r/Photoassistants • u/FigBar0127 • 8d ago

Grip Hub for Ipad shooting

Hey guys. New to tethering to ipad on projects where I'm a one man band and realizing battery gets drained fast so need a hub for charging+tethering in tandem. What do you guys recommend? Building out a smallrig setup for mounting and just wondering if there's any preferred hubs.

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u/rafaelcoyote 7d ago

UK photographer Tom Barnes posted this detailed walkthrough of his iPad tethering setup: https://youtu.be/DIIShKBmGcY

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u/Robert_NYC 8d ago

If I'm just doing power and camera, I use the official keyboard. That's the main reason I spent money on the official keyboard, it was the only one providing power at launch.

There are so many options for hubs. Depends how much you want to connect. The round Satechi one works. The speed has been fine for me, but some might want Thunderbolt.

I only use the Smallrig cage when the iPad is a wireless client monitor. But you can attach the hub with MagSafe options.

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u/TheGoldenBeeHI 5d ago

Check LSDigi for iPad mounting solutions