Shaky Dovetail/Bottom Plate

[Brandon Fraley]

The ET plate is "industry Standard" because it locks onto an Arri dovetail, which you will find all over the place.

ahhh, your right, that does make sense. for the time being I'm still happy with the RED plate

 

[Larry McKee]

I was fully expecting to buy the ET plate because of all the bad reports about the RED dovetail/shoulder mount. But, when mine came in, I was happy to find that it was solid. I really like being able to just pop the camera off the tripod and go hand held. Since I am a freelance D.P. with my own gear, having to satisfy the rental market is not an issue. If the camera goes out, I go with it.

 

[Joel Kaye]

No, the Cheese Plate is NOT rock solid.

Huh. My custom cheesplate was milled to dovetail with the RED bottom plate so it truly is rock solid. Cost me $100. The AllStar plate looks nice though.

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

Is anybody using the Allstar dovetail? (Except Allstar himself?)

 

[Michael Morlan]

I started a thread some weeks ago that describes a DIY fix for the Red dovetail. I'm on my phone right now and will look up the link later.

Michael

 

[Rob Gardner]

Arrinick re-machined the Red shoulder-mount dove-tail to match the ET Arri bridge plate, (which also has an Arri rosette on it, so you can use Arri pistol grips). Pretty cool. He said he would post a picture when he gets back from a shoot.

 

[Larry McKee]

I started a thread some weeks ago that describes a DIY fix for the Red dovetail. I'm on my phone right now and will look up the link later.

Michael

This is it: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13138

RED replaced the original clear silicone spacer with a harder black rubber one like Michael suggests in his post. If you have the clear one, you might get RED to send you the replacement.

 

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

Arrinick re-machined the Red shoulder-mount dove-tail to match the ET Arri bridge plate, (which also has an Arri rosette on it, so you can use Arri pistol grips). Pretty cool. He said he would post a picture when he gets back from a shoot.

Curious, I was going to do that next week as we have an arri bridge plate that we have and want to use on the red. The thing with the arri is that it is off axis, so I am really interested in seeing how Arrinick re-machined the mount to match the RED. Still I dont know why would you need to remachine the ET bridge plate if it comes centered. Looking forward to your post. The cheeseplate from red I didnt like. I didnt quite understand it, you have to remove the bottom plate in order to put it? or it goes in the middle of the bottom plate, if so how do you tighten it there?
I think it could have been much easier if the had just done it universally, so that ET or ARRI components could fit hassle free.

 

[Damien Molineaux]

Curious, I was going to do that next week as we have an arri bridge plate that we have and want to use on the red. The thing with the arri is that it is off axis, so I am really interested in seeing how Arrinick re-machined the mount to match the RED.

I'm guessing he's got an Arri 19mm which is not off axis. But isn't the part you slide the dovetail in on axis with the camera on a 15mm also ?

Still I dont know why would you need to remachine the ET bridge plate if it comes centered. Looking forward to your post.

It's not the Arri Base Plate which was remachined, only the Red Dovetail so it'll fit in the Arri Base Plate.

The cheeseplate from red I didnt like. I didnt quite understand it, you have to remove the bottom plate in order to put it? or it goes in the middle of the bottom plate, if so how do you tighten it there?

Agreed, the Cheese Plate is really a piece of c... Indeed you have to take off the Bottom Plate to put it on and off, and as I've tried to explain above, at least on my camera (Bottom Plate) it is not rock solid, the camera can move side to side.

I think it could have been much easier if the had just done it universally, so that ET or ARRI components could fit hassle free.

YES, I've said that many times. With all the problems people have been having with the Red Bottom Plate, Red should simply stop production on their Bottom Plate and offer the Arri Base Plate instead, and people could even choose between 15mm or 19mm. It would certainly cost a little more, but not that much I would think.

They could at least offer that as an option : a Base Production Pack with your choice of Arri Base Plate, without Red Bottom Plate and Dovetail, for maybe $1500. That would be a great alternative.

Cheers,
Damien