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Big heavy plate under the battery plate?

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I'm about to install the Anton Bauer battery plate.

Upon removing the V-mount plate, we found a large, very heavy metal plate below. Is this plate required for electrical shielding from the drive or can it be discarded?

All help gratefully appreciated!

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
 
I've installed the Anton Bauer plate, a simple operation. The battery seems MUCH more secure than with the V-mount and adapter.

I've removed the boat-anchor heavy plate that was under the original V-mount plate. Seems like a totally crazy part; a great deal of weight with no apparent purpose... I hope! At any rate, it can't be used with the Anton Bauer plate which is much smaller.

I've contacted Anton Bauer about one thing I really dislike; the connector is angled between 7 and 8 o'clock, placing the cable directly in front of the camera controls. It should exit at 4 o'clock. At least that would be my preference.

I've got the Red Cradle mounted on the top of the ET plate, so that could be the problem.

Good shooting and best regards to all,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
 
Dear Leo,

Which AB Batteries are you using, and could you give aprox. runtime with this batteries. I currently own Hytron 100 and want to get some more bricks, but not sure yet which bricks I´ll go for.

thanks
Manuel
 
Tobeorx said:
I'm about to install the Anton Bauer battery plate.

Upon removing the V-mount plate, we found a large, very heavy metal plate below. Is this plate required for electrical shielding from the drive or can it be discarded?

All help gratefully appreciated!

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
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We found the same piece and wondered ourselves. That single plate is almost 50% (if not more) the weight of the entire battery quickplate setup. It'd be nice to know if there's a reason it's so heavy, or its something we can maybe have machined and replaced (since it'd definitely be worth it.)
 
MrDorf said:
It'd be nice to know if there's a reason it's so heavy, or its something we can maybe have machined and replaced (since it'd definitely be worth it.)
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I wonder if 3rd party plates are as heavy. If not you could pull the cable from the RED plate and install it in a 3rd party plate. Might be quicker/cheaper.
 
Tobeorx said:
I've removed the boat-anchor heavy plate that was under the original V-mount plate. Seems like a totally crazy part; a great deal of weight with no apparent purpose...
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I removed my plate from the Red cradle... had to get shorter bolts anyway as the ones it came with were too long even with the plate in place. No problems yet...

BTW - I bought a second Red battery plate as backup... I ended up tapping and threading that heavy steel plate and making my own "articulating quickplate"
 
We're now modifying the Anton Bauer plate because the cable was a bit short for our configuration with the Red Cradle on the top plate, and the connector was at an awkward angle, blocking the rear control surface.

We're cannibalizing the original Red cable and it's strain-relief (which is much better than the wimpy glue on the Anton Bauer) and using it on the Anton Bauer plate. I prefer the straight connector into the camera than Anton Bauer's angled one.

The Anton Bauer cable and wires were a much heavier gauge, but the Red cable works well with no sign of a problem.

The conversion results in a much lighter rig and I greatly prefer the Anton Bauer mount over the Sony V-lock.

Our engineer is soldering as I type!

Oh, almost forgot; we are running the 140s; I can't give you an accurate run time, but they seem to go on forever. I power down and replace them when they show the last two bars.

I'll probably do an accurate test when I don't have valuable footage in the drive, but I do avoid the edge of battery doom.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer/If it's not modified, it must not be ours...
 
Leo I have been in touch with Kyle and told him the following:

They need to 86 the right angle connector.
The cable is a tad too short
They need the D-tap on the right or left side, not the top where the battery is going in and out.

They are looking into these changes

Jay
 
Thanks, Jay,

I am in no way bashing Anton Bauer or Red; I'm a long-tern fan of Anton Bauer products and I'm enraptured by the Red. I do think Anton Bauer rushed the Red plate to meet demand or didn't think about different mounting positions for the Red Cradle.

Our engineer finished his work and we mounted the modified Anton Bauer plate; works perfectly, locks securely, and the straight connector and slightly longer cable do not interfere with the rear panel.

We're going to fit the original Anton Bauer connector to a long cable to power the camera to a two battery rig that we made; hopefully, it will allow us to change over the batteries without having to power down the camera.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
 
Many,

That is a great idea with the redarm! I've been killing myself designing all kinds of brackets and doodads, but that is so Simple and awesome. It allows the weight to be quickly shifted around, etc just totally awesome.

Also where is everyone getting these AB plates?
 
Mike Prevette said:
Also where is everyone getting these AB plates?
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ditto...I placed an order w/ AB over 6 months ago...actually I was the first to request the plate and was told I would be contacted when they were available and I would get the first one they produced. whats up?:devil:
 
digitalfx said:
ditto...I placed an order w/ AB over 6 months ago...actually I was the first to request the plate and was told I would be contacted when they were available and I would get the first one they produced. whats up?:devil:
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Greg, sorry to tell you this, but I got the first plate because I'm more likable.

Seriously, they are just starting to deliver; I'm sure you'll receive one directly.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
 
Thanks Mike -

It also has the additional coolness of costing much less than a Red quickplate... Also - Since it's tapped 1/4 20 you could mount it just about anywhere

Mike Prevette said:
Many,

That is a great idea with the redarm! I've been killing myself designing all kinds of brackets and doodads, but that is so Simple and awesome. It allows the weight to be quickly shifted around, etc just totally awesome.

Also where is everyone getting these AB plates?
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Pictures of our customized Anton Bauer mount

Pictures of our customized Anton Bauer mount

Here are a couple of snaps of our customized Anton Bauer battery mounting plate.

We discarded the Red V-mount and heavy metal plate below it, but used the power cable in place of the one on the Anton Bauer mount. The 90° connector on the Anton Bauer was a poor choice for us.

Also, note the Red strain relief which we use on Anton Bauer mount; the Anton Bauer came with just a bit of glue to hold the wires in place. Not strong enough in my view. This substitution required cutting the AB mount to fit.

Good shooting and best regards to all,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
 
Tobeorx said:
I'm about to install the Anton Bauer battery plate.

Upon removing the V-mount plate, we found a large, very heavy metal plate below. Is this plate required for electrical shielding from the drive or can it be discarded?

All help gratefully appreciated!

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo Ticheli
Director/Cinematographer
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I think ET was building one or offered to build an aluminum version of that plate. Contact Stephen at ET if you want a replacement. Otherwise machining one out of aluminum wouldn't be that difficult.
 
I've seen the ET version of the plate, it's a pretty amazing change from the steel one.
 
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