Pro I/O Module - Info and Pics?

[Christian Munoz D]

Not sure about that guys, the older design of the I/O module was shorter, and the system with the adapter, I/O and battery module was thought not to be longer than the Red One, although the comparison pic below is with a Scarlet and was very old idea.

 

[Enrique Blein]

There are so many things I don't really need in the Pro I/O module, that I'd like to propose a simple Dual Audio XLR input module. The shorter, the better...

 

[Rocco Schult]

don't forget the second EVF/LCD out, the most important of the missing connections.

 

[M.D. Hilton]

There are so many things I don't really need in the Pro I/O module, that I'd like to propose a simple Dual Audio XLR input module. The shorter, the better...

http://woodencamera.com/a-box-epic-scarlet

 

[Jeremy Forni]

@Rocco true....very very important for focus puller

 

[Enrique Blein]

http://woodencamera.com/a-box-epic-scarlet

My sound man does not aprove using the mini plugs of the Scarlet: it works just as a reference while recording on an external device for syncing later on. Too much hassle, but will have to be the solution, meanwhile

 

[Erich Ocean]

@Rocco true....very very important for focus puller

Why not just use the HD-SDI out for the focus puller?

 

[Erich Ocean]

Not sure about that guys, the older design of the I/O module was shorter, and the system with the adapter, I/O and battery module was thought not to be longer than the Red One, although the comparison pic below is with a Scarlet and was very old idea.

+1 on the shorter module. I sure hope it's not that huge thing earlier in the thread.

 

[Ben Garvey]

And what is that wheel thing hanging on the left side?

 

[John Bannister]

I don't think that is correct. No one outside of RED has seen the current Pro I/O and current Quad Battery Module

Tim was sent the quad battery module to beta test a few months back.....
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...-BATTERY-MODULE&highlight=Quad+battery+module

 

[Rocco Schult]

Why not just use the HD-SDI out for the focus puller?

because the internal has all the touch and runs without additional power.
Flat, slim, light, all sexy functionality in a box. Of course, 7" is better.

 

[Jeremy Forni]

@Erich

We want to use our RED old LCD 7"...with this second LCD/EVF out

 

[Tehben Dean]

@Erich

We want to use our RED old LCD 7"...with this second LCD/EVF out

+1 all I really want is another monitor port so my AC can use the old 7" from my RED.

 

[Chris Luker]

If there is a need to beta the i/o module on Scarlet in the cold mountains of Park City et al, I'm all in!

 

[Adrian Correia]

All I want right now is dimensions to the Pro I/O and Quad Battery module so I can get my cases cut.

 

[Björn Benckert]

All I want right now is dimensions to the Pro I/O and Quad Battery module so I can get my cases cut.

It's looking like we might need bigger cases....

 

[Karlis Jaunzems]

+1 here in Estonia as well. It just makes all the sense in the world to have EVF for Cinematographer/Camera Operator and 5" touchscreen (or even better 7" and matte screen) for AC to control the camera and all settings of the Epic.

 

[Sam Winzar]

If we could just get a second evf/lcd port on the camera, maybe through a "PRO" DSMC 1.8" SSD Side Module with two of them, I think it would solve a lot of people's problems. Generally on set we require an EVF port of the DOP, and monitor for the AC (and being able to use a RED MONITOR with the touch screen would be great) and a HD-SDI out for the director/client. Just one more connection than the brain has is all we need and I'd love to have that without the need for something as large as the PRO I/O module.

 

[Ryan De Franco]

Sam, the additional port on the side SSD is a genius idea, but likely one we'll never see:

The components for generating a second feed might need more space than the slim SSD module takes up, unless they make it wider, posing compatibility issues with the cage system. I for one could care less about ribs on the side of a camera, but it looks bad to release a $1300 cage then make it obsolete when a genius new SSD module comes out. It could also be too much throughput for the SSD module to handle, but I doubt that, I have a feeling Red designed like Marantz, everything underclocked, ready to be pushed further.

Second is the fact that Red hears the complaint all the time 'its such a small camera...' what we love, many union ACs and operators dislike. They've done one job for 20 years with a camera that basically hasn't changed shape, now the Epic requires them to think differently. On big jobs the camera tends to get built out with all the large high end lenses and accessories that the small DSMC size is more of a quirk than a positive.

The pro io serves the purpose of giving a recognizable form factor to an industry that expects one; at least in some circles, this is more important than a few more SDI connections.

 

[Patrick Lawler]

Here's a neat idea! Currently the main reason why people want a pro I/O is for using two red monitoring options at once. Currently the only port is on the side SSD module. Since they canned the basic I/O module maybe a second EVF/LCD port will be on the rear SSD module announced on the back order list. That would certainly solve all my monitoring problems & length issues with the pro I/O. And there's no harm in having two SSD cards at the same time for longer recording!