My perfect module

[JanneJansson]

I do nature and doc filming allot and often really cut off from civilization. Power and data are always issues.

I like a "back-packer" module for both power and data. The module converts 5-50V to 12V for camera, and also enable USB-disk recording or downloading. If module is being feed some power the redvolt battery inside camera/module be automatically charged.

 

[Tim Hole]

As funny as it sounds. A dummy module that could be key or code locked if needed. For storing Media (mags/cards) safe place for the redmote, iphone...whatever you like...even just an extension for stability...

This may not be too good for running around and some situations. Zero rattling!

Ooh! And you could call it the REDHOLE (instead of black hole get it!!) and name it after me (-_~)

 

[Obin Olson]

Motion capture

Motion capture

The perfect one for me would be a camera motion recorder.'forget all that motion tracking in post with the problems and complications. Record camera motion with each take!

 

[AnthonyParisey]

A tethered module to a new redrocket for studio work.
It could send R3Ds during the take so you already start to work with it when the take is over.
I think everyone on set could save a lot of time.
It could be great with Storm.
If someone is familiar with Capture One Pro it's exactly the same functionality as the tethered shooting mode.
When the shot is over you can start editing, soft color grading, even light compositing if we could connect it to something like a Scratch.
The media should be recorded to the SSD as well for security of course.

 

[Jesper Sichlau]

My perfect module would be some kind of a combinated solution. I've made this little sketch to show how I would like it to be. Basically the idea is to have an end-module with oblique lines, kind of what the SI-2K look like and with a RED-brick attachable. The module should also include audio, which would be either XLR or mini-XLR and perhaps a few more things - I'm not that much into sound. Under the module there should be shoulder plate connected to a baseplate in order to do handheld camera-work. The shoulder and baseplates might be add-on's.

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

It's not MY perfect module, but from past experience, as RED moves beyond the core movie-making fraternity there are probably some potential customers who would really like an encryption module, to strongly encrypt everything shot, on the fly. Probably mostly with three letter acronyms for names, and probably willing to let you name your price.

 

[Jon Thomasberg]

An SLC NAND-based buffer module that is directly piped via contacts to the multi-lane PCI bus of the brain, thus bypassing the southbridge bottleneck of SATA. It would act as proxy/buffer to ensure no dropped frames.

BRAIN>RED PROXY I/O>1.8" SSD



and +1 for the Encrypted bootROM. But if that is too hard to accomplish at this point, you could always include a boot runtime sequence password/gesture prompt. Doesn't need to be elaborate, just something to ward off the would be thieves. Perhaps a reprogrammable button sequence, with 3 programmable memory slots: 1 master RED sequence, 1 owners sequence & 1 renter sequence with a lockout for, say 5 or 10 incorrect guesses, after which only the MASTER (RED) unlock code, or the OWNER code will unlock. The renter's sequence being readily reprogrammed and unlocked by the owner supplying the owners sequence "think: 'sudo passwd renter' "

GPS / Network module: GPS module could serve dual-pupose for geotagging metadata for each scene + act as lojack for the cam. If the RENTER account is lockedout, send syslog traps to central RED server proving serial of cam and global coordinates with GMT timestamp.