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KOMODO....

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jamesbridges said:
Will this work for powering?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...Y4fzb74IMiXW48aAvkYEALw_wcB&lsft=BI:514&smp=y
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If I understand correctly, it won't because that is compatible with Canon's new batteries for their current Cinema EOS line (C200, C300 II, C500 II), whereas the Komodo takes their original Cinema EOS battery (C100, C300, C100 II). Obviously, Jarred can confirm, but it is the BP-955 and BP-975 (and NOT the BP-A60 and BP-A30) that you're looking for - watch out for that "A".

These should work:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...4587B002_BP_955_Lithium_Ion_Battery_Pack.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...lligent_Lithium_Ion_Battery.html?sts=pi&pim=Y

And any variant for the original C300 and C100.

Also, I got a pair of BP-975s for around $25 each on MPB.com and the same for BP-955s on ebay. So, probably no need spending $300-600 batteries when you can get all day power for less than $100.
 
Thanks I was hoping for a D-tap to run a monitor without needing another separate battery to be concerned with. I’m sure with the popularity of this camera, hopefully someone will make old style batteries with a D-Tap
 
Does someone have a idea why they chose to power the Komodo with two Canon batteries? Hot swapping maybe?

I mean I understand the price savings, the form factor, even the Canon alliance (maybe...)

But I would have loved to see our Komodo powered with these tiny V-Locks, 14.8V, 6.6Ah, 98Wh:
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https://www.newsshooter.com/2019/11/18/nep-mini-v-lock-batteries-accessories/
 
jamesbridges said:
To me the big question is why go with an older battery system?
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Tried, tested, available and affordable?
Could be either one or all of these together.
 
yann LHENORET said:
Does someone have a idea why they chose to power the Komodo with two Canon batteries? Hot swapping maybe?
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Because it uses less power, allows for hot swap, and allows for it to be the most compact/light weight rigging.

I wouldn't be shocked if people come up with V-Mount solutions via adapter or whatever if they need really insane run times.


yann LHENORET said:
With only one CFast card slot? I don't understand...
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No real reason to have more than one card slot really.

I get the desire for perhaps a dual slot writing thing for data stability, but it's really not worth the squeeze if you're using decent media. Ideally you have some level of internal communication with the media itself to understand it's health.
 
Looks to me like a pair of BP bats would perfectly counterbalance one of those GDU rehoused RF lenses on a gimbal.
 
I'm a huge fan of the battery system and hope that a couple of the bigger Canon batteries (BP-975) can get close to 5-6 hours of power. And then use the smaller combo for 2-3 hours of power on gimbals and in tight spaces.

Even when I use cameras that have two card slots, I never do simultaneous recording. It's nice to have a hot swap if you run out of space while recording, but if you're prepared, only takes 10-15 seconds to change out the card.

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Biggest questions for me still:
1. What is the sensor size and therefore what is the crop at different resolutions? If it's close to a Super35mm sensor size, I'm going to beg for a Super35 4K version.
2. How effective is the AF? Are we talking Canon/Sony great or Panasonic OK?
3. Power draw
4. What accessories will be available, especially side handles and record/start stop and monitoring solutions.
 
Bob Gundu said:
Battery not media.
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I was not clear, sorry. My point is: what’s the logic of being able to hot swap the batteries to film for hours and hours (concert, documentary, sports...) if you only have 1H or 2H of recording time in 6K. And have to stop recording from time to time because you are unable to swap CFast too!
There must be a better reason, I’m sure.

Anyway I would have positioned the battery slots horizontally rather than vertically, for the camera to stay balanced when, on a gimbale, only one battery is needed.
 
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yann LHENORET said:
I was not clear, sorry. My point is what’s the point of being able to hot swap the batteries if you only have 1H or 2H of recording time in 6K. And are unable to swap CFast too!
There must be a better reason, I’m sure.
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My camera can be on set all day and sometimes only shoot a few minutes. Depends on what you're shooting.
 
yann LHENORET said:
I was not clear, sorry. My point is: what’s the logic of being able to hot swap the batteries to film for hours and hours (concert, documentary, sports...) if you only have 1H or 2H of recording time in 6K. And have to stop recording from time to time because you are unable to swap CFast too!
There must be a better reason, I’m sure.

Anyway I would have positioned the battery slots horizontally rather than vertically, for the camera to stay balanced when, on a gimbale, only one battery is needed.
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Because you don't want to have to power cycle the camera just as the director is saying "Ok lets shoot this and your saying just a min I just changed batteries and need to wait until the camera powers up." Or the sun is dropping and your low on batteries on the drone and you just land and swap them out one at a time hot swap and take off and get that amazing sunset, instead of landing powering down or being down due to no battery left and then powering up after the change out and watching the last bit of the orange ball drop just before you take off.
Or you have had the camera up for a long time just to make sure everyone is seeing the shot and then your ready to go for the big car crash shot and you think I don't have time to change batteries but they are kind of low and maybe we will go any second and you think Hey I can hot swap with out having to power down the camera and you put on fresh batteries and have the most amazing shot of the car crashing or blowing up or what ever and you didn't have to wait and find out later that the camera ran out of batteries. Or the entire production is waiting for you to power cycle the camera after a battery change.

Thats why you need hot swap and 2 batteries.
 
There is a DC power port for other external battery systems too. But the BP’s are IMO a brilliant low cost solution that fits well with the compact design. Plenty of capacity in the larger sizes.
Of course I already have a bag full of them for my old Canon camcorder. :smile:
In fact there are several design elements to Komodo that make it possible to reduce the total cost of a shooting kit compared to getting into a DSMC system: the smart phone interface, off the shelf media, readily adaptable lens mount, SDI output.
If we already have kit assembled for other cameras, much of that could be reused with Komodo.
 
Komodo looks like a very interesting product, can't wait to see the announcement. I do hope they squeeze out a few more frames, up to 48/50 at 6k so it can take on some of the competing brands such as BM pocket and z cam. I know a camera is more than just specs but I could really use that full sensor 50 frames.
 
Bart Oerbekke said:
Komodo looks like a very interesting product, can't wait to see the announcement. I do hope they squeeze out a few more frames, up to 48/50 at 6k so it can take on some of the competing brands such as BM pocket and z cam. I know a camera is more than just specs but I could really use that full sensor 50 frames.
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Would you be fine with 5.7K 50fps?
 
At this point I'm really just waiting for some footage and pricing for a ready to shoot package.
 
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