Cheese plate...

[Gary Stone]

can i mount the red one to a tripod without any accessories? or would i require at least the cheese plate? i'm sure the cheese plate is neccessary if only to keep from overusing the mount holes in the camera body...

i know this is remedial stuff, but i'd like to know. thanks!!

 

[Gunleik Groven]

You can mount it directly

 

[Gary Stone]

thanks gunleik.

 

[Andrae Palmer]

I'm curious about this too.. Say I got the OConnor 2060HD fluid head. What would I need to mount the RED to it.... any accessories? I want to make sure I order every piece needed to get this up and running either from OConnor or from RED.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

You can attach the quick release plate (is that what it's called) from your head, directly to the bottom of the RED

 

[tj williams]

The problem with this direct attachment is that as you change lenses accessories and configurations you will be able to balance on the head only so well as your head allows, this is the joy of a sliding base plate!

 

[Greg M]

You can attach the quick release plate (is that what it's called) from your head, directly to the bottom of the RED

not the best idea...if you have a new 2060, the best method is using the Red 15mm or 19mm Arri base plate, and a sliding dovetail which you can obtain from OConnor or ET

 

[Tai Wah Lim]

Red Cheese Plate - how is this connected to the Red Bottom plate?

 

[Emmanuel Cambier]

If you need rods, you'll need a base plate from red or Element technica, if you go with the Red base plate you can attach it to the tripod with the shoulder dovetail (convenient), or use the cheese plate (more stable).

The cheese plate comes through the base plate before you attach the base plate to the camera. To remove the cheese plate you need to remove the base plate from the camera.

Emmanuel

 

[Steve Phillipps]

Greg, not neccessarily true that best option is base plate/rods etc. it entirely depends on circumstances. Problem with baseplate set-ups is they're heavy! If you don't needs rods at all then just using an O'Connor or Sachtler or whatever mounting plate is best. For my long lenses I have a thin plate which I had made up that screws to the base of Arri SR, Varicam or whatever that the lens then sits on. This plate will attach straight to the tripod. This save the weight of bridge plate, rods, QR unit, totalling maybe 5kg. It also keep the centre of gravity lower, never a bad thing.
Steve

 

[Jason Ing]

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[Tai Wah Lim]

If you need rods, you'll need a base plate from red or Element technica, if you go with the Red base plate you can attach it to the tripod with the shoulder dovetail (convenient), or use the cheese plate (more stable).

The cheese plate comes through the base plate before you attach the base plate to the camera. To remove the cheese plate you need to remove the base plate from the camera.

Emmanuel

Emmanuel, not sure I understand what you meant - cheese plate comes through the base plate before you attach the base plate to the camera. The Red base plate has to be fixed first onto the camera by the four nuts at the sides of the camera.

Lim

 

[Emmanuel Cambier]

The Red base plate has to be fixed first onto the camera by the four nuts at the sides of the camera.

Lim

Absolutly not, If you put the base plate first, there is no way you can then put the cheese plate underneath.
It sucks a little if you want to know my feeling about it, but that is the way it is.

Have you tried it yourself or is it just wishfull thinking:bleh:

Emmanuel

 

[Tai Wah Lim]

Absolutly not, If you put the base plate first, there is no way you can then put the cheese plate underneath.
It sucks a little if you want to know my feeling about it, but that is the way it is.

Have you tried it yourself or is it just wishfull thinking:bleh:

Emmanuel

Thanks Emmanuel. That solved the puzzle. Just have to check if the Arri Matte box and FF fits with this configuration and how sturdy the Red bottom plate holds without it screwed to the side of the Camera body

Lim