Handheld Configuration with the Red

[Justin Talley]

First off, I'm very sorry if this is a derivative post, but after searching for a while I couldn't find anything completely on point.

I'm gearing up for a feature to be shot in Detroit, and I'm testing several cameras against each other. I've not had a great deal of experience shooting with the Red, but the experiences that I've had have been pleasant.

The feature is extremely handheld-centric (about 60% of the movie) so I'm looking for sage advice about handheld configs for the Red. I have a camera house with pretty much everything under the sun in terms of AKS for me to play with, but I'm just looking for a little guidance. A camera that is infinitely configurable can sometimes be daunting.

I'll be using either Ultras or Supers and a wide-ish Optimo with a Bartek and an onboard LCD.

Thank you for any help you can provide,

 

[Steve G]

The red is a beast to hand hold, but you can make your life a bit easier with an easyrig and bull bars. Wireless follow focus is also good, but does add to the weight of the set up. Clip on matte box also good.

Having a good assistant that will whip the camera off your easyrig at the end of a take is essential !!

 

[Nick Gardner]

In my humble opinion the Red is a great hand held camera. It's a lot smaller and lighter than a 35mm camera.

I find all of the big goofy hand held rigs cumbersome. I prefer the Long Valley LWS, and a a set of handgrips like those for the Aaton. Use a light weight MB and FF. I find it very comfortable with the flat base on my shoulder, but if your just wearing a light shirt, a pad would be in order. I usually just fold up a cloth diaper and lay it on my shoulder.

Nick

 

[J. Bernard Vallon]

use the battery belt clip, and a good EVF holder. The ET one, or something that will let you sling it forward more, moving the camera farther back onto your shoulder. I like Ultralights, since they are so articulate.

 

[Jean Wallez]

Here is one solution

 

[D Fuller]

Koffi, this looks like an interesting setup, but what am I looking at here? battery is in a belt clip, but what is the shoulder pad, and whose handles are they? Is it an ET battery mount? What's the matte box?

I'm really interested in this lightweight setup

 

[Jean Wallez]

So,come in the kitchen:
SIMVIDEO base for position and rods (2X15mm 60mm spacing and 2X15mm Arri 100mm spacing)
ACTIONPRODUCT RAIDRACK for drive and 15mm rods
ELEMENTTECHNICA 15mm top mount and rods
RED handle placed the opposite way and RED short arm for EVF
DOMKE pad
and the secret sauce is.....

 

[Shawn Booth]

How do you operate hand held on a 35? By matte box? Then skip clip on MB. I hold the MB/rods to op HH.

ET EVF Mount.

Using wireless FF, good.

CARBON FIBER RODS!

6" steel rods are essential. I don't see many out there in use, but why use a whole 12" steel rod to mount something on top?

For feature work, I think the belt clip would get in the way... It's just another cable in the way of the operator.

Everyone has their way - I just pop the camera off the head in whatever config it's in and go personally. For me, the camera is light weight enough.

Cable hanging off is audio... Not visible, but we're shooting to drive mounted via cradle.

 

[Florian Stadler]

ET Mantis, 16GB cards, offset battery in back for better balance, use ET alluminum plate with QR instead of cradle.