Side Handle II

[Jason Beckwith]

I'd like to see a way to make the side handle work with my clutch. I'm thinking a plate that covers the side where the handle goes, but has pins that convert the interface to lemo. Then another plate that can go on the side handle and connect it in place of the right handle on the clutch. Put the lemo in that side, and control the camera, as well as start stop and auto focus without removing a hand from the clutch.

I've had this idea for awhile now. I've been meaning to photoshop it up, but haven't had the time.

[Leo Ticheli]

My Side Handle works perfectly.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo

[Gunleik Groven]

There are a few build differences between the two. And physical visual differences. But the new feels more rugged than the original.

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

I remember when it was proposed that there would be an especially severe price increase for the side handle ($900 to $1700 or something like that, if I recall correctly) there was a lot of discussion. I asked if there was any plan for a cheap 'dumb' side handle which had just a battery compartment and record button, and Jim replied that such an item was 'possible':

http://reduser.net/forum/showthread....l=1#post790708

Of course he also said an aluminum Canon mount was 'impossible' - go figure!

Mike

[J.D. Frey]

Am I missing something- is there a difference between a dumb side handle and the outrigger handle, or do you mean a handle that just holds a battery. Also aren't the side handle buttons addressable in the menu? Couldn't you just turn them off?

[Brian F Kobylarz]

I'd like to see a way to make the side handle work with my clutch. I'm thinking a plate that covers the side where the handle goes, but has pins that convert the interface to lemo. Then another plate that can go on the side handle and connect it in place of the right handle on the clutch. Put the lemo in that side, and control the camera, as well as start stop and auto focus without removing a hand from the clutch.

I've had this idea for awhile now. I've been meaning to photoshop it up, but haven't had the time.

Jason,

Excellent idea!

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Adding to your concept:
If you do a Photoshop render, what would you think of machining a number of 1/4-20's in new handle cover plate so that you could attach a SWAT rail adapter or spinner from the RED Store - or one of the rosette plates from x...

[William Albertini]

My side handle works as expected and I see no reason for an upgrade to version two at this stage, it would just confuse the product line...

[Stephen Mick]

After only a handful of shoot days with it, my side handle no longer securely holds the battery in place. But other than that, it works a treat.

[Ivan Cortazar]

In my case the battery compartment doesn't hold the batteries properly. I've seen it everywhere. In my case it works 80% of the times, but after a while it won't hold the battery anymore and won;t let me close the compartment. The only way to make it work is to bend again the red plastic until it will holds the battery. But how many times I can do this until it breaks? A friend of mine during a shoot had the same problem but couldnt make it to work for over 15 minutes no matter what he tried. The only solution was to get rid of the red plastic!!

I contacted red support and I was told to send it in for evaluation.( I waited so long for the sidehandle and brand new I had that problem) It was quite disappointing as I was hoping to hear that there is a solution to what I believe is a very common problem that I have read in the forums (I have 4 friends with epic and scarlets and only 1 out 4 doesn't have that problem)I wish Red would come up with an answer to this. They didn;t even aknowledege the problem. I'd hate to send the Sidehandle back to red, wait for a long time and get it back with the same red plastic that most likely with time will start behaving the same way.

Sorry if I come off a bit bitter, but I have to say that I love using the sidehandle but the battery compartment , pretty much sucks.

[Ben Roper]

Everything is fine in the land of side handle.