Keep it light

[Alvise Tedesco]

I ordered a Raven (and sold my Scarlet mx) because I'm looking for a better compromise between image quality and "grab and shoot" capability. As much as I loved my Scarlet, I rarely used it for personal, suddenly inspired moments. Riding a bike in town, or hiking in nature, I could have a DSLR or a C100 easy on a backpack, but not my Scarlet.
I'm investigating lightweight solutions for those days.

I'm sure I'll buy a couple of Pag lite or similar. But I wonder what happen if I carefully wire to Red power lemo a letus helix battery and velcro it to the Base I/O?
Or this, maybe, with the added benefit of a D-tap: http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/powerlok_bp-u60-65wh
Anybody who happen to know better than me electricity, care to comment?

 

[Guillaume Depestele]

As long as your battery is 14.8v and can output around 5A, it's allright. There are a lot of cable lemo RED Input to D-Tap.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?117977-Dtap-to-Red-Epic

And of course, be sure to check the quality of the cable.

 

[Dragan Trifunovic]

I'm using 4s Lipo battery which is 16.8V full.

 

[Alvise Tedesco]

And I'm sure it is very lightweight. But for everyday use? Not sure I'd feel comfortable with a lipo next to my head when shooting from shoulder. And you have to have a loud voltage checker, isn't it?

 

[scott devitte]

I ordered a Raven (and sold my Scarlet mx) because I'm looking for a better compromise between image quality and "grab and shoot" capability. As much as I loved my Scarlet, I rarely used it for personal, suddenly inspired moments. Riding a bike in town, or hiking in nature, I could have a DSLR or a C100 easy on a backpack, but not my Scarlet.
I'm investigating lightweight solutions for those days.

I'm sure I'll buy a couple of Pag lite or similar. But I wonder what happen if I carefully wire to Red power lemo a letus helix battery and velcro it to the Base I/O?
Or this, maybe, with the added benefit of a D-tap: http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/powerlok_bp-u60-65wh
Anybody who happen to know better than me electricity, care to comment?

When I want real light on my Dragon. I use a W.C. fixed back- $99 and then velcro a Letus Helix Battery with a Red Lemo. Works great. Plan to do something similar with weapon when I get them.

 

[Alvise Tedesco]

When I want real light on my Dragon. I use a W.C. fixed back- $99 and then velcro a Letus Helix Battery with a Red Lemo. Works great. Plan to do something similar with weapon when I get them.

-Do you have any kind of voltage info on touch lcd?
-Did you go 2 pin Letus Lemo to 1B Red Lemo or cut cable and swapped connector?
-Can you tell me how long it lasts on your Dragon (Driving touch lcd as well?)

Many thanks!

 

[Dragan Trifunovic]

And I'm sure it is very lightweight. But for everyday use? Not sure I'd feel comfortable with a lipo next to my head when shooting from shoulder. And you have to have a loud voltage checker, isn't it?

You can see voltage on the monitor screen and you can use any silent lipo checker.