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National Geographic - Trek to Myanmar’s Highest Peak - Trailer - shot on RED Dragon

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJPFoUGNBY


So many awesome stories about this one, one of them being for a nice chunk of the journey they used the Carbon Fiber Dragon without any monitor whatsoever... Spray and Pray.

Thanks Renan, Cory, Eddie, Keegan and Nat Geo for pushing it to the edge.

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Did they shoot 6k? If so, they could obviously reframe and still get 4k. Sounds like men, women and machine equally rugged on this trip.
 
I went up to Annapurna Base Camp solo with the Epic in October and I can understand why they did this. Every ounce counts, and with a power-hungry beast like the Epic you give up niceties just in exchange for it to be even possible to shoot. Batteries and charging take priority over lensing, accessories and backups (such as extra monitors).

I'd love to see a full BTS on this.

I'd also love to see a less power-hungry version of the Dragon in whatever the next body looks like :)
 
Surprising not to see any solar panels. For any trip over a day you come out ahead by replacing extra batteries with a solar panel or two.
 
That's pretty amazing. I wonder what lenses they were using and what their keeper rate is. Without using live view on my DSLR I see an AF keeper rate of 60% at best and a basically nonexistent MF keeper rate. And that's with an OVF. Without any kind of monitoring at all? I wouldn't even bother trying.
 
Having been in this situation... if your back focus is set properly you can rely on the lens markings. Using a deep aperture and preferring wider lens choices you can end up with a high ratio of usable shots if you've got decent depth and spatial perception. Which, if you're stuck on a rock above 10000 feet, you probably have anyway.
 
I hope on future expeditions they at least rig up like a tiny 1.5" LCD like on the back of a DLSR. I'm sure national geographic could spend a couple grand to have a Chinese company work one up for them.
 
I found this in the reduser archives I remember hearing some of his gear got damaged by the rain here is the thread to the quote

http://www.reduser.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-109082.html

Tim Kemple said:
Hey Ben, this is Renan Ozturk. I'm a cinematographer working with an expedition team, and here in Myanmar. We just spent two months in the northern Kachin jungles where the rain broke my RED Dragon monitor. I arrived in Yangon last night, and am hoping somehow someway to contact the private owner of the one Epic in Yangon to see if I could rent the monitor for 1 week while I travel to Bagan and also film here in Yangon. Do you have his contact info? Thank you very much for your help. Best, Renan (www.camp4collective.com0
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I ran a little test with my CF in Yosemite, just to get a taste of how difficult it would be to carry an EPIC deep into the backcountry without a sherpa and cache of batteries. Let's just say, it was no joke. My pack was in the 65-70lb range when loaded with the lightest survival gear I could find, and all my camera AKS.

I chose to run a REDvolt, side handle, and 5.0 config which is apparently the most power efficient setup. However, batt performance at higher altitudes/colder temps is a tad dismal. Combine that fact with the need to bring the sensor up to operating temperature before rolling, and you can quickly see a bit of a dilemma forming. All in all though, that's the beauty of it. You won't be seeing too many DRAGONs in the wilderness. People on the trail were totally in awe, looking at me like I was nuts. Guess what? I am. Haha.
 
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