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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

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KETCH ROSSI said:
Yeah, I did, and it happened the photos are gone, gone gone.
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Bummer.

But I got some, just that you are not in any of them. (sorry).
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You serious? :blink:

Not fair. I took pictures of you. :bleh: Oh well, maybe these will help comfort you in your loss... :)

Pictures from left to right: Ladies Man 1 | Ladies Man 2 | Watching the Master. Hehe.
 
Will do, Ketch.

I hope I'm not going too far with this one, but it's something you don't see every day. Here's one of the models reviewing her own blue-screen footage on Luki's SCRATCH pre-post station.
 
Originally Posted by Andrew Young
I'd love to hear how the ActionCam performed. It seems like one of the more interesting stabilizers to come around lately.
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Stephen Williams said:
Hi,

I worked with Brian and his actioncam 10 days ago. Very impressed with the days work.
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I just posted a long review of the rig, but then realized we are still sort of on "lockdown" about the weekend. Gibby, is it OK if I talk purely about the Actioncam...? Those of you who have subscribed to this thread may well have already received a version in your inboxes...!
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
I hope I'm not going too far with this one, but it's something you don't see every day. Here's one of the models reviewing her own blue-screen footage on Luki's SCRATCH pre-post station.
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NDA is specific to RED cameras, data equipment and LART. Anything to promote Assimilate and SCRATCH is cool with GibCor as long as the specific NDA items are not discussed/released regarding RED equipment etc. Nice photo BTW - the caption should read, "SCRATCH - so easy and intuitive even a blonde can do it."



Charles Papert said:
I just posted a long review of the rig, but then realized we are still sort of on "lockdown" about the weekend. Gibby, is it OK if I talk purely about the Actioncam...? Those of you who have subscribed to this thread may well have already received a version in your inboxes...!
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Gibby is swamped but catching up. He authorized complete discussion and disclosure of info and photos of the actioncam and Brian's outstanding work. NOT the equipment under NDA of course which I believe did not work on the Actioncam.

Sharky
 
Thanks Ken. I figured as much but didn't want to step on toesies. Thanks again for a fun day.

So here it is:

Brian's rig was a pleasant surprise for me. I had last seen his gear a few years ago and it was unconventional to say the least (his original arm was a definite diversion from the norm) so I had no immediate expectations of his rig. At first glance I saw solid, thoughtful machining going on and while there are a few issues that I noted even before mounting up, Brian was right there in agreement and indicated that they were going to be taken care of, which is always a good sign.

When it comes down to it, the two most important components of any stabilizer are the gimbal and the arm. The gimbal did show a bit of stiction which we discussed, although for the price point Brian is working at this may be to be expected. The arm is impressive, with performance that is much closer to isoelastic than this design of arm would suggest (it takes less force to push all the way down or hold all the way up than much of the competition, barring the big brand names). It also tracks well and feels solid.

The ability to lift components off the RED and place them on the sled (monitor, battery rack etc) is clever, although eventually one would probably want to supplement some of this in case you end up flying a different camera. Certainly a daylight-viewable monitor with greater viewing angle than the RED screen will be required, it's impossible to boom through the range of the arm without the screen "reversing out" and it gets dusted outdoors for the most part. However, for folks looking to get their REDs up and flying with minimal duplication of parts, this is a smart idea. There are lots of ways to configure the masses, so you can make your rig nice-and-fast for action scenes or

The vest is OK--we talked about beefing up the support in the critical lumbar area, that will probably help a lot.

For those unwilling or unable to plunk down the big bucks for a full-on setup (after trying on the Actioncam and heading back to my own rig across the room, I pondered just how many of the former I could buy for the same price as my own investment; certainly enough to get all of the cameras at LART flying, and then some!), this is definitely a good choice. And the red anodizing is pretty cool too!
 
Thanks Charles!

On the ActionCam, do the cables for the battery and monitor plug into internall wired extensions in the main shaft or do they expect you to buy 3' extensions and do the gangly gaff-tape exercise by taping them down the shaft externally?
 
