EVF, Does it use more power than the LCD??

[Mark Linthicum]

Just had my first shoot with the EVF and it seemed like the batteries were going down quickly, does anyone know if this is the case or is it just me?

Thanks, Mark

 

[Dane Brehm]

Yes the EVF and LCD in addition to the drive kill batteries at 45miniutes per charge.

 

[Denis Buhot]

Just had my first shoot with the EVF and it seemed like the batteries were going down quickly, does anyone know if this is the case or is it just me?

Thanks, Mark

can you confirm you were just using the evf, WITHOUT lcd ? BTW, how did you find focus pulling with evf ? I don't see any reason why pulling focus should be more difficult than with a slr still camera. Yet, the issue has been pointed many times. Am I off the track here ?

 

[Mark Linthicum]

can you confirm you were just using the evf, WITHOUT lcd ? BTW, how did you find focus pulling with evf ? I don't see any reason why pulling focus should be more difficult than with a slr still camera. Yet, the issue has been pointed many times. Am I off the track here ?

We used the EVF with and without the LCD. The EVF is better for pulling focus than the LCD, I guess it is higher resolution.

Using an SLR you you can use the auto focus, i can focus by hand on my SLR.

Mark

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

RED eats batteries too quickly.
Jay

 

[Harky Jewett]

RED eats batteries too quickly.
Jay

That's why I'm looking at getting this:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13856&highlight=bauer
http://www.antonbauer.com/Cine.htm

For a long production day this looks like it would come in handy. Then you can use the Red Brick or AB Hytron for handheld or other situations where you can't be tethered to a large battery.

 

[Stuart English]

Battery Capacity

Battery Capacity

Yes the EVF and LCD in addition to the drive kill batteries at 45miniutes per charge.

What else were you running from the camera? A REDBRICK 140 will run my test camera + REDDRIVE + EVF + LCD for 90+ minutes in continuous record....