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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 :)

Birger Lens Mount Reservations

glad you guys got the adjustable backfocus story wrong... and thanks for offending RED in the process.
 
Anyone who knows anything about engineering (mechanical, electronic or software) will find the snarky comments made by a couple of the fellows on that tape to be pretty silly, uninformed and arrogant.

We're all responsible for what we put on the net.

Mark Tyson
 
Whoa, pretty amazingly stupid in a lot of ways! Jarred is busy in many areas and I for one would like to see him interested in being over in this thread as much as possible - yet even if you were trying you couldn't have done much more to be ignorant AND insulting and give him a reason to avoid us. You might think about using a little discretion when you publish to the world. Not that it is that important but what you did with the phone conversation I think would be a felony in Florida - but certainly not fair to the person who thought it was a private commnication.

Just to clarify, RED switched from a shim based collimation (commonly called backfocus in the video world) to an adjustable collimation after about the first 100 cameras and those were retrofitted. Either one is an acceptable method with some tradeoffs either way. But it is ridiculous to suggest (as these guys do) that RED didn't think it would need to be collimated. Nor is is it correct to think you won't need to collimate the Birger mount. Although they may be able to give you a value that is close you will certainly need to check it and probably adjust it.

Also to clarify something from another post - you are no where near the SENSOR when you remove the PL mount - the rectangular glass you see and can touch and that they were blowing the dust off of is the OPTICAL LOW PASS FILTER - the sensor is in the sealed area behind it.
 
That was true horror at it's finest! Can't wait for the "Brain Surgery" episode.
 
Thanks for your support guys.. I swear the drama will never cease in this thread :)

Dont worry about these guys.. The " We have the right to reserve service to anyone with a bad attitude " is very literal.. and this group just got put on that list.

Anyways.. What would be cool though is someone made a really good video on the Birger install process.. as it is a scary "operation" if you are brave enough to attempt it and install videos really help take some of that fear away.
 
Ummm...(scratching head).....ummm...(scratching head again)...ummm...
 
Not that it is that important but what you did with the phone conversation I think would be a felony in Florida - but certainly not fair to the person who thought it was a private communication
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I wasn't going to mention that.

I know you didn't want to piss off Red, Birger and the reduser forum in what was intended to be a helpful video.

Next time, find some friends that can get through a few minutes on camera without using profanity or mindless insults. I would get that off the net before your competition gets it and uses it against you.
 
I don't think the Birger mount is scarry. You just need to think mechanically. Move slowly. Be careful. Watch what you are doing. If you fold the I cable in half, and fold it again in thirds in such a way that the connector fits into the Birger supplied plastic tube, then there is virtually no way to pinch the I cable. If you are drunk or you have scored below 85 on your IQ test, then this installation is probably going to be a problem for you.
 
Your right Mark.. maybe i worded that wrong. There is nothing scary about the Birger mount, its a well made product, but the process can be scary.. once you start taking layers off of the camera that were not supposed to come off, it can be a little intimidating. Videos (if they are implemented correctly) and additional user written guides (again, if they are accurate) can help ease that nervousness for the less mechanically inclined...

You would be amazed at how many cameras we see come into Red with broken or scratched OLPF filters due to a slip from an Allen key.
 
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You would be amazed at how many cameras we see come into Red with broken or scratched OLPF filters due to a slip from an Allen key.
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Ouch! That's why Doug Underdahl was recommending the balloon method.

You have to think like a tech when you work on this stuff. It's not rocket science, but it takes care and attention to detail.

I have no comment about the video beyond what I said earlier, which in case anyone missed it was "umm..."

But I agree with Jarred. Well made videos that demonstrate how to put together the gear are very useful for visual people. Finner has made some good ones, Doug's, the WonderHowTo videos, etc. They are very good resources for people.
 
anyways.... Arin is a funny guy. whatever comments he made were all in fun....

you know how much I love RED. and Birger. and everyone here who has continued to inspire me and support me....

we leave in 11 hours for Burning Man. I currently have 18 people swarming around my house. We have just bought 24 Terabytes of hard drives, food for 22 people for 10 days, we have 3 RED cameras, a full audio set up from Coffey, and a million other things.

as I said in my post. "you shouldn't watch this video"

but people did. people watched it who I care about. people watched it who care about me (Jarred)

Jarred and the RED team have been nothing but supportive and encouraging. Jarred himself has helped us. The video was unedited. and uncut. I said that things should have been cut out......

Arin is pretty inspired by RED. whatever he said in this video was more of sarcasm and said in a loving/joking manner.

Here is a serious video that Arin made when he was filming Sundance for the Sundance Channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5OxcwyY570

We also have a whole interview we shot at SXSW this year, all about the RED and the future of filmmaking.

Hope everyone can smile again. I did not mean to offend anyone. I told Arin that we should not post the video. but in the end, the people who could deal with watching a private slice of my life could probably appreciate something in it.

Jarred, I promise I do not have a bad attitude. I can promise that Mike Lynch does not have a bad attitude. He has shot tons of projects on RED as a DP. Stephen Lucas has worked on many RED projects with him. This will be Arin's first RED project.

So if there is anyway I, Mike Hedge, can be forgiven, I would appreciate it.

follow us as we charge ahead in our epic journey of shooting Burning Man

www.asthedustsettles.com

hopefully my twitter feed will continue while out there.
www.twitter.com/mikehedge

As trust makes the world go round, I always do my best to be trustworthy. I admit that this video being posted was a bit silly for Arin/I to do.

PS. we have the cut done for ENGAGEMENT. Macgregor is doing the final VFX.
 
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