Urgent! Need Red RAID cable Tomorrow! (Los Angeles)

[Tims Johnson]

I have a cable now. Thank to everyone who contacted me.

 

[Jason Laramy]

Tim; call RED support, they might be able to help you - I would think they are responsible if it's not in the box?

 

[Joel Kaye]

Tim; call RED support, they might be able to help you - I would think they are responsible if it's not in the box?

Cables are no longer shipping with drives. They need to be purchased.

 

[Sean R.]

Cables are not included with the Red Drives.
If you need us to rush you one, you're only in LA so we can probably make it happen for you in time as long as your shoot isn't in the earliest hours of the morning. Call us in the morning and get a hold of your account rep. If they are unavailable ask for Sean and I will help orchestrate that for you.

 

[Tims Johnson]

Thanks Sean, I will call in the morning and get some cables rush delivered. I have one for tomorrow, thanks Travis. And thanks to everyone who responded. It's nice to know there is such a strong Red community here in LA. I will be more than happy to return the favor.

 

[Mark Pedersen]

Cables are not included with the Red Drives.
If you need us to rush you one, you're only in LA so we can probably make it happen for you in time as long as your shoot isn't in the earliest hours of the morning. Call us in the morning and get a hold of your account rep. If they are unavailable ask for Sean and I will help orchestrate that for you.

OK, so why the change?

Some people get a $200 cable included, and the rest of us have to pony up another $200?

Seems unfair, don't you think?

M

 

[Gunleik Groven]

I thought I read in an earlier post that there was one cable pr drive.

I was corrected when finalising my order....

The price is thus 1100 and not 900 pr RAID, which is ok, but should be stated clearer in the shop.

Gunleik

 

[CJ Roy]

Any reasoning as to why the cables are no longer included?

 

[Brent J. Craig]

Any reasoning as to why the cables are no longer included?

So Red can make money on something? They are a business.

 

[CJ Roy]

Right... but how is it justified when the cable is now worth the cost of the two drives inside?

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Which is all good. Still it would be good to know when you're doing your orders...

 

[Ricardo Mehedff]

i thought you could use regular firewire800 on the REDdrive... right? or not?

 

[Matthew Rogers]

Did anyone get the drive without paying extra for the cable? The cable probably cost so much because the connectors aren't very cheap. What is absurd is $100 for 5 wingnuts! Even with making a good profit, they can't cost that much to make!

Matthew

 

[Brent J. Craig]

Right... but how is it justified when the cable is now worth the cost of the two drives inside?

Try buying the Lemo connectors on each end. They are about $100 each. Considering the time or equipment needed to accurately solder a connector that complex, $200 is a steal - probably Red's cost. $450 would be what a cable like that would cost for other film gear.

 

[CJ Roy]

i thought you could use regular firewire800 on the REDdrive... right? or not?

To connect to the camera, you have to use the lemo connection cable. Which looks like it's sata + power, of some sort.

 

[CJ Roy]

Try buying the Lemo connectors on each end. They are about $100 each. Considering the time or equipment needed to accurately solder a connector that complex, $200 is a steal - probably Red's cost. $450 would be what a cable like that would cost for other film gear.

Gotcha. Didn't realize they were so expensive.

 

[Joel Kaye]

Did anyone get the drive without paying extra for the cable?

Guess I was one of the lucky ones. I got two drives with cables. Wish I would have pulled the trigger for 3, which I knew I'd need. I remember some guy bought 9 drives. That guy could probaby unload some cables.

The good thing is one cable and perhaps one backup is all you need per camera. The cable stays with the camera and not the drive.