REDVOLT + REDVOLT travel charger

[Casey Green]

By the way, here is another way I came up with for using the OUTRIGGER Handle (and View Factor FMJ). It allows you to get much closer to the focus / zoom / iris rings and also does not require long screws that are needed in the stackable Touchscreen / OUTRIGGER config. Works pretty damn well.

 

[andreas margreiter]

The First small batch of chargers have come in.. first 100 or so Epic-M customers should be receiving Charger + 4 REDVOLT batteries this week

Awesome!!!!! Great news!!!

 

[Jason Wingrove]

So if the Quad charger is expected August (ish) we can expect the Red Volt XL's & battery modules to put them in soon after?

 

[Jarred Land]

So if the Quad charger is expected August (ish) we can expect the Red Volt XL's & battery modules to put them in soon after?

yes.

 

[Adam Eden]

Hi Jarred

In the future is there anyway you will be able to rear mount redvolt batteries without the side handle? IE Like the red bricks?

as having so much weight distributed to one side will make it very hard to balance the EPIC on a steadicam.

I will add more to this and other forums when my Epic M turns up shortly, but I am trying to make find configurations to mount the EPIC on my ARCHER 2 steadicam sled.

Biggest one I can see so far is using a Zeiss LWZ2, due to the fact that the lens is heavier than the camera and the centre of gravity point will be on the lens rather than the camera
hence the question.

 

[Steve Marshall]

Hi Jarred

In the future is there anyway you will be able to rear mount redvolt batteries without the side handle? IE Like the red bricks?

as having so much weight distributed to one side will make it very hard to balance the EPIC on a steadicam.

I will add more to this and other forums when my Epic M turns up shortly, but I am trying to make find configurations to mount the EPIC on my ARCHER 2 steadicam sled.

Biggest one I can see so far is using a Zeiss LWZ2, due to the fact that the lens is heavier than the camera and the centre of gravity point will be on the lens rather than the camera
hence the question.

Adam, I'm pretty sure there is a REDVolt module what will attach to the camera, with two REDVolts either side

http://www.red.com/images/products/epic/p_epic-explode.png

This picture shows it.

 

[Adam Eden]

Hey that D-Tap plate is exactly what I am after! Hopefully a RED BRICK can mount on the back of that, as that would fix 90% of my steadicam mounting issues.

Jarred hurry up and make it!!!!

 

[Christian Pfeil]

how long will one of this batteries last?
operating with the current display...

 

[John Marchant]

A couple of battery geek questions if anyone will indulge me? ( I fly RC planes powered by lithium cells running to several kilowatts, so its a subject I've invested plenty of time into...)

What capacity are the Redvolts in mah? What's the charge rate of the travel charger? One of my bugbears with chargers for video applications has always been the often rather 'dumb' charging technology and low C rates resulting in painful charge times relative to the performance potential of the cells.
Have you gone the smart battery/dumb charger and device route? Or is this a smart charger/dumb battery methodology to save weight and complexity per battery unit?

 

[vincent kardasik]

Could someone share pics of a Redvolt mounted on an Epic-M, please? If it's not done already...

 

[Cüneyt Kaya]

FYI epic 714 did get the batteries last week...redvolts pumped out fast!
i love them, whish i could order another 4 and the quadcharger now..thats how great they are.

 

[Joseph Hutson]

Could someone share pics of a Redvolt mounted on an Epic-M, please? If it's not done already...

First pic is of Jarred, showing off his camera at the April '10 RED Day Party...

Second is of EPIC-M #0008 this past February...

The battery design is the same, while the SideHandle has changed slightly between the two dates of the pictures. Hope that helps!

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

Is there any update on the big shipment of RED Volts coming in this month? I am super psyched for these.

Gads, how I love this camera.

 

[vincent kardasik]

Thanks for these pics Joseph! It definitely helps!
Can't wait to have mine...

 

[Christian Pfeil]

Will the 90WH Red Volts fit in the DSMC Handle?

 

[Curran Giddens]

Will the 90WH Red Volts fit in the DSMC Handle?

No. The REDVolt XL batteries are twice as big as the regular REDVolts.

 

[Christian Pfeil]

thanks, curran.

 

[Andrew clemson]

FYI epic 714 did get the batteries last week...redvolts pumped out fast!
i love them, whish i could order another 4 and the quadcharger now..thats how great they are.

Uh, how are the batteries being allocated? We're #711 and no word yet.

 

[Tom Lowe]

I'm really looking forward to getting a battery module!!!

 

[Christopher Nagel]

For you guys that own Epic-M's... it will change your life

I agree...being able to handhold the camera without a brick tethered to the back is going to change everything. Cant wait! I hope Epic-M #98 is in the first batch

Ahhh, ok. I thought he was referring to being able to turn the camera on....