OFFHOLLYWOOD OMOD for Weapon - It's ALIVE!!!!

[Patrick Grossien]

Yes. You can get an OMOD with "everything" - or "just audio" or "just FIZ", etc. Lots of options to hit the different price-points and user needs. Working hard to show you guys all the options imminently. The AMBIENT TC module is integrated into the OMOD ENGINE - which does all the color/signal path processing and live-grade integrations - so, if you want the wireless TC you will have to choose an OMOD with the OMOD ENGINE which gives you a shit ton of extra functionality (3 independent SDI outs, 108060i, etc.). But there will be a "compare" embedded spreadsheet on the site when it re-launches so you can figure out which OMOD make the most sense for you.

EDIT:

moved my post to here http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?130601-OFFHOLLYWOOD-OMOD-Modules-for-RED-WEAPON&p=1583753&viewfull=1#post1583753 because it seems to be the active thread now.

Mark, I was wondering about the change that RED now only supports one single module vs. multiple modules with the DSMC system.
Customer wise it always sounded like a great idea. And especially if your needs grow alongside your business.

And as I understand it now, we would now need to go all in with a big module, if we would need say 2 features but not the rest, because modules can't be combined. Correct?

Maybe you could help me understand what your take is on that. Do you see it as a good thing or as a bad thing? Because producing any variation of every module type doesn't seem practical either...

Thanks!

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

Mark, I was wondering about the change that RED now only supports one single module vs. multiple modules with the DSMC system.
Customer wise it always sounded like a great idea. And especially if your needs grow alongside your business.

And as I understand it now, we would now need to go all in with a big module, if we would need say 2 features but not the rest, because modules can't be combined. Correct?

Maybe you could help me understand what your take is on that. Do you see it as a good thing or as a bad thing? Because producing any variation of every module type doesn't seem practical either...

Thanks!

Yes - all DSMC2 modules can only have ONE module connected to the brain - and then you can add a DSMC2 Battery Module on the back if you want. OMOD changes that just slightly by allowing you to put a OMOD TX wireless video transmitter between any OMOD module and any DSMC2 Battery Module.

Basically - you add cost, complexity and size if you route every single signal from the front of the module to the back of the module to "pass down" to another module. Further - there is more going on than you think. There is a lot of communication between the brain and the module - so, it gets very complex and crazy when you "stack" modules. We considered doing it for OMOD - as there was a way we could do it - and then we looked at the cost and time - and we opted for a making a flexible architecture that would allow us to make many variants quickly and easily at the lowest possible cost.

Also, remember - when you stack modules you add weight and size you don't get in a single module. I drive the electronic engineers crazy on OMOD - packing stuff as tight as possible. A "fully loaded" OMOD with all the video processing and lens control is only 50.25mm long (from brain to battery module) - that's less than 2 inches.

I would not stress about your investment - get what you NEED - not what you WANT - like all things RED - there is a healthy after-market so you can sell and step up. Also, OFFHOLLWYOOD will rent all flavors of OMOD and you can roll 50% of the rental rate towards a purchase of that same flavor of module you rent from us.