Komodo Multi-Cam Start/Stop Record Control?!?

[Ketch Rossi]

Hey fellow Redusers,
I know there is already something in the works, but not soon enough I am afraid...

Is there anything out now that can sync at list 3-Komodo cameras to Wirelessly Start/Stop recording on them simultaneously?

Thanks...

 

[Gregory Karydis]

So cool!
Looking forward to that Ketch!

Just for Sync, I'd look no further than a Tentacle for each camera + a cable to the Komodo from thomsonvisuals.com

But there's also a "hack" of sorts that I just tested with two cameras.
You can use a Tilta Nucleus N remote and many Nucleus N motors hooked up to each Komodo for R/S
Tune them all to the same frequency and then you can use the single trigger form the Nucleus Remote to Run/Stop all of the connected cameras.

For the control and 1 camera you will need:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...c_t04_nucleus_nano_wireless_lens_control.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

And then for each additional Komodo:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1514011-REG/tilta_wlc_t04_m1_nucleus_nano_motor_kit.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

I hope this helps.

 

[Craig Lees]

Hi Ketch,

On the earlier bigger reds, it was possible to do this using a Schmitt trigger and the GEN/SYNC BNC RED pigtails cable which I think went into the little lemo sync from something like a GEN10 which has 6 bnc outputs. Not sure about Komodo though as I dont have one. Someone good with electronics could custom make you one if time and budget permits? I think Madly Fins and OffHollywood used to make similar devices / cables back in the day when stereo3D was still a thing. I found this with a bit of Googling:

https://support.red.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044301953-Remote-Start-Stop

Good luck!

Craig Lees
UK

 

[Ketch Rossi]

So cool!
Looking forward to that Ketch!

Just for Sync, I'd look no further than a Tentacle for each camera + a cable to the Komodo from thomsonvisuals.com

But there's also a "hack" of sorts that I just tested with two cameras.
You can use a Tilta Nucleus N remote and many Nucleus N motors hooked up to each Komodo for R/S
Tune them all to the same frequency and then you can use the single trigger form the Nucleus Remote to Run/Stop all of the connected cameras.

For the control and 1 camera you will need:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...c_t04_nucleus_nano_wireless_lens_control.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

And then for each additional Komodo:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1514011-REG/tilta_wlc_t04_m1_nucleus_nano_motor_kit.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

I hope this helps.

Hey Gregory,
I will be using a Tentacle Sync E on each Camera and Tentacle Track E devices for Wireless Audio.

I'll check the Nucleus out and test thanks.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Hi Ketch,

On the earlier bigger reds, it was possible to do this using a Schmitt trigger and the GEN/SYNC BNC RED pigtails cable which I think went into the little lemo sync from something like a GEN10 which has 6 bnc outputs. Not sure about Komodo though as I dont have one. Someone good with electronics could custom make you one if time and budget permits? I think Madly Fins and OffHollywood used to make similar devices / cables back in the day when stereo3D was still a thing. I found this with a bit of Googling:

https://support.red.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044301953-Remote-Start-Stop

Good luck!

Craig Lees
UK

Thanks Craig,
I'll check in to this.

 

[Lars Wikstrom]

UPDATE: a few hours after posting the message below, I got an email with a full refund of the $300, an apology from Alex from thomsonvisuals.com and they wanted to fix my issue at no cost. Turns out that my emails for repairing the bad cable fell through the cracks and this post had them go back and review emails and found mine. I intend on returning the money to them and get my cable fixed like originally planned, I don;t want them to be out any money since I know LEMO connectors are expensive. This is a good company and I wouldn't hesitate buying from them again, now that the communication error has been resolved.

I would be careful with thomsonvisuals.com

I hired them months back to build custom cables for my Komodo The cost was $300 for 2 cable. When they arrived one cable worked great but the other cable to power my follow focus motor did not. They quickly had it sent back to them and they returned it, but still again it was not working. I tried to contact them multiple times about it after, but never heard back from them, they ghosted me. Going from quick response to no response.

Alex the guy I corresponded with was very friendly and always replied quickly.

I won't be using them or recommending them to anyone else.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

I would be careful with thomsonvisuals.com

I hired them months back to build custom cables for my Komodo The cost was $300 for 2 cable. When they arrived one cable worked great but the other cable to power my follow focus motor did not. They quickly had it sent back to them and they returned it, but still again it was not working. I tried to contact them multiple times about it after, but never heard back from them, they ghosted me. Going from quick response to no response.

Alex the guy I corresponded with was very friendly and always replied quickly.

I won't be using them or recommending them to anyone else.

Sorry to hear that Lars!

However I will be building my all of my own Custom Cables for the Komodo Cameras for this project.

Likely to Partner Up with Maxx Digital and a Highly Specialized Professional Cable builder company and might even offer them up for all Komodo Users
This would not be cheap, but would be of the highest quality standards possible and will be a perfect harmony match for the Komodo

 

[Alex Zeder]

Thanks Craig,
I'll check in to this.

The Komodo version of this is here:
https://support.red.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059567233-KOMODO-Start-Stop

 

[Ketch Rossi]

The Komodo version of this is here:
https://support.red.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059567233-KOMODO-Start-Stop

Thank you Alex, know the ins and out by heart

Just hoping to find a perfect solution to trigger this bad boys at once.

 

[Björn Benckert]

So cool!
Looking forward to that Ketch!

Just for Sync, I'd look no further than a Tentacle for each camera + a cable to the Komodo from thomsonvisuals.com

But there's also a "hack" of sorts that I just tested with two cameras.
You can use a Tilta Nucleus N remote and many Nucleus N motors hooked up to each Komodo for R/S
Tune them all to the same frequency and then you can use the single trigger form the Nucleus Remote to Run/Stop all of the connected cameras.

