Cheesy Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Has anyone worked with the RED KOMODO and can live to tell if it also is a brick-with-a-fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunAndGun Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 I've shot with a friends (operating) and filled-in for their usual audio guy on a multi-cam, four hour interview today with a Gemini, Komodo and F55 and I never noticed it on the lav, boom or just my plain 'ole ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Did a short film with one a month ago and it was quiet. One of the more friendly Red cameras - watch out for the new 9-pin Lemo input for TC though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate C Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 18 hours ago, Conor said: Did a short film with one a month ago and it was quiet. One of the more friendly Red cameras - watch out for the new 9-pin Lemo input for TC though. Shooting on a Komodo next week and the owner/operator doesn't have a TC breakout cable. Oh well no TC for production. Have offered to put TC on one of the audio tracks via an ERX but waiting on the editor to get back to us on that. Have to say the Komodo manual is less than helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciproductions Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Nate C said: Shooting on a Komodo next week and the owner/operator doesn't have a TC breakout cable. Oh well no TC for production. Have offered to put TC on one of the audio tracks via an ERX but waiting on the editor to get back to us on that. Have to say the Komodo manual is less than helpful. 9-pin breakout ..... fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourtelot Posted June 26, 2021 Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 2:53 AM, sciproductions said: 9-pin breakout ..... fun Why? Not "why is it fun". Soldered enough Lemos to answer that question. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunAndGun Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 3:08 AM, Nate C said: Shooting on a Komodo next week and the owner/operator doesn't have a TC breakout cable. Oh well no TC for production. Have offered to put TC on one of the audio tracks via an ERX but waiting on the editor to get back to us on that. Have to say the Komodo manual is less than helpful. People like this aggravate the hell out of me. I say this as a cameraman and owner/operator with hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment: If your camera requires something other than full-sized 3-pin XLR or BNC connections for audio and TC, then it is YOUR responsibility to own or otherwise provide the necessary cables, if the camera needs to receive either one (or both) of those two things. Period. Full Stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/27/2021 at 5:13 AM, RunAndGun said: People like this aggravate the hell out of me. I say this as a cameraman and owner/operator with hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment: If your camera requires something other than full-sized 3-pin XLR or BNC connections for audio and TC, then it is YOUR responsibility to own or otherwise provide the necessary cables, if the camera needs to receive either one (or both) of those two things. Period. Full Stop. Agreed, it's ridiculous. I got a similar response from the camera gearhouse they were renting the Komodo kit from. I work for one of the bigger sound gear rental companies in my city and we don't even keep up with all the new Red Lemos. It's really camera's responsibility at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesy Posted July 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 So... I finished 24 days of shooting with two Red Komodos and I have to say, this camera is not loud at all. Sometimes, when we were shooting inside and the camera was really close to the actors, I could hear its fan one the boom and on the lavs, but it was silent enough to be acceptabel even for my psm ears. So, yeah, the people at RED finally figured it out... it took some years and many complaints... --- This 9-pin Lemo thing is weird, but the friendly people at Ambient explained to me: you can send TC-Sync and Gen-Lock info simultaneously through that 9-pin (if you have the right Lockit and cable). So, that could be helpful, if needed. The Komodos we worked with both had a "Modern Film Tools Horseshoe" plate connected to it https://www.modernfilmtools.com/shop/mft-horseshoe-top-plate-for-red-komodo This break out box has a 5-pin Lemo similar to the Arri Alexa, and it worked fine with my NanoLockit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted December 25, 2021 Report Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 7:50 PM, Cheesy said: So... I finished 24 days of shooting with two Red Komodos and I have to say, this camera is not loud at all. Sometimes, when we were shooting inside and the camera was really close to the actors, I could hear its fan one the boom and on the lavs, but it was silent enough to be acceptabel even for my psm ears. So, yeah, the people at RED finally figured it out... it took some years and many complaints... --- This 9-pin Lemo thing is weird, but the friendly people at Ambient explained to me: you can send TC-Sync and Gen-Lock info simultaneously through that 9-pin (if you have the right Lockit and cable). So, that could be helpful, if needed. The Komodos we worked with both had a "Modern Film Tools Horseshoe" plate connected to it https://www.modernfilmtools.com/shop/mft-horseshoe-top-plate-for-red-komodo This break out box has a 5-pin Lemo similar to the Arri Alexa, and it worked fine with my NanoLockit. Exept from RedOne, there has always been a solution out there but most of the sound guys never bothered about it and prefered to complain about RED's. Supposely it's more fun to complain than to do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted December 25, 2021 Report Share Posted December 25, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted December 26, 2021 Report Share Posted December 26, 2021 11 hours ago, Rick Reineke said: Have you used the FanPlate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Perhaps there's a case for coalescing around a standard vs seemingly arbitrarily avoiding them. But then, the wireless mic folk started it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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