Watch and track your favorite playlist.
Curated by: Epic Tutorials for Mobile Filmmaking (100 videos)
The best filmmaking rigs for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra — tested, ranked, and one of them scratched my phone. I've been testing every serious S26 Ultra rig since launch: universal holders, filmmaking cases, full cages and multifunction rigs. This video covers the five that matter, from budget to pro — which ones support 67mm and magnetic ND filters, which take 17mm and Moment T-mount lenses, which will fit on a gimbal, and the popular cage that snapped mid-shoot and wiped hundreds off my phone's resale value. Whether you're shooting in Blackmagic Camera, MotionCam Pro or the native camera in Samsung Log, the right case, cage and ND filter setup is the difference between a phone that records video and a proper pocket cinema camera. Chapters 00:00 The best Samsung S26 Ultra pocket cinema rigs 00:41 Rig 1: Every filmmaker should own this 01:58 Rig 2: What I use every day 03:27 Rig 3: This cage does one thing well, but can damage your phone 05:14 Rig 4: This cage is simply incredible 06:55 Rig 5: The one rig I didn't expect to like, but actually love 08:52 Which S26 Ultra rig should you actually buy? GEAR IN THIS VIDEO Rig 1 • Neewer Universal Phone Mount: https://geni.us/u2EZgA • 58mm ~ 67mm step-up ring: https://geni.us/MDtPV • Side handle: https://geni.us/q5y0 • ND Filter Kit (currently 40% off): https://tinyurl.com/ndfilterkits26 Rig 2 (SAVE 10% off Freewell with code EPIC) • Freewell Filmmaker Case for S26 Ultra: https://tinyurl.com/s26filmmakercase • Magnetic Lens Protector: https://tinyurl.com/s26lenscap • Grip: https://tinyurl.com/s26ultragrip • Galaxy ND Filter Kit: https://tinyurl.com/s26ndfilterkit Rig 3 • Neewer Cage with 67mm filter support: https://geni.us/OvJAFY Rig 4 (SAVE 10% off Freewell with code EPIC) • Freewell S26 Ultra Cage: https://tinyurl.com/s26premiumcage • Galaxy ND Filter Kit: https://tinyurl.com/s26ndfilterkit Rig 5 (Neewer Save 15% with code EPIC on Feiyu Store) • Feiyu Multi-function Smartphone Rig: https://tidd.ly/4b9ewzZ • Freewell Filmmaker Case for S26 Ultra: https://tinyurl.com/s26filmmakercase • Magnetic Lens Protector: https://tinyurl.com/s26lenscap • Grip: https://tinyurl.com/s26ultragrip • Galaxy ND Filter Kit: https://tinyurl.com/s26ndfilterkit DICOUNT CODES: Freewell Save 10% with code EPIC Neewer Save 15% with code EPIC DISCLOSURE: This video contains affiliate links and discount codes. If you buy through them I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. It doesn't change what I recommend, or what I'm willing to criticise — as this video makes fairly clear. GET THE LOOK 📌 GLOAT for Samsung Log is your one tap grade for stunning video — built specifically for Samsung Log: https://epictutorials.com/collections/epic-luts-for-samsung-log 🎞️ This video was graded with FilmBox Pro film emulation. Save 10% with this link: videovillage.pxf.io/JkLZPe ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUESTIONS I GET ASKED ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ What's the best case for filming with the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra? The Freewell Pro Filmmaker Case is my everyday pick — strong MagSafe magnet, 17mm lens thread, exposed USB-C port for SSDs and microphones, and it still fits in a pocket. Can you use 67mm ND filters on the Galaxy S26 Ultra? Yes, but your options are limited. The Neewer universal holder with a step-up ring works with any phone. The Neewer cage takes 67mm filters directly via an adapter plate. The Freewell case and Genius Vision cage do not — they use Freewell's magnetic Galaxy ND system instead. Do I need a cage or will a case do? A case is faster and more practical for everyday shooting. A cage only makes sense if you're mounting a full production build — SSD, microphone, external power, multiple cold shoes — or if you specifically need 67mm filter support. Will these rigs fit on a smartphone gimbal? The universal holder won't fit a standard gimbal clamp. Cases generally will. Cages need a quarter-inch mount or an Arca Swiss baseplate. How do I record to an external SSD on the S26 Ultra? You need unobstructed USB-C access. The FeiyuTech multifunction rig adds a powered USB-C hub with passthrough charging and an SD card slot, which also lets you offload footage to free up internal storage. Do these rigs work with Blackmagic Camera and MotionCam Pro? Yes — rigs are app-agnostic. What matters is filter and lens support, ergonomics and heat, not which app you're recording in. What ND filter do I need for video? Enough to hold a 180-degree shutter in daylight. A variable ND or a set covering ND4 to ND64 handles most conditions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WATCH NEXT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Best iPhone 17 Pro Filmmaking Rigs: Budget to Pro → [LINK] Full mobile filmmaking rigs playlist → [PLAYLIST LINK] Shot in Tasmania. Subscribe for honest mobile filmmaking reviews, tutorials and colour grading workflows for iPhone and Android. #S26Ultra #SmartphoneFilmmaking #MobileFilmmaking Article: https://epictutorials.com/blogs/articles/best-galaxy-s26-ultra-filmmaking-rigs