Björn Benckert
Well-known member
Pardon the crude mockup, but what I'm requesting, and I know what would be a massively useful DSMC module, would be the ability to output 422 SDI with assignable overlays and general looks. This is something that's relied upon daily when using the ALEXA or F55, so we can output clean feeds for clients, overlays for ACs, and the ability to even throw on a REC709 lut (sometimes the monitor on set isn't capable of doing so) to inform the DP how things will look for his or her preferred working color space.
Preferably this module would have all the SDI ports protected by a wing, like the ALEXA. I know this is a shot in the dark, but a lot of Epic owners, who do studio work, would love for the ability to spit out independent outputs for on set monitoring, even leaving one clean for proxy recording, one for wireless TX/RX, etc etc.
To me this is a feature absolutely missing from the current design of the camera, and even a module the size of the +1, with SDIs would be absolutely killer, as well as moving the SDI ports (plural) onto the dumbside, and avoiding us having to fish cables out and around from the underside of the Epic.
I figured I'd post, and see if there's any interest, and hopefully (by Grabthar's hammer) that RED might have their interest piqued. What say you?
You can put one of those: http://www.belden.com/blog/broadcastav/Splitting-Digital-Video.cfm
Inside one of those: http://www.red.com/store/products/module-adaptor-plate-top-level
The adaptor module is pretty much an empty box with lot of space in it... so if you feed it with power and a short cable from the SDI out from underneath the camera and power from battery....Viola, home made adaptor module with built in SDI
But yes I agree, red should make use of the adaptor module and put all kinds of stuff in it or at least give us an "empty module" pferferably in different sizes with pinpout details so we could steal power from them internally and then build our own stuff.
Inside the +1 you can steal power on the inside but it's much less room in that one.
And yes if you want to pay for it I would be happy to make you one
