canon FD lenses. I have a full range of lenses that would have cost 6K. For me that is no big deal as I manual focus a lot. One thing I would add to is a viewfinder loupe. I use mine extensively.
You can see my rig here and look further down the page:
http://www.toastmasters-d58.org/speakers-bureau-conference/
Here is video from that shoot. Camera one is EOS-M and camera two is Canon G-12. There is a color match issue as I have not worked on how to do that using Pinnacle Studio.
March 26th, 2014 at 12:14 pm
opps left off the video:
http://www.toastmasters-d58.org/speakers-bureau/brian-blalock/
March 25th, 2014 at 8:44 am
Here’s some footage I shot yesterday with the Canon EOS M. Turned out great, I typically shoot with the 5D Mark iii, but wanted to give this one a good test.
https://vimeo.com/90018086
March 25th, 2014 at 1:59 pm
looks good to me! adding an EOS-M to the wishlist…
March 25th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Yes, it’s an incredible little camera for the price point, will be using it more… and this footage will be used by ESPN and FOX Sports… and it was filmed with the Canon EOS M… crazy!
March 25th, 2014 at 6:09 pm
was looking at something small to:
1: as a teaching tool for my niece
2: have someone to learn the craft with.
3: for longer conventions (like sdcc) to have something smaller to use at the tail end for b-roll.
now to the garage for ebay fodder!
March 26th, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Excellent Video. Looks really nice.
November 13th, 2015 at 11:27 am
Hey Deejay
I wanted to check and see if you are still using your EOS-M as a followup.
Still love and like mine.
November 13th, 2015 at 11:59 pm
It still sees the light of day, but it gets loaned out more then I use it personally. Great camera, but it’s been superseded by the Panasonic LX100 as my go to portable camera.
December 2nd, 2015 at 11:50 am
Deejay, thanks a lot I appreciate the update. I took a look at the specs and can see why your using the LX100. The ability to shoot 4K is impressive at 700 bucks.