Cheapest way to mount 19mm bars to an Epic

[Piers McGrail]

Hey guys,

Just trying to work out the minimum set up for building an Epic like my red one [currently using the bottom cage with 19mm bars and the cheeseplate]. Is there way to achieve this without buying the quick release system?

Something like the Modular Assault Place Pack that works with a 19mm set up.

All these options are great, but it's hard to guess what's needed! Would be great if RED had a page that showed a variety of different configurations, form basic inexpensive ones to the more complex set ups...

 

[Adrian Correia]

Piers - have you tried to call your bomb squad rep? My rep Jason walked my through my whole set-up and it was very helpful. That being said I bought the quick release system and I am so glad I did. Maybe look at Viewfactor or Wooden camera's solutions? They're exceedingly well built....

Adrian

 

[Piers McGrail]

Hi Adrian,

I haven't tried the bomb squad rep yet, thanks for the tip. But wouldn't it be handy to have photos of the different configurations up on the site, so we could take a good look and decide based on that?

Have been looking around at the other companies - there are solutions out there but it would be great to have a really simple Red solution, like we had with the Base Production Pack with the RedOne.

Will keep researching anyway!

Piers

 

[Julio Quintana]

Get the DSMC quickplate system. I know it's a little pricier but being able to pop the camera off the baseplate and run is really awesome.

 

[Steven-Marc C.]

This is definitely the cheapest if you already have the bottom plate / cheeseplate and want to reuse them:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?66599-cinema-OXIDE-Epic-to-BottomPlate-Adapter-Plate

 

[Piers McGrail]

@ Julio - looks great but it's a very expensive solution to something that could be quite simple and cheap...

@ Steven - that's certainly a good option, and definitely the cheapest. But it would be great to have a more compact solution, something like the Modular Assault Plate, which is more befitting the size of the Epic.

 

[eric a wahl]

You could go the wooden camera route..
Wooden Camera $340 Total
http://www.woodencamera.com/easy-riser-epic $180
http://www.woodencamera.com/lw-15mm-bracket $160

 

[Piers McGrail]

Only problem is that's 15mm and I'm looking for a 19mm solution...

P

 

[eric a wahl]

oops.. missed that part about the 19mm

 

[eric a wahl]

Your looking for a cheap compact 19mm Bridge plate
I will keep looking, but this is the cheapest I see so far $662.00
http://www.innocinema.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_16&products_id=109

 

[Piers McGrail]

In talking to the bomb squad it seems that there is no official way other than using the quick release system. Which is a pity, as not all of us need the added cost [and functionality] of the quick release...

 

[eric a wahl]

But now that I think about it you will probably still need a riser plate

 

[eric a wahl]

This may work, I have these components, but my camera is out until Monday, I will try it then..
The Clamp screws may not align with the shim plate.. but we will see...

ET 19mm Studio Clamp $150.00
http://elementtechnica.mybigcommerce.com/products/19mm-Studio-Clamp.html
ET Hybrid EPIC Shim Plate $260.00
http://elementtechnica.mybigcommerce.com/products/Hybrid-EPIC-Shim-Plate.html

 

[Piers McGrail]

Cool, let me know how you get on!

 

[Antony M]

Any updates?

The only option I have found so far is the Action Products:
Epic Riser bottom plate $247 + Bridge plate $662 = $909

and I'm not sure if I can then fit my tripod plate to the bottom or not.

Also, what are the dimensions need for the riser/shim plate?
Unless I am missing something it would seem to be a cheap and simple option to get a local machine shop to cut a piece of aluminium to the right size ??

 

[Piers McGrail]

This option has cropped up - http://www.cinemaoxide.com/epic-to-bottomplate.php. Allows you to mount the epic to the Red bottom cage [handy if you already own one]. I'm wondering about this in combination with the wooden camera easy riser [http://woodencamera.com/easy-riser-epic] and their 15mm adapter [http://woodencamera.com/lw-15mm-bracket].

It's hard to predict if everything would fit, but potentially this could give you a way of running 19mm and 15mm bars. Of course it's not as elegant, lightweight or fast as the Red system but it does work out at about 1/3 of the price. Which is important to me

 

[Antony M]

This option has cropped up - http://www.cinemaoxide.com/epic-to-bottomplate.php. Allows you to mount the epic to the Red bottom cage [handy if you already own one]. I'm wondering about this in combination with the wooden camera easy riser [http://woodencamera.com/easy-riser-epic] and their 15mm adapter [http://woodencamera.com/lw-15mm-bracket].

Yes, I saw that. But my Red bottom mount will be staying with my Red One. And Red don't sell them anymore (except as part of the production pack).

And regarding the Wooden Camera option, I am wanting to use 19mm bars, not 15mm.

So I still can't decide what to do...

It's hard to predict if everything would fit, but potentially this could give you a way of running 19mm and 15mm bars. Of course it's not as elegant, lightweight or fast as the Red system but it does work out at about 1/3 of the price. Which is important to me

Important to me too

 

[M.D. Hilton]

Wooden Camera has a 19mm rod bracket

http://woodencamera.com/tiny-versal-19mm

 

[Antony M]

Wooden Camera has a 19mm rod bracket

http://woodencamera.com/tiny-versal-19mm

OK, so I would need 2 of those = $240.

But then how do I attach them to the Epic, with the correct spacing?

Their website says "**Cannot be used with RED's baseplate system** "

Or do you somehow attach it to the bottom of the Easy Riser (http://www.woodencamera.com/easy-riser-epic) ?

 

[M.D. Hilton]

It looks as if it would attach to the easy riser but without pics I'd probably send them an email first just to confirm that those 1/4 holes line up.

Edit:

Pretty sure that's the set up Tonaci has in this pic