New lightweight rod support bracket

[Douglas Underdahl]

Hey - here's our new lightweight support bracket for the Red camera. Mounts directly to the front of the camera so you save weight and complexity over other methods. For 15mm rods, 60mm spacing.

Here's the Youtube video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7McZ7-6eSzA

This prototype is bare 6061 aluminum; finished version will probably be black anodized.

Don't have the price yet - should be a bargain.

 

[Fredrik Callinggard]

Way to go! Nice to see well needed accessories pop up like this.

 

[Tico Llaurador]

Doug, you're a MAD genius!

:biggrin:

 

[Shawn Nelson]

Douglas, watched this and your upper handle video you just posted. Wow! You sir, are quite a good inventor/tinkerer. It's awesome to see what you come up with.

 

[Nick Gardner]

cool ;-) I sketched that out months ago but haven't had time to make it my self.

Now I don't have to do it. A must have for steadicam and hand held.

Thanks,

Nick

 

[Brook Willard]

Nice work! I brought that up with the guys back at NAB 2007. Glad to see somebody made it, that's well done.

 

[Tico Llaurador]

You know, if it wrapped around the body far enough so it can be secured by the front two lower side bolt fixtures, it could support a bit more weight securely.

 

[Bérenger Brillante]

it's so great it should be sold on the red store...

can we use it with FF, MB and a lens support ? How much weight the red can handle on the front part ?

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

invention of bracket

invention of bracket

Actually, I invented this device in 1931 with Oscar Barnack, so . . .

And I invented the camera, and the photographic process, sooo . . .

Kristin Wiig and I worked on it together, soooo . . .

Here's a picture of me and her recreating our invention of peanut butter . . . sooooo .. . . ..

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

But seriously -

I will test it to make sure it is plenty strong and of course, send one off to Jarred to see what he thinks.

Thanks for the compliments, guys . . .

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Doug, all amazing!!!

You've mean Oscar Barnack from Leitz in Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany.

Leica stood for Leitz Camera. Instead of the exposure plates used in past Leitz cameras, the Leica used a standardized film strip, adapted from 35mm Edison roll-film.

 

[albert rudnicki]

very cool
bravo

 

[hunterrichards]

Reminds me of aaton's rod support, I was thinking of doing this. I am glad you did it first.

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

Hi Doug: I am too slow to think this up, or talk about it with anyone, or imagine it before you built it.

So I'm glad you did -- I only wish it had been given birth before I spent a bunch of money on 15mm studio and 19mm rod support systems, mattebox, and FF. I may still have to have one anyway. It's genius, even though everyone else thought of it first....:wink:

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I wish I had thought of it!

 

[hunterrichards]

Doug- Seriously, I was laying in bed last night and trying to imagine how to make this work with threaded 15mm rods. I didn't even think of using those screws to mount something too. What is the expected price range of something like this? Thanks.

 

[Damien Molineaux]

Nice job, I like it.

It will be black right.

Where do I sign,
cheers,
Damien

 

[Andrew Benz]

Brilliant. Yes, where do we sign up?

This would be great for a LW Doc. set up...

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

this is amazing for hand held...
now we can sit the bare bottom of the camera on a pad.. and the motors will have a place to attatch too.. i want one!!

 

[Peter Plevritis]

Really nice idea. Could you design it up to use any 15mm rods? Something more generic for that.