Rick Albright Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 This could be a handy solution to all our interface challenges with these cameras. Price not too bad either- $ 135 http://www.markertek...a/RD1-BX3.xhtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 $20/day rental ?? what do ya' think..?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Price is not bad but looks bulky. Also this is something that the camera department should buy. We only need the EXT TC connection. If you need the trigger and Genlock a simple Y cable is better then another box on the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 This is what both the RED owners I work with have http://spacecam-acce...s/sync-bob-plus it stays out of way and is always attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nice. Still not something we should buy. This is what both the RED owns I work with have http://spacecam-acce...s/sync-bob-plus it stays out of way and is always attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 " Still not something we should buy. " I'd buy one if I could get $20/day rentals... did you buy that Anton Bauer thingy ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nice. Still not something we should buy. I did the research and recommended to them. I have the RED Sync cable that no owners like as it is long and gets in the way but that is the only cable I am providing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Albright Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 "Still not something we should buy." Maybe not. But the camera dept. forgot to bring theirs on a job recently, and for $135, I could have been a hero. Not to mention the rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 "Still not something we should buy." Maybe not. But the camera dept. forgot to bring theirs on a job recently, and for $135, I could have been a hero. Not to mention the rental. Last Job I went to and they were suppose to provide cables when they didn't I was still the hero as I fed nothing to the camera and used my smart slate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Albright Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 +1 feeding nothing to the camera ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Last Job I went to and they were suppose to provide cables when they didn't I was still the hero as I fed nothing to the camera and used my smart slate My last Red Epic jobs they insisted that they have the cables. As expected their cables did not work . So I used mine. I even gave cables to the second crew.Was not paid for the cables. Red shoots already have a lot of Audio Rental . I was fighting for a Denecke slate rental last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks like we need to bring them: " Looking for sound person for web series being filmed this weekend in downtown Los Angeles . Please have your own equipment and connectors for the red epic. Please reply with equipment list and resume. ...$150 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I have the one RED sells--just a fan, no box, easier to deal with--plugs straight into the SBT or Lockit. You do need more than just TC--you need sync in also. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I have done single-camera Red Epic jobs where we just fed only timecode in and jammed the camera a few times a day, and it was fine. I agree, genlock sync is necessary for 3D jobs or multiple-camera projects, or else timecode phase could be issue (a picture frame rolling over to the next timecode number). It's maddening that Red did not use standardized Lemo connectors for timecode and BNC connectors for sync, but instead went with something new that they made up. (Different from the earlier Red One, different from Alexa, different from Sony, etc.) I concede that their reason for doing this was to keep the size of the camera small and to save real estate on the unit, so it was done for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 You need genlock and TC if the absolute sync between audio TC and the camera (or multiple RED cameras to each other) over several hours is important to someone. Very often these days it is NOT important, since the sound syncing is done audio-to-audio and the TC is merely a ball park TOD reference. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 ... I concede that their reason for doing this was to keep the size of the camera small and to save real estate on the unit, so it was done for a reason. That's their reasoning as I understand it, but to use the camera, it needs a whole bunch of extra interconnect boxes hanging off it which makes it larger and more bulky than had they designed it right in the first place. Epic: The camera that makes a hair dryer sound subtle. On my last Epic shoot, we went without a camera jam the first half of the day as the special 4-pin Lemo jam cable I'd made wouldn't fit into the socket (being a non-standard connector, I had nothing to test it with in advance). As I had time to mess with it after lunch break, I carefully adjusted the connector's pins with a jewlers screwdriver until I got it to fit. Then, I hung one of my trusty Denecke boxes off the camera. Unlike a Red One, the Epic does not use the chain link to show a time code lock. Instead there are letters at the bottom of the screen that indicate as follows: TC • TC Gray - No analog time code is currently detected. • TC Red - Analog time code is being detected, but the use of it is not enabled. • TC Green - Analog time code is being used to jam the time of day time code. TC will revert to gray if the signal is no longer detected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Quite agree Marc Just made a 5pin regular LEMO to mini 4 pin LEMO Was as easy as circumsizing a flea !!!!!!!!!!! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Was as easy as circumsizing a flea !!!!!!!!!!! Funniest line I've heard today. I hope it was kosher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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