Hovervolt’s D-Tap Voltmeters are compact and lightweight voltage meters that can be useful for monitoring the remaining battery life when powering your camera rig using V-mount or Gold mount bricks. It features an easily readable display available in amber, red, blue, and green. Pricing starts at €26. While some V-Lock/Gold mount power solutions can communicate with the camera to display voltage or remaining running time, others don’t. That’s the case of non-approved battery solutions for RED KOMODO and V-RAPTOR, for example, and the reason I always carry a D-Tap meter in my camera bag when powering my KOMODO rig using the Tilta V-mount Battery Plate Adapter. Although most V-Lock and Gold mount batteries feature a built-in status display, more often than not, it isn’t easily accessible or readable. And that’s exactly when a D-Tap meter can come in handy. So let’s take a closer look at these new accessories from the newborn Italian company Hovervolt! Hovervolt D-Tap Voltmeter on RED DSMC2 camera rig. Source: Hovervolt Hovervolt D-Tap voltmeters – features These new D-Tap accessories from Hovervolt are tiny voltage meters that can be plugged into a D-Tap battery, battery plate, or splitter to provide live battery status and thus prevent the camera and the connected accessories from accidentally shutting down. Hovervolt D-Tap Voltmeter (blue). Source: Hovervolt Their design looks similar to that of the more expensive MUTINY “V-TAP” D-Tap Voltage Meter. Both devices feature a built-in digital display to showcase the battery’s voltage. However, while MUTINY’s display only comes in...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 11 April, 2023