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Necessary tools for Red One

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Brent J. Craig

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Hi guys, as you have heard, DMacleod and I are going on a 35 day shoot around the world with 2 Reds. Since the care and feeding of the cameras is my responsibility, I want to make sure I am carrying all the tools I might need for any eventuality.

I would greatly appreciate it if people could share their list of indispensable tools for working with the Red One. Please be as specific as you can with things like Allen key sizes, etc.

Also since we are carrying a spare CF reader board, are there any unique tools required to replace that? Any other spares you would carry?

Thanks in advance.
 
need urgent help

need urgent help

Gentlemen,
I was changing PL to Nikon.One of the hex screws got stuck.any ideas?
Anyone has doug underdahl's cell #?
Should I take it to local jeweler?
Thx,
Babu
 
By "got stuck" do you mean the allen keyway got stripped ? Try slightly larger allens, the mount hardware is metric, rest of the camera standard. Replace that screw so it does not get you next time.

If that does not work drill it out. Cover the lens port with tape to prevent anything nasty from happening with the sensor.

Flat head hex socket screws look cool, but are very easy to strip. You might want to consider replacing them with slotted if you are going to be changing mounts often.

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com
 
Red is now using Torq screws for the mount. I'd get some of those, they work a lot better.

Dave
 
Yeah, they are easy to strip. I like Matt's idea of trying a slightly larger Allen. If you consider yourself very mechanically inclined, go for Matt's suggestion and drill it, then use a screw extractor. If you have never done this before then I would STRONGLY suggest that you don't learn to do it on your RED!! I think a local machine shop could zip it right out. Hex socket screws are fine if you just snug them up. Torx would be a stronger choice, but once you get the factory screws out, just put the shorter hex flat head screws that come with the Nikon mount in snugly, firmly even - but don't overtighten. Really, there are 8 of them and 4 will hold any Nikon lens, even the bigger ones if you use a lens support as you should, so just make those 3mm screws a bit more than fingertip tight.
 
Good luck Brent,

You need any techies? LOL.
Shoot me a PM and tell me about your project.
Is it one of Dale Hildebrants? I know he was trying to fund a non-narrative style featurette. Baraka styl'n.

James
 
I'm prepping for a 100 day traveling shoot this summer, so I'm very interested in this as well. Just managing the data is breaking my head.
 
Brandon said:
what is a G safe raid?
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http://www.g-technology.com/products/G-SAFE.cfm

Allen keys are small enough to take an entire set they have sets in holders from 1.5 mm to 6. you never know when you might need any size.

Aside from what has been mentioned, I would also bring:

Lens pen for cleaning.
spare bolts and red wingnuts.
a protective cover for the lcd, plexi or PDA type scratch cover.
extra Red specific cables.
Fedex account to send back full drives, copies of course.
some kind of rain gear for the cameras.
you also might want to sign up with one of the companies that take care of you if you get hurt overseas. some countries don't have the best medical care.

Thats all i have off the top of my head.

Have fun!!
 
I take my life with me on 2 month shoots, every precision tool I have metric and standard, soldering iron 110 & 220, foriegn adapter plugs, canned air, candy,

I went to Morocco, I couldn't find a computer store that sold Internal Sata Drives, or even knew the language I was speaking.

So at least get a pocket guide to a language, I got both French and Arabic. Trust me, In Beirut I was able to pick up those Lebanese beauties...

Its better to have it and not need it, than to need and not have it.
 
If you are stopping over in Johannesburg, let me know. Theres a few Red owners here that would love to buy you a drink or two... or three... or four
 
Good points so far, everybody.

I hadn't thought of the fact that soldering irons need to be 110 or 220!

I understood that perhaps the Red needs some Allen keys smaller than 1.5mm?

What size Torx heads do you need for the new mounts? Regular or security?
 
Douglas Underdahl said:
Yeah, they are easy to strip. I like Matt's idea of trying a slightly larger Allen. If you consider yourself very mechanically inclined, go for Matt's suggestion and drill it, then use a screw extractor. If you have never done this before then I would STRONGLY suggest that you don't learn to do it on your RED!! I think a local machine shop could zip it right out. Hex socket screws are fine if you just snug them up. Torx would be a stronger choice, but once you get the factory screws out, just put the shorter hex flat head screws that come with the Nikon mount in snugly, firmly even - but don't overtighten. Really, there are 8 of them and 4 will hold any Nikon lens, even the bigger ones if you use a lens support as you should, so just make those 3mm screws a bit more than fingertip tight.[/QUOTE

thanks everyone.Doug-Ignore my frantic calls on your answering machine.
A local jewelry shop guy got it out for me.It got stripped.
Thanks again.
Babu
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Hello,

Those G-Safe RAID cases are just rebranded cases similar to Sans Digital. I took most of ours out of the mix after a bit. They were just really flakey at first with drives that you enabled SATA 300. One drive would usually just turn off after a bit of use when both were set to SATA 300 throwing the chassis into a screaming fit (usually when I was asleep).

Here is a similar one from Newegg;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111006

Support from Sans Digital was fairly uneven. They don't even post their firmware or software utilities for download. You basically had to email and hope they got back to you.

I would hunt around for something much better with critical footage from such a journey.

Have a great time!

ATF
 
ATF said:
Hello,

Those G-Safe RAID cases are just rebranded cases similar to Sans Digital. I took most of ours out of the mix after a bit. They were just really flakey at first with drives that you enabled SATA 300. One drive would usually just turn off after a bit of use when both were set to SATA 300 throwing the chassis into a screaming fit (usually when I was asleep).

Here is a similar one from Newegg;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111006

Support from Sans Digital was fairly uneven. They don't even post their firmware or software utilities for download. You basically had to email and hope they got back to you.

I would hunt around for something much better with critical footage from such a journey.

Have a great time!

ATF
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No problems here w/ our G-Tech drives.
 
I carry one of the battery powered soldering irons with me on every shoot.

I'm thinking of buying 30 of these: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10722

Then rotating them, send 5 back to the states every week or so, and them have them offloaded and backed up, then sent back to me at a different location. Basically always trying to keep 15 on hand. I would only have to keep redundant copies on location of the footage that was in transit.
 
One of the cold heat irons or simply battery powered? Most Soldering Irons are AC... up to what wattage is a battery powered one? I see a few at only 6 watts...
 
...new lithium battery flying rules...
 
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