CineBack™ for A7 Series Cameras

Turn your Sony A7 Series Body into a cinema camera with CineBack™!

FIVE Sony Cameras ONE CineBack™! The A7 Series CineBack™ is compatible with A7s III, A7 IV, A7R IV, A7R V and A1. Just add the cage mentioned below and you have a cinema camera!

CineBack™ is a Patent Pending camera rig that bolts onto the back of your camera giving you tons of mounting options, power choices and other features that you can learn about in the video and description below.

You can choose to film with a boxy cinema setup or add the XLR Handle Extension Kit for a more documentary style setup.

Note that the A1 and A7R IV all have a fixed tilt screen so the screen will be block by CineBack™. Use Info Display to view the menu on an external monitor.

CineBack™ A7 Series Features

• V-Mount battery plate for longer run time
• D-Tap splitter with 4 outputs to power your camera and other accessories
• XLR top handle compatible (with XLR Handle Extension sold separately here)
• Power switch to completely cut power so there is no battery drain
• Screen side mount allowing you to use your camera screen in cine mode, open or closed
• Works with the Tilta ZV-E1 Fan module to cool your camera (A7 IV only)
• Top and bottom cheese plates for mounting accessories and other rigging gear
• Cable management and routing built in.
• Modular with future module options to come

Required Gear

You only need one thing to get CineBack™ to work with your A7 series camera and that is a cage. For the highest compatibility, we recommend the SmallRig 3667B. The below list of cages also work, but might not work with the XLR Top Handle Unit.

• SmallRig 3667B
• SmallRig 2999 - Requires a 3/8" to 1/4" adapter and some shimming washers which are included.
• SmallRig HawkLock 4481 - We've only tested this with the A7 IV which works.
• SmallRig Rhinoceros Cage 4308  - We've only tested this with the A7 IV which works but may need one to two spacer washers which are included in the kit.

Optional Gear

The XLR Extension Kit coupled with the SmallRig Adapter Plate for Sony FX30/FX3 XLR Handle (Note cage compatibility) allows you to use the Sony XLR-H1 XLR Handle Unit with the A7s III and A7 IV.

Another optional item is this Tilta cooling fan that can be mounted inside CineBack™ and can cool the A7 IV (not compatible with other A7 series cameras). 

Optionally you can power the camera from the D-Tap jacks on CineBack™ with either a D-Tap to FZ100 Dummy Battery or a D-Tap to USB-C with Power Delivery into the cameras USB jack. We've used the Alvin's Cable version as well as the Kondor Blue cable without issue and also really dig the Kondor Blue D-Tap to USB adapter.