RED #8 testing team & some details

[Ken Corben]

RED One is a little big for that, but yes, after LART I'll be putting #8 in all sorts of precarious situations to get unusual shot sequences...

Good thing #700 is next in line. Sounds like #8 is gonna' be a tired camera:weight_lift:

 

[Steve Gibby]

Good thing #700 is next in line. Sounds like #8 is gonna' be a tired camera:weight_lift:

#8 may not be tired...but I'm sure there will be times it's owner will be! :weight_lift:

Lookin' forward to it...

 

[Brook Willard]

LOL...could happen sometime! A minimal setup RED One would be a "tad" big for a helmetcam, but maybe a shoulder brace mount or hand strapped with a safety leash...?

I figure a minimum setup to be a body, prime [*cough* 8R], onboard flash module and external battery. That's probably under 15lbs... quite light for a 35mm-esque setup. I'm sure we'll get it up there at some point for fun.

 

[Steve Gibby]

I figure a minimum setup to be a body, prime [*cough* 8R], onboard flash module and external battery. That's probably under 15lbs... quite light for a 35mm-esque setup. I'm sure we'll get it up there at some point for fun.

Let's do it!...sometime after LART

:biggrin:

 

[chuck colburn]

All these tests such as different lens types, green screens, under water, (although I do think that nude starlets would lend a certain validity) are all fine and dandy to confirm studio type shooting, there is a need for real world exterior tests. So what I'm offering to do is, mount the camera (don't care whos) on a class five (10,000lb.) drop hitch on the back of my '77 F-250 and take it for a spin on some abandoned heavily wash boarded logging roads. There is nothing to be concerned about here as the truck has four leaf overload springs on the back and is sturdy as a rock. I believe this type of testing should revel any potential mechanical problems that might be inherent in the camera housing and lens mount assemblys. And so long as I have the camera, I could also perform some beta testing with the new Jakes Foundry crash housing. Let me know when would be a good time.

 

[Steve Gibby]

All these tests such as different lens types, green screens, under water, (although I do think that nude starlets would lend a certain validity) are all fine and dandy to confirm studio type shooting, there is a need for real world exterior tests. So what I'm offering to do is, mount the camera (don't care whos) on a class five (10,000lb.) drop hitch on the back of my '77 F-250 and take it for a spin on some abandoned heavily wash boarded logging roads. There is nothing to be concerned about here as the truck has four leaf overload springs on the back and is sturdy as a rock. I believe this type of testing should revel any potential mechanical problems that might be inherent in the camera housing and lens mount assemblys. And so long as I have the camera, I could also perform some beta testing with the new Jakes Foundry crash housing. Let me know when would be a good time.

LOL...there it is...I knew there were some good reasons we invited you to be a member of the LART team!

The LART team members will need some comic relief to break up the busy testing schedule. Beyond your in-depth knowledge of lens technology, your sense of humor will come in real handy!

Ahhhh…we won’t have time for the F-250 hitch test, but we’ll definitely file that under “next time”…

 

[Steve Gibby]

RED User members:

Keep the L.A. REDTest (LART) testing suggestions coming. The testing team are members of RED User, we read this board daily, and we definitely appreciate your testing suggestions. We can't guarantee that we'll have the time, staff, or facilities to perform all suggested tests, but we'll do the tests that are deemed most significant (and feasible) by the team members - and some of those tests could be the ones you suggest.

All team members are volunteers, nobody is being paid, and we, the producers of the event, are producing this entire event without a budget for it - completely on volunteered time, facilities, and equipment - because we want the answers to key questions about RED One usage, just like you.

Again...keep your testing suggestions coming! As we get closer to the testing date, we'll analyze all suggestions, from the team and this board, and finalize a testing list and schedule for the two days we have to test.

Thanks everyone...

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

So what I'm offering to do is, mount the camera (don't care whos) on a class five (10,000lb.) drop hitch on the back of my '77 F-250 and take it for a spin on some abandoned heavily wash boarded logging roads.

On that note... If the camera survives the F-250 test (willing to perform that here too), I've got a collection of various testing er.. platforms available. The Terex TS-24B's are an adventure in themselves.

 

[Steve Gibby]

I like the green ones...100,000 pound, all-terrain dolly shots...I love it Jeff!

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

I'm just surprised nobody has requested the 'hammer test'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy20b7pCcrY

 

[Frank Weeks]

You guys are killing me. I hated missing NAB. Now this.

Sounds like waaay too much fun.

Go Red team.

Frank
#852

 

[craesmeyer]

Suggestion

Suggestion

Please, call some experienced sound recordist to field test the Red's audio! Let's not forget that, pls?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I like the green ones...100,000 pound, all-terrain dolly shots...I love it Jeff!

Yep. Not too many things handle all-terrain tasks like a large scraper. These old Terex models are from the '50s and they're hell to drive. Serious learning curve there. They're seriously front-heavy when not hauling a load (a lot of scrapers are) and one of the big rookie mistakes when scraping down-hill is to start off too fast. The air suspension has a lot of travel and if the nose is pointed down-hill and you hit a bump, you could put the front of the machine into the dirt and the ass end will come off the ground. Nothing puts fear into a new equipment operator quite the way that does. I've never seen one topple end over end though... Had them roll on their side. Usually they just blow a hydraulic line or have engine trouble and then you have a 35 ton chunk of iron in everyone's way until it gets fixed -- 55 tons if fully loaded. The one on the right in the picture has a special place in my heart. It obliterated 6 employee vehicles due to a massive hydraulic failure and an inexperienced driver at the wheel who was going too fast. Of little consolation to those who lost vehicles that day, was the fact that the first truck hit (and crushed like a pop can) was the F-150 owned by the scraper driver. That was not a good day.

If anyone wants a frame of reference for size, the tires on those green scrapers are 2meters in diameter.

 

[Steve Gibby]

Please, call some experienced sound recordist to field test the Red's audio! Let's not forget that, pls?

Yup...we'll test RED One's audio. Thanks for that reminder/suggestion...

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I'm just surprised nobody has requested the 'hammer test'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy20b7pCcrY

Oooh, so that's what happens to stolen iPhones. Clawhammer and a small screwdriver, nice tool selection. My 4 year old daughter is better with a hammer than that guy too. Anyway if we want the true "hammer test", I have a 16lb soft-head hammer used for driving large wooden tent-stakes. Previous owners: Ringling Bros.

 

[chuck colburn]

I love those circus hammers!
As a kid I grew up in a small rural Illinois town and every year the travelling circus would show up and pitch their tents on the edge of town. (Think "Something Wicked This Way Comes") My buddies and I would watch them raise the tents and line up the animal cages etc. Truly something magical and scary at the same time.

 

[Ken Corben]

Anyone able to lend their Canon 10-22 for the LART?

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

I've got lots of fast Nikkor glass if needed....

24mm F2 - 35mm F1.4 - 50mm 1.2 - 85mm F 1.4 - 105mm F1.8

 

[Steve Gibby]

Of little consolation to those who lost vehicles that day, was the fact that the first truck hit (and crushed like a pop can) was the F-150 owned by the scraper driver. That was not a good day.

Some gnarly Terex stories Jeff! Colburn is undoubtedly relieved to hear that it was an F-150 and not an F-250 that got flattened...:biggrin:

 

[Steve Gibby]

I've got lots of fast Nikkor glass if needed....

24mm F2 - 35mm F1.4 - 50mm 1.2 - 85mm F 1.4 - 105mm F1.8

Very cool...Evin has a ton of Nikkor glass also. You guys should compare kits and choose which lenses you feel would be best to test - a good variety.