Underwater Bubble Blowin' Users Group

[Mark Thorpe]

That would be a fantastic ideal but imagine being on a boat with 6 RED's all vying for that great shot. I bet we'll end up eating each others fin tips!! I do have a shark related idea for the future to relatively unchartered and pristine waters where, so far as I know, only a few photographers have been, upwards of eight differing types of sharks to be found on one expedition trip. Planning is a bitch due to the isolated location but very doable. Will mean searching for a budget but that is one of the files pending in my projects can at the moment.

Much as I'd love to get to meet all the other RED divers I think that will only happen as and when projects overlap. I'm sure it'll be a blast when we do get meet up though nonetheless.

Cheers,
Mark.

[Andrew M.]

I agree with Mark, if RED U/W users will try to do any useful work at the same time, it may look like RED shark feeding frenzy.
Don’t you guys take vacations ever?
I know whole your lives are one big vacations, isn’t it?
Expedition that is less opportunistic instead and more socially interesting will do quite well I think?
Andrew

[Michael Hastings]

I haven't had a chance to dig through all the threads, does anybody know which version of red photos would be the base red?
redone_11.jpg
redone_13.jpg

I am trying to figure out what the best mounting would be and need to know what the base unit will have.

Also looking at redon_20.jpg does anyone know if the sensor is farther back than the plate with the 8 screws (just in front of the red button or know there) or is it forward of that. I am trying to figure out if the different mounts - Nikon, Canon, etc. will just be he round portion that sticks out or that whole plate.

[Andrew M.]

your redone_xx.jpg don't link anywhere?

[Mark Thorpe]

AquaVideo,
I suggest you contact Jarred or Jim to see if you can get approval to be a RED authorized third party retail / merchandise product provider. Maybe that way you will get privvy information regarding weights measures etc regarding RED. Do lots of specualting now to possibly have it all wasted later on is a risky move.

Cheers,
Mark.

[Erik Widding]

It seems to me that with what they have done already and if RED will give us the information on the front plate of the camera and flange distances to the sensor it wouldn't be that hard to do the physical part either. It seems like the RED team should be seriously considering the utility of the EF setup as it seems like the Iris is easier to do on the canon EF than the Nikon system. Also, it seems like the EF-S 10-22 would be a possibility since the sensor size is almost identical and it would provide the phenomenal wide angle zoom that I think a lot of us are looking for - but particular us underwater guys. We have a CNC machining center, so if RED is overloaded, with a little help we could do it here.

We will have a mechanical adapter and cable combination as a standard product for RED. We are just waiting for drawings from RED for the front plate of the camera, and the electrical spec of the port that we are going to suck power from. Supposed to be here shortly. We will provide a cable to get power from the camera and a mechanical adapter to the camera. Data for our unit will have to come (at least initially) from a source other than the camera. The scenario that you describe will be quite straightforward.

The lens you want to use works with our unit already. The compatibility list on our website is limited to those lenses that we have had in our hands here at our office. We currently have no known incompatibilities with the newest library. Problem with the known compatible list is that we just haven't had a need to test many lenses. Not on the list right now means it either hasn't been used, or it has never had any issues with customers, so we don't have a need to test it. I suppose we should simply add lenses that are reported as compatible by customers, and footnote that limitation. We just need to get our customers to email when we haven't done something wrong. Where would the fun be in that?

[Andrew M.]

Erik, can you make a small box with two knobs on it for adjusting exposure and focus, so we don’t have to connect laptop to your adapter?
I am afraid that RED will be busy for some time and Canon EF mount is not on the top of the list.

[Michael Hastings]

http://red.com/images/photo_zoom/redone_11.jpg
http://red.com/images/photo_zoom/redone_13.jpg

your redone_xx.jpg don't link anywhere?

[Andrew M.]

For sure not the one with EVF. EVF is an option.
As far as I understand there will be LCD included.

Also the thing that has big letters RED on it, is high speed adapter that is an option.

[Mark Thorpe]

Yoo Hooo, diving today and happened on a bait ball of big eyes scad. These poor fish were getting hounded by an invading force of predators. Always makes for good video.

Here's a shot as a grey reef shark launches his attack. The shark is the vertical object in the middle of the exploding fish school.

Gotta love it.
(This is a cropped image)