DSMC1 - V-Mount & AC at the same time

[Zack McTee]

Is there any option for DSMC1 to allow you to use AC power and V-mount at the same time?

I'm shooting an event with the scarlet as a b-cam, and I planned on using AC power since it's a long presentation. However, I'm a little worried about the possibility of someone bumping the AC power and me losing everything.

 

[Kyle Kelley]

What do you mean by option? Just plug in AC power and put a V-Mount on. The camera will default to the AC power, but will switch over to V-mount if anything happens to your power source. I've got a Gemini now, but when I had the Epic Dragon I always had a v-mount and AC power connected for interviews and other long shoots. I usually had a redvolt in there for good measure as well.

 

[Brandon Veen]

Like Kyle said, if you're using the V-Mount Quickplate Module you can do both painlessly.

If you're using a battery plate that powers via LEMO, unless that battery plate can receive power from a plug then you might be a bit more out of luck.

Anytime we do events we just tape down the power/XLR/SDI cables and then we don't have to worry about people tripping/bumping into anything. Works every time.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Sharkfin with one vmount and one vmount ac adapter?

 

[Mike P.]

Hey Zack, not sure if you're asking if it's possible or if it's allowed, but regardless the answer to both questions is yes.

That said, I'm pretty sure the only v-mount plate that does *not* use the brain's AC connector is RED's own Quickplate V-mount adapter (sends power directly to the brain through a module adapter or +1 plate, and *not* through the AC connector). As far as I'm aware, all other 3rd party v-mount plates piggy back on the camera, but actually use the brain's AC port to send power to it. There might be a y-splitter 6-pin lemo that could work (to plug both a 3rd party v-mount *and* AC), but that sounds super sketchy and would probably cost half as much as a Quickplate V-mount (which is a far more elegant/cableless solution).

 

[Benjamin Cabral]

If you have a side handle with a redvolt battery inside, you can unplug the v mount power or the ac power and then plug it again the and the camera will continue on.