Sdi connector stuck

[Benjamin Cabral]

I'm on the middle of a shoot in studio and the videoasist guy plugged an SDI cable into my camera and got stuck. Anyone have any advice on how to unstuck it?

 

[Christopher A. Bell]

Sometimes the connectors can be assembled just a little bit “off” or the barrel end on the camera can have the center pin barrel just a tick too long and when you fully lock them together there is simply too much tension for them to release and you need a pair of pliers to be able to get the leverage to twist it back off. I have a similar issue with the TC port on my F55 and the Tentacle cables. Also, if they’re just old, beat-up cables, they can be a PITA. Used to run into this with satellite trucks, back in the day. I started just using short jumper cables from their BNC to my cam with my own cables that I knew were good.

Just get a pair of pliers or leatherman, etc. and be careful.

 

[Benjamin Cabral]

Sometimes the connectors can be assembled just a little bit “off” or the barrel end on the camera can have the center pin barrel just a tick too long and when you fully lock them together there is simply too much tension for them to release and you need a pair of pliers to be able to get the leverage to twist it back off. I have a similar issue with the TC port on my F55 and the Tentacle cables. Also, if they’re just old, beat-up cables, they can be a PITA. Used to run into this with satellite trucks, back in the day. I started just using short jumper cables from their BNC to my cam with my own cables that I knew were good.

Just get a pair of pliers or leatherman, etc. and be careful.

Thank you, the camera assistant did some magic to unstuck it.