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Can Red take Kenya?

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Mike Peckham

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We're planning a 2 month shoot in Kenya this spring. It's a series of 6 short narrative films, about a half hour each.

We would like to shoot Red (we have 2 on order) but our DP is a bit unsure if they can hold up in the dust and humidity.

Can anyone tell me how your Red has held up with long shoots under these kind of conditions.

The biggest concern seems to be a camera dying and only have 1 spare, and having to send the camera back to the States to be fixed.


Thanks for your feedback.

Mike
 
Shot for a month in tropical environments, camera never went down. My EVF did though. I'd bring a second body if I could. And replacement cables, LCD etc. just because you will be so far from your umbilical.
 
RED hot and humid

RED hot and humid

Shot for two weeks in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in temps in the high 40 Celsius with humidity in the upper 90%. Absolutely no problems. Had it been on a F 900 Sony, which I have lots of experience with, the humidity would have caused major problems with the heads.
 
I guess Ghana is hotter and more humid then Kenya. On a couple of occasions when we didn't use the ice packs the camera heated up and refused to budge until we gave it some time to cool down. Now we just put ice packs on from shot 1.

Just want to add that once the ice packs are on we do not face any problems whatsoever:).
 
I guess Ghana

I guess Ghana

Whenever possible kept the sun of the camera with umbrellas, Element Technica top cheese plate helps to a certain degree when brollies are not possible, and careful selection of the various internal fan settings meant we had no problems. Never ran the cam for more than 30 min takes though...
 
Just back from six weeks in Swaziland and Israel. Hot, humid, dusty... the camera did fantastic. A couple times it warned about overheating. I turned the fan to HOT mode for those instances and no further problems.
 
Production is planned for March. I see from your info that you're in Kenya. Do you have a Red in Kenya?
 
I am planning to shoot 3 days with mulit-REDs/ 3x RED ONE in late Nov in Kenya
Any one have a RED there

PM percy@i-Magic.com.hk

Percy
 
Hi,

We shoot with red in Nigeria all the time. The camera tends to heat up quite a bit but for most parts it works fine.

I would have a back up camera with me though.
 
I would never shoot in a remote location without a backup body. They also come in handy for the two-camera occasional set-up, but I really think this is essential. We have two bodies for that reason and I have never had need of the second body, but one day I will...
 
Tunji Ladoja said:
Hi,

We shoot with red in Nigeria all the time. The camera tends to heat up quite a bit but for most parts it works fine.

I would have a back up camera with me though.
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Hey Tunji, you said you shoot with red in Nigeria all the time. Do you use them to shoot those Nollywood films or other events. If Nollywood, can you refere me to some movie titles in Nigeria that RED was used to film.
 
Hi. we've shot a whole feature film in Kenya with the RED ONE. It's field tested and we have complete support staff to help with DIT, focus pulling, etc...

It is available for rent in Kenya/East Africa. Check out www.hotsunfilms.com

cheers. Nathan
 
Mike Peckham said:
We're planning a 2 month shoot in Kenya this spring. It's a series of 6 short narrative films, about a half hour each.

We would like to shoot Red (we have 2 on order) but our DP is a bit unsure if they can hold up in the dust and humidity.

Can anyone tell me how your Red has held up with long shoots under these kind of conditions.

The biggest concern seems to be a camera dying and only have 1 spare, and having to send the camera back to the States to be fixed.


Thanks for your feedback.

Mike
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Hi guys hot sun films in Nairobi, Kenya does have a red one kit for rent check it out at hot sun films
 
Hi Lonzo,

As far as i know only one feature (A place in the stars) has been shot on the Red in Nigeria and it is in post at the moment. Another feature is due to shoot in January/ February.

Most people using the red in Nigeria are using it for music videos or commercials. Hope this helps?

Tunji
 
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