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EPIC OUTFITTING - POST YOUR EPIC RIGS WITH DETAILS PLEASE

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my girl Lucy, sorry about the dodgy battery plate shot, i had to use the red cradle during the time of this shoot. Got replaced in the meantime by the cinemaoxide battery plate.

mattebox is by redrock.
 
Personally I prefer conservative film camera designs such as Arri SR, Arri 235 or Aatons. The reason: the camera is well balanced on the shoulder, not front heavy, you can drop it in 1 second on the sticks, and the other second on the floor and up again on the shoulder. Nothing has to removed, tweaked or tuned. Only the EVF has to set-up.

The triangle of right hand (handle), eye/EVF and left hand (focus) makes the camera and operator a very stable combo. I use the ET EVF solution. It's still the most sturdy EVF system on the market. For proper handheld work you want the EFV to stay straight in position, even when pushed hard by the forehead/eye. The next second you want to turn the EFV up for panning off the sticks. No other EVF system accomplish this as good. Only down-side: the thing is quite heavy.

Because no 3rd party manufacturer, let alone Red, designes accessories that make that possible I asked a friend of mine to machine a top plate that extends long enough to the rear for balancing the camera well on the shoulder when a battery is attached. The only thing I'm missing is dual use of LCD and EVF. The recently announced adaptor module will solve this problem. In fall there is a zoom motor coming that will ENGize the Ang. 16-42 lens. Then the Epic is perfectly set up for doc-style work.

The whole set-up is about 6 kilos. That's a good weight for a well balanced camera that carries a LWZ.

The picture has been taken on a shoot recently by me.


Hans
 

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Epic and a canon 24-70, 15mm tactical rods mount, quad redvolt, shoulder pad stolen from the clutch, and DSMC side handle. Picks up and handles on the shoulder fine using left hand on the lens, right hand on the dsmc handle for on-the-fly settings control. Quick cable switcharoo to shoot low mode or on the sticks with the LCD. It slides onto the red dovetail waiting on the legs just fine. A tweak of one screw and you break it in half for true handheld.

Different day, different rig. As a kid I spent far too much time with Lego Technic. People never really change ;)
 
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I loved the look of this setup Jim gave us. Has anyone rigged a similar unit?
 
Nice look, but my shoulder wouldn't fit …
 
Anyone got any pics of:

1. Touch LCD offset for a shoulder rig?
2. Use of the Red One top handle on Epic?
 
Here is a new Studio set-up for my Scarlet "Adonis" which now has a custom studio power distribution box.

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Scarlet and Cooke Classic 18-100 T. 3, OConnor OBox, OConnor CFF-1, Wooden components (Top Handle, 15mm Bridge plate, Tiny-versal 15mm with Top Riser, Easy Plate XL & Easy Stick), TVlogic 056WP and Red 5" Touch, Powerbox (with two 4-pin XLRs, Two Arri 3-pin Hirose, two USB, and three D-taps).
 
Will Keir said:
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I loved the look of this setup Jim gave us. Has anyone rigged a similar unit?
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Would be nice for RED to release those lenses.
 
So Patrick...
FOUR rigs - which do you prefer?

I recall you posted the one with you (?) last year but I have never seen this one. The camera says "Octamas" but they never responded to my inquiries about that shoulder mount.
Do you have any info?

Thanks for the photos...

Stu Aull
SX 199
Alaska
 
Hello Stu,


The shoulder mount for the "Octamas" setting is a prototype "razor" shoulder mount from Innocinema (action products). The new version of it is on the setup with the follow focus.

I actually love the most compact solution wich is the one in the last 2 photos. Made out of "old" RED ONE acessories like Red handle mount, red handle right, red quick plate, and I think it was called the Red Cradle (wich was cut of to make a chest pad...) The power last a half day with that 180wh battery...

Today I use the first setup based on the Clutch. The director wich is also the main actor needs the Pix to have direct playback on set with sound... the day the long avaited build with sound playback will be enabled i'll put the Pix in the shelf. It also have an HF video transmitter (in SD fed from a blackmagic SD downconverter).

Pat.

PS: in picture most of the time they are my assistants. I don't change face as often ;-)
 
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