Dion Beebe, ASC & Ford tap the Red Ninjas for theatrical commercial

[Babu Kantamneni]

how do you rig that bulb cable over the record button

Tell us how?

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Arm in arm

Arm in arm

Evin used a Noga (Isreali) arm to hold the plunger in place. The 1st AC Vance and I just kept shaking our heads at how reliable it was. The Pursuit Arm rig can run up to 60 mph (almost 100kph) so there is quite a bit of slipstream but it never bothered Evin's rig.

 

[imthatguy]

Editor chiming in. Footage does look amazing. Now if only I could get the damn REDCODE codec working for easy drag and drop into FCP!

 

[Nick Shaw]

Editor chiming in. Footage does look amazing. Now if only I could get the damn REDCODE codec working for easy drag and drop into FCP!

What's the problem? You should be able to do exactly that.

 

[Babu Kantamneni]

Evin used a Noga (Isreali) arm to hold the plunger in place. The 1st AC Vance and I just kept shaking our heads at how reliable it was. The Pursuit Arm rig can run up to 60 mph (almost 100kph) so there is quite a bit of slipstream but it never bothered Evin's rig.

Thanks

 

[Jarred Land]

brilliant work guys.. Love the bulb idea. Rear GPI triggering should be coming soon.

 

[imthatguy]

What's the problem? You should be able to do exactly that.

Needed a re-install. Fine now... except for the damn gamma shift. Looks freaking awesome though.

 

[SF Geek]

You guys look like you're in my neck of the woods.

 

[Brook Willard]

What a day... pictures coming as soon as I find a USB cable or something.

 

[Brook Willard]

Here we are...

Here's Blair's #19 with the BFL/Hubble Telescope.

Here's a look at one of our locations... nice, eh?

And another... it sure was pretty.

And here's Evin's truck with more toys than we know what to do with.

 

[Finner]

Where is the dark room in that camera truck of Evin's?

Nice shots Brook, looks like fun.

 

[Mike Prevette]

What are you powering the microforce/lensmotor with? are you using a B4 lens cable with the microforce for start/stop?

thats no BFL, thats an Optimo

 

[Brook Willard]

What are you powering the microforce/lensmotor with? are you using a B4 lens cable with the microforce for start/stop?

Nope, we powered the microforce from an external block battery. We controlled start/stop operations by pushing the run buttons on the camera and confirming by looking at the LED on the back.

The RED really needs a loud start/stop/rollout "beep" a la BL-4. It also needs a tally light on the smart side of the camera.

 

[Jarred Land]

lol.. no beeps please.

 

[Moir]

lol.. no beeps please.

Maybe it could just fart...more organic than a beep.

 

[Finner]

The RED really needs a loud start/stop/rollout "beep" a la BL-4. It also needs a tally light on the smart side of the camera.

Matt Uhry and I felt the exact same thing about the camera. A beep is a highly needed feature. In fact I have listened for when the cameras fan goes off to judge when it is running but it is hard to hear and that system of telling when the camera starts runing is poor at best. One beep for run and two beeps for stop just like a sound stage bell would be perfect with the ability to control its volume and mute it. The crew has found itself making beep noises to alert each other when it is running as a bit of a joke but also to reinforce how badly it is needed. If the red start/stop button on the side would flash a couple of times and then light up when running would make for a great smart side tally light (A brightness control for it would be good.).

 

[imthatguy]

And here's Evin's truck with more toys than we know what to do with.

Looks like the last of my G-Drives in the back, ready for shipping! Footage looks great guys. Shooting ratio is off the charts. :biggrin:

 

[sanction23]

Can't believe I missed it.

Can't believe I missed it.

Now I'm feeling pretty dumb, but it finally clicked while I was getting coffee a minute ago...

Steve Cardellini + Bunker Hill Tunnel + SFPD bike....

... gee, you aren't in the Bay Area are you?

We get so many car commercials up here that I tend to ignore them more than other shows. I can't wait to see how that weather and terrain looks through the lens of the Redcam (and of course the eyes of Beebe & Co).

 

[Tom Hallman]

Has anyone else used the Red in an aerial shoot, or is this the first time?
If you have, what stabilization system did you use?

 

[SF Geek]

Now I'm feeling pretty dumb, but it finally clicked while I was getting coffee a minute ago...

Steve Cardellini + Bunker Hill Tunnel + SFPD bike....

... gee, you aren't in the Bay Area are you?

We get so many car commercials up here that I tend to ignore them more than other shows. I can't wait to see how that weather and terrain looks through the lens of the Redcam (and of course the eyes of Beebe & Co).

You couldn't tell from the photo of Utterbach?

Brook, did you guys use those drives for storage or to record to. I heard that you were using them for recording, which I thought wasn't an option yet.