The RED Gear Rental Database

[Dominik Muench]

Hi Guys,

I had this idea yesterday.....I always found shooting on RED has a very distinctive advantage over a lot of other pro systems.....the fact that there are a quite a few of us RED owners out there around the world....this gives RED shooters the advantage that accessories, spare camera bodies, knowledge, lenses and other bits of equipment are "almost" readily available in a lot of places around the world. Which isn't the case with a lot of other camera systems.....lets face it...if you are shooting with the Alexa or F65 in Nigeria and the camera craps out on set....how likely is it that there is a replacement camera body within driving range ? RED users there are a lot of us all around the globe, RED ONE's, Scarlets, Epics.....

So my idea was....why not create a website database, made up of a world map where RED gear owners can add their contact details and their location and every added owner shows up as a little red dot on the world map.
So if someone is shooting in Indonesia or somewhere in Europe and they want to see if there are any people in the area that hire out gear, they have an immediate graphical representation of who is where and what sort of gear they have. Which can give extra security to productions knowing that there is potential help available in case extra gear or replacement gear is needed fast.

I know a lot of people are probably concerned regarding privacy and safety issues, but this database wouldn't really be much different to this forum where everyone is registered with their real name, a contact detail and a lot of people list their gear in their signature anyway. Plus the information in the database could be protected by having to sign up first before it can be accessed. Realistically just a mobile phone number/ email and a list of gear that is available to hire with a rough location would be enough.

What do you guys think ? Could this be an interesting venture used by people ? I have a web server I'm happy to run this thing off, but I have no clue about web site developing really.

 

[Mark Andersen]

I like your idea in general, it could be very useful when traveling, etc. to know where help and gear can be found. As long as the security thing can be worked out the idea could work.

 

[Dominik Muench]

Hey Mark,

I think so as well....like I said, I wouldn't expect anyone to post exactly where they live down to the house number and a blood sample and a list of all their gear....just a listing of gear thats available for hire, a name, mobile/ email and a rough location setting.

I wonder how hard this would be to program or if there are modules available. If anyone as a web developer would come on board I'd be more than happy to run and admin this thing.

 

[Brian Merlen]

someone in the nyc area has a google doc listing of a few peoples stuff, bur i like this macro world wide list idea better... good for travel help

 

[brett ogden]

Dude i was just thinking of this idea! I may have a team that could do the Web side of things. Domimik PM me and lets start talking.

Edit... I HAVE a team that could make this project huge.

 

[Dominik Muench]

PM sent Brett