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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Helicopter pics...

hey jim or piripe mete

What lens and what filters were they using??

Thanks

Just curious about the filters really
As I'm hoping the three pancro ir+nd
Are going to do the job for sunlight.
 
Great stuff Thanks for posting Jim/Peter.

The Red Ram is the only way to go for chopper rides!

Dave
 
Great jim,

The "New and Improved" model looks a lot better than the RC model that was hanging in the NAB booth last year.
 
Yep The pilot was Alphie Speight, He's one of the best Heli film pilots in NZ.
Steady Eddie we call him.

We used the same Libra 5 head that's based out of Queenstown NZ with our RED about a week after Peter used it for Lovely Bones.
It worked a treat! We got some great pics from it.
Only problem was we had 2 operators driving the LIBRA, one to level the LIBRA the other to operate the wheels for pan and tilt. (I heard they are sorting this out very very soon so to have auto horizon correction.

Still it's not as steady as Spacecam or the CINEFLEX unit and you could not really shoot anything over say 100mm without a little bit of wobble, but still a good cheap alternative with a RED in it.
For most shots you do, the Heli mounted LIBRA it's very very good. I'd recommended it for any wide/ mid lens shooting.

Note: SPACECAM with RED in it is the best Heli platform out there with a RED in it, CINEFLEX HD is the best most stable heli mount in the world today. It's like a tripod in the sky! You can shoot 2000mm rock solid!, it's like magic. Blew me away when we first used it, yet still it's 2/3 inche chip HD video camera. Still awesome pics though.
 
RED-RAM is SSD

RED-RAM is SSD

kinobairn said:
Another question I have is whether there will ever be modes on the camera that will only be capable on RED Ram vs the normal drives?
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RED-RAM will be able to go to slightly higher frames rates at the maximum frame sizes.
 
We used the same Libra 5 head that's based out of Queenstown NZ with our RED about a week after Peter used it for Lovely Bones.
It worked a treat! We got some great pics from it.
Only problem was we had 2 operators driving the LIBRA, one to level the LIBRA the other to operate the wheels for pan and tilt. (I heard they are sorting this out very very soon so to have auto horizon correction.
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Then, you use the Red + Libra with Red Drive??
 
http://www.prestoncinema.com/products_FI+Z_bro.html

Was just a normal standard PRESTON setup that comes with the LIBRA hire.
or you supply your own.
The Preston also has a run button as well as focus, zoom and aperture control all via radio link or hard wired.
Very good unit.
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By hard wire did you mean "mechanical wire".
I cannot find mechanical solution at www.prestoncinema.com.
Maybe you can sugest me some mechanical solution?

Thanks in advance.
 
My Bloody Valentine 3-D Helicopter Pics

My Bloody Valentine 3-D Helicopter Pics

Here are a few pics from My Bloody Valentine 3-D's Helicopter shoot...
 
Wow!

Jim
 
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