Can I make a broadcast wildlife doc with Red?

[Philip Lima]

I will definitely post once we've worked out all the bugs. The last few days we've been running with a 3 man crew. Main shooter, focuser and data manager. Part of the reason for a focuser is our 150-600 century converted canon lens. I believe gibby has the same lens. We are working on a motor system for the focus though, once that is taken care of, we'll be back down to our two man crew.

I will let you guys know our workflow and settings when we get things ironed out!

 

[Steve Gibby]

Part of the reason for a focuser is our 150-600 century converted canon lens. I believe gibby has the same lens. We are working on a motor system for the focus though, once that is taken care of, we'll be back down to our two man crew.

I do own a Canon 150-600, but it has the Century PL conversion for the mount only. The rest of the lens is stock, the way Canon made it. Thus my 150-600 does not have gears. I prefer it that way because I really like the push/pull sliding lever on the left side of the lens for zooming, and twisting the same lever for racking focus. Thus I don't need to/want to use the lens with a follow focus, and never with a matte box. Filters are 40.5mm screwed onto the camera end of the lens. I operate the 150-600 by myself, focusing by myself using the stock Canon push/pull/twist lever, and sight focusing using the RED EVF in black and white, sometimes with edge color, and 2x image magnification. I've found I can focus the 150-600 very accurately by myself. I also set exposure accurately by simply using zebra, occasionally using histogram when I have time.

I usually shoot to a RED Drive for long-form programming, but I also have 10 CF cards I can go to when I need them. I wrangle the data myself in the evenings at home or at the hotel, or if I have a larger crew, I have an assistant wrangle the data.

 

[Andrew Young]

Start-up times are about 35 seconds like Gibby pointed out.

What kind of mojo are you guys feeding your cameras? I'm still getting 85 seconds on the latest build 15.

 

[Philip Lima]

What kind of mojo are you guys feeding your cameras? I'm still getting 85 seconds on the latest build 15.

We get about the same, 85 seconds. Are we doing something wrong?

 

[paul engstrom]

85 seconds here too, for build 15 release version

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[A. Bastaki]

85 secs here too
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[Jarred Land]

startup times went up a bit in the previous builds as we were adding new stuff, but we are getting them back down again starting in build 16.