For the control and 1 camera you will need:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...c_t04_nucleus_nano_wireless_lens_control.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

And then for each additional Komodo:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1514011-REG/tilta_wlc_t04_m1_nucleus_nano_motor_kit.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1607235-REG/tilta_rs_01_rd4_nucleus_m_run_stop_cable_for.html
And a power supply for the motor.

I hope this helps.

To hit record via cable is not locking the cameras on a sub frame level, it ´s more like starting them on the same second. As the clock frequency of each camera is different. You need one camera to be master and the others slaving to it like you can do with DSMC2. I´m not sure this is possible with Komodo as of now. Like Kieth writes.

 

[Gregory Karydis]

Likely to Partner Up with Maxx Digital and a Highly Specialized Professional Cable builder company and might even offer them up for all Komodo Users
This would not be cheap, but would be of the highest quality standards possible and will be a perfect harmony match for the Komodo

In the end, that's what matters!

I guess you are right Björn. To paraphrase; maybe an app to rule them all and in the set start them would be the perfect solution.

 

[Alexander Thomson]

I would be careful with thomsonvisuals.com

I hired them months back to build custom cables for my Komodo The cost was $300 for 2 cable. When they arrived one cable worked great but the other cable to power my follow focus motor did not. They quickly had it sent back to them and they returned it, but still again it was not working. I tried to contact them multiple times about it after, but never heard back from them, they ghosted me. Going from quick response to no response.

Alex the guy I corresponded with was very friendly and always replied quickly.

I won't be using them or recommending them to anyone else.

Hey Lars,

First things first, my apologies for the non-working PD movie power cable.

I won't bullshit around, I left for a two-week gig that turned into a six-week gig. I had 600 emails waiting for me when I came back. My mom & employees did the best they could to manage the avalanche, but your email was one of the ones that got lost in the shuffle. I did see that you sent your warranty request to store@thomsonvisuals.com not alex@thomsonvisuals.com so it's not even like no one saw it. It's important for me to note that you did nothing wrong, my team just let that slip through the cracks. Obviously, an outstanding warranty claim is something I'd like to know about.

Once I saw this post on REDuser, I immediately went to your order in Shopify to take a look at the order notes. It looks like when we sent the cable back to you, we wired power to pins 1 and 2, and common to pins 3 and 4. It's possible that the pin-out from PDmovie is wrong, or the work that by employee did in my absence was wrong. In any case, let's make it right.

I've refunded the full $301.76 back to your card. No questions asked. If you want to give me another shot, I will send you a pre-paid UPS Next Day Air envelope to send the non-functional PD movie power cable back to me, personally, so I can take a look at it and see what's what. If I find that it can be fixed, I'll fix it. If I need to buy another 6 pin LEMO, I'll run over to Alpine Electronics and buy it right then and there. Thomson Visuals has been around since 2016, but it's never been this busy. I'm in the process of beefing up our customer support so something like this never happens again.

My apologies for the hassle, but sometimes, businesses just fuck up. I'm sorry it happened to you, but now that I'm back, I'd like the opportunity to make it right.

-A

Alex Thomson
Thomson Visuals

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Hey Lars,

First things first, my apologies for the non-working PD movie power cable.

I won't bullshit around, I left for a two-week gig that turned into a six-week gig. I had 600 emails waiting for me when I came back. My mom & employees did the best they could to manage the avalanche, but your email was one of the ones that got lost in the shuffle. I did see that you sent your warranty request to store@thomsonvisuals.com not alex@thomsonvisuals.com so it's not even like no one saw it. It's important for me to note that you did nothing wrong, my team just let that slip through the cracks. Obviously, an outstanding warranty claim is something I'd like to know about.

Once I saw this post on REDuser, I immediately went to your order in Shopify to take a look at the order notes. It looks like when we sent the cable back to you, we wired power to pins 1 and 2, and common to pins 3 and 4. It's possible that the pin-out from PDmovie is wrong, or the work that by employee did in my absence was wrong. In any case, let's make it right.

I've refunded the full $301.76 back to your card. No questions asked. If you want to give me another shot, I will send you a pre-paid UPS Next Day Air envelope to send the non-functional PD movie power cable back to me, personally, so I can take a look at it and see what's what. If I find that it can be fixed, I'll fix it. If I need to buy another 6 pin LEMO, I'll run over to Alpine Electronics and buy it right then and there. Thomson Visuals has been around since 2016, but it's never been this busy. I'm in the process of beefing up our customer support so something like this never happens again.

My apologies for the hassle, but sometimes, businesses just fuck up. I'm sorry it happened to you, but now that I'm back, I'd like the opportunity to make it right.

-A

Alex Thomson
Thomson Visuals

Very good Alex!

Fuck Ups, big or small are a part of human life...
It's the way it is and every Business/person has them soon or later.


But failure to take care of it it's the real problem, so good on you for taking care of it! Bravo!

 

[Lars Wikstrom]

Very good Alex!

Fuck Ups, big or small are a part of human life...
It's the way it is and every Business/person has them soon or later.


But failure to take care of it it's the real problem, so good on you for taking care of it! Bravo!

I updated my original post. Glad to see this was just an over site and that they will be resolving it! Like I said originally Alex was always quick to respond so it was out of character, glad it was a mistake. As I need more custom cables I will be using them again, trust is restored!

 

[Ketch Rossi]

I updated my original post. Glad to see this was just an over site and that they will be resolving it! Like I said originally Alex was always quick to respond so it was out of character, glad it was a mistake. As I need more custom cables I will be using them again, trust is restored!

Cool!
Love to see positivity and fellow filmmakers taking care of each other.

This business many say it's #%$ked Up, I say it just needs more good passionate people willing to forgive and forget but most importantly take responsibility and make good on each other... Always!