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Remote start/stop

Greg M

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With the current firmware can we remotely start/stop the RED ONE? I have a commercial shoot coming up that will be mostly shot off a Jimmy Jib...what cable is working?
 
Evin Grant said:
Client: Ford Motor CO.
Project: Theatrical commercial (Shown in theaters ahead of the movie)
Prod. Co.: Spy Films
Market: Canada & France
Director: Javier Aguilera
Director of Photography: Dion Beebe, ASC
Second Unit DP/B Cam Op.: Evin Grant
Redninjas: Blair S. Paulsen & Brook Willard

This has (and still is) an amazing shoot, the hours have been brutal but Dion is a genius. He deserves all the praise and it's obvious why he has an Oscar. I'm truly in awe. I can't reveal much about the actual commercial or show footy yet but here are some stills from the shoot.

ford2.jpg

I was operating the Wescam gyro helicopter mount from Pictorvision the first day. I used a cheap air bulb powered still camera release to run the camera.

ford1.jpg

The top rails came in very handy mounting the rain deflector upside down for use on the Scorpio head.

ford4.jpg

This is the Pursuit Arm (Porsche), not to be confused with the Ultimate Arm (Mecedes). Bitchen rig with the 1st AC & Driver in the front, Dion and Javier (Director) in the back and the Crane Op in the cargo area.

ford3.jpg

Top: Dion operating A Cam and myself on B Cam.
Middle left: The gentelman on the left is Key Grip Steve Cardellini, you might have used some of his great clamps.
Right: Blair S. Paulsen checking exposure.
Bottom:Even Dion's filter case is impressive.

Tomorrows the last shoot day, I'll give a final account then.
E.
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Evins got a way to remote start & stop....
 
Preston makes part #4543. It's a RED remote cable from the 10 pin connector to the MDR2.
Don't know if its VTR start/stop in the 10 pin connector is enabled yet though.
 
Anders Holck said:
Preston makes part #4543. It's a RED remote cable from the 10 pin connector to the MDR2.
Don't know if its VTR start/stop in the 10 pin connector is enabled yet though.
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Thanks thats exactly what I needed.
 
Looks like you questions have been answered, can't help you finding anyone to do it, but someone who makes up of cables won't have a problem with it given the correct pin-outs from the camera and MDR. Just a few points in regards to the cable Rocketeer had made:

The MDR 2 has different pin-outs for control than the MDR 1, so make sure you get the right wiring done (Majority of prestons run MDR 2 here)

I believe that the run on the 4 pin connectors on the back of the camera are now activated, but I would recommend getting the cable made to work via the RS323 / AUX port. It is a more expensive connector but very robust & it will free up the other connectors at the back for power out accs.

Also, the RS323 option will be backwards compatible with previous software builds. It would be very frustrating to be forced to downgrade to a previous version of the firmware only to find that the remote run no longer worked.....
 
Fred Davis dropped the ball, held my order for over a week then said he needs two weeks minimum.

Please pm numbers of the other guys.
 
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