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Magnesium Weapon Glitches

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Jack Shanahan

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Anyone encountered the following?

1. When hitting record the camera starts recording but then immediately cuts. Happens at random.
Notes: happens when using any of the record buttons including the new top handle start stop.

2. During preview / live view the image freezes for a split second. Looks like the processor is getting hung up. Did not see anything like this on the recorded material -- only happens in preview. At first I thought this was due to the sigma lenses via the canon mount, but this also happened with a PL mount and Cooke lenses. Switching to 60Hz from 30Hz (5" red touch via lemo adapter A) seemed to make it happen less often. Waiting to see if I can replicate this with the 7" weapon touch
 
Dan Kanes said:
definitely had #2 on the cF weapon. haven't seen #1 yet (thankfully)
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Did you send a log file to Red? Glad to hear its not magnesium specific. Hoping firmware will fix this. Do you remember what screen you were using? Im trying to rule in/out variables.
 
A issue I been having 3 times so far with my cf is that sometimes when changing batteries and rebooting camera I either loose touch screen or the sidekick screen and I need to reboot camera.
 
I don't think I had any glitches but I had some corrupted prores files from our last shoot. r3d´s where ok. On CF weapon.
 
Jack Shanahan said:
2. During preview / live view the image freezes for a split second. Looks like the processor is getting hung up. Did not see anything like this on the recorded material -- only happens in preview. At first I thought this was due to the sigma lenses via the canon mount, but this also happened with a PL mount and Cooke lenses. Switching to 60Hz from 30Hz (5" red touch via lemo adapter A) seemed to make it happen less often. Waiting to see if I can replicate this with the 7" weapon touch
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I have noticed this as well. Occasionally there is a pause in the monitoring path and it doesn't effect the recorded footage at all. I have a feeling it's tied to some system check where it's looking at the temperature and Black Shade Cal status perhaps, but I could also be crazy.


Jon Carr said:
A issue I been having 3 times so far with my cf is that sometimes when changing batteries and rebooting camera I either loose touch screen or the sidekick screen and I need to reboot camera.
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Are you saying when you swap batteries with power on you lose image or when you reboot after swap there's no picture?

That doesn't sound like something I've seen yet. I haven't seen the record issue that Jack is having either.
 
happen to me .. I was trying to understand .. hehe I thought I had the defective cables....
 
luigivaltulini said:
happen to me .. I was trying to understand .. hehe I thought I had the defective cables....
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when I 1st noticed it I went through loads of cables/monitor tests before a clever Red bird set me straight!

To prove it is the same thing....do a big frame rate change and then do a slow pan back and forward and it will happen as the camera calibrates.

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Michael L
 
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