They are supposed to go into the main shaft. The long red cables were unavailable so Brian had to use the short lcd cable to make it work at LART. I have some pics of the rig. Will post some soon.
 
tonaci, the cables I buy go into the shaft, or do they have their own cables wired that I plug into at the top then in return plug into the monitor at the bottom?

It seems they'd wire their own cables into the shaft. Heck, even Glidecam and Varizoom now come with wired shafts.
 
sharkguy said:
NDA is specific to RED cameras, data equipment and LART. Anything to promote Assimilate and SCRATCH is cool with GibCor as long as the specific NDA items are not discussed/released regarding RED equipment etc. Nice photo BTW - the caption should read, "SCRATCH - so easy and intuitive even a blonde can do it."
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Hehe, yeah, I thought of the blonde joke right as I posted it. Anyway, she was having a blast with it. So.. SCRATCH: So easy, you'll have a blast... Even if you're blonde.

...Too bad she moved her head right as I took the picture though. I think Ted thought it was funny too. Color should look better on this one, stupid photoshop web output was crushing my colors on my previous photos. Grrr.

I just got back in town tonight. Other than looking through my 65~75 photos or so that I took, I've been making backups of what I brought back with me. I'll start working on processing some of that bluescreen and some other things over the next couple days.
 
flameop said:
so thats the Scratch Red system..
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Yes, unfortunately the blonde is not included. Or at least I don't think so, but you might want to double-check that with Lucas. The SCRATCH pre-post system is that 12" black cube on the far end of the table hooked to that Apple 30".
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
Yes, unfortunately the blonde is not included. Or at least I don't think so, but you might want to double-check that with Lucas.
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No wonder it cost so much, must be a long term rental of both... ;-)
 
Shawn Nelson said:
tonaci, the cables I buy go into the shaft, or do they have their own cables wired that I plug into at the top then in return plug into the monitor at the bottom?

It seems they'd wire their own cables into the shaft. Heck, even Glidecam and Varizoom now come with wired shafts.
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"All cables run into the shaft. It's not wired cables in the shaft, thats only with our zero-g model. The only cable we'll be providing is the power-extension cable. The longer RED lcd and raid cables can be ordered from RED. Depending on your configuration, you might not need any longer cables. If you don't have the RED Raid - then no longer Raid cable needed; if you keep the LCD closer to the camera (like I did at LART) - then no longer LCD cable needed" Brian Goff

For anyone interested in buying one, if there is enough interest, I'll set up a demo for the rig in LA.

Again a HUGE shoutout goes out to Steve and Ken for setting up such an incredible RED experience. Brian rocked the actioncam and I can't wait until the footage is released. It was also awesome meeting Charles Papart the steadicam guru who masterfully did some amazing steadicam work for the LART footage you will soon see.

Fyi, the configuration that you see Brian with is the version for RED where the red cradle and rails are utilized. The one I am rigged up with in the pic utilizes the "zero"g" config that comes with an lcd and vmount cradle. IF you have a RED and basic production pack, you won't need the zero g config We didn't have the red cradle and rails available at that moment, so Brian put on his zero components for counterbalance.

I'll post more thoughts on the actioncam later.

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Brian installing the redcradle and rods to the bottom of the actioncam.

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I'm rocking the "Zero-G" configuration. No long lcd cable, so the monitor and battery at the bottom served for counterbalancing purposes only.

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Brian installing baseplate.

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Brian flying the red edition configuration and Mr. Brook Willard striking a pose thats not a pose. =)
 
Just came to somewhere in mexico. Last thing I remember is partying with 4 lart models and getting into a third bottle of tequila. Now I am lost in mexico with only my underwear, a huge tattoo of a taco on my chest and a burro that was sleeping beside me and that I somehow have signed ownership papers for. I have traded the burro with sanchez the owner of an internet cafe for 10 minutes of internet time. So for the love of all thats holy someone help me.



Gotta go, I hear them playing the macarena in the bar next door and I'm up for a little partying.
 
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