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WC Top plate and fun with POGO connectors

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Jeff Garton

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So I got my two Wooden Camera Weapon top plates. I will say overall I like them very much. I love re-locating the top LCD/EVF Connector to the dumb side and the ability to rotate the Lemo connector (within reason) is brilliant. You can also relocate the operator side pogo connector as well, but the cable that does so runs over the top of the fans as it crosses to the other side. This was a bit of a surprise to me. It blocks maybe a third of the intake, and does not rest right on the fan, so It's probably not a big deal. But I don't want any extra noise from the fans working harder, so I just pulled that assembly out. The cool thing though is that gives you a somewhat flexible equivalent of a Lemo A adapter, but with the ability to relocate the second lemo wherever you can get it to reach and stay. I don't like where the Lemo A adapter puts the connector -- often right in the operator's face. So for now, I'm going to epoxy it into a short 19mm rod and lock it into a location similar to the Epic, pointing forward, where it will be convenient to attach the EVF. I can rotate the Lemo in the 19mm mount a bit (cool) and the whole thing can just be removed it I want to. I'm sure there will be a lot of aftermarket pogo adapters in the near future, but this little hack will serve my current needs very well until something else comes along.
 

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Jeff,

That is a suprise that such a wide cable runs across the air intakes. I live in Australia where high temperatures are the norm and cooling is critical. I was literally just about to order one but I am now reluctant. To what degree does this set up actually compromise the cameras cooling ability? I would love to see an answer for that.
 
Yea not much a fan of the cable run. wished they made it longer to avoid the fans.
 
Matthew Quinn said:
doesnt look like the pictures from the WC website at all.. looks like backwards or soemthing
http://woodencamera.com/Easy-Top-Weapon-Scarlet-W-Raven.html
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thats what i was thinking, is it reversible?

so is the way to go for a base plate and rods wooden camera also, those are the ones i see on epics on set usually, just wanted to throw out there if these were the best small options for a light weight setup.
as well their monitor shade looks nice for the 4.7, same question, other options or is this the best?
 
WC is one of the fun booths to visit at nab. They have stuff you can buy right there after u test it. The little store in LA is cool too. I like those dudes and dudettes
gonna hit the booth up this year and get all the little missing elements for the scarlet-w rig at a discount
 
Matthew Quinn said:
WC is one of the fun booths to visit at nab. They have stuff you can buy right there after u test it. The little store in LA is cool too. I like those dudes and dudettes
gonna hit the booth up this year and get all the little missing elements for the scarlet-w rig at a discount
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so you get a good discount at NAB from WC? do they charge tax there?
i live in LA so i was going to get them at the store so i had them before the camera, but maybe i can wait on those if it's that much of a deal.
 
I think the nab discount was like 15% and no tax. The store is cool too, friendly folks and helpful. Deff worth window shopping at least, and grab a free wooden camera bottle cap opener heh. filmtools is close by also if you really want to burn a hole in both pockets
 
Matthew Quinn said:
doesnt look like the pictures from the WC website at all.. looks like backwards or soemthing
http://woodencamera.com/Easy-Top-Weapon-Scarlet-W-Raven.html
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Jeff has the top plate on the correct way and I doubt you could change its orientation on the camera as the pogo pins on the camera would not line up and the open grill for the fans would be in the wrong place?

Can someone take a phone snap of the cable running across the fans and post it???
 
Yeah, the pogo cable was definitely photoshopped out of the grills in the website picture. Jeff is right, the cable covers like 1/3rd of the fan intake. I too though it was a little weird when I first put the plate on, but I've been shooting with the plate all this week in the Philippines (80F weather) and it's been fine. However, I haven't had tons of sound-critical work to do, so it's hard to say if the fans have had to work harder in a noticeable way. Here's a quick pic...

Other than this weird fan-blocking thing, I have to say that I love this top plate, it's a pretty brilliant design.

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Jonathan Stevenson said:
Yeah, the pogo cable was definitely photoshopped out of the grills in the website picture. Jeff is right, the cable covers like 1/3rd of the fan intake. I too though it was a little weird when I first put the plate on, but I've been shooting with the plate all this week in the Philippines (80F weather) and it's been fine. However, I haven't had tons of sound-critical work to do, so it's hard to say if the fans have had to work harder in a noticeable way. Here's a quick pic...

Other than this weird fan-blocking thing, I have to say that I love this top plate, it's a pretty brilliant design.

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On the picture it seems the cable covering the fan is also exactly above where the wifi antennas are located (right between the 2 intakes, on camera front side).

Not idea if the cable (or the plate itself) reduces the camera wifi signal strength or not but I'll try to do some test here as soon as possible...
 
Really want to know what's up with the wifi. If it interferes this is a big problem. Wooden camera is pretty awesome though, I'd like to think they would have noticed. I'm about to buy this top plate because I just got my magnesium upgrade notice, but would love to hear whether this is an issue or not first
 
2nd and 3rd on getting a wifi test. I have a WC top plate coming in soon and would love to know before running into issues. Good to hear the camera temp and noise isn't affected by the blockage.
 
sam windell said:
2nd and 3rd on getting a wifi test. I have a WC top plate coming in soon and would love to know before running into issues. Good to hear the camera temp and noise isn't affected by the blockage.
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FWIW, the wifi connection is working fine with the wooden top plate

but it just has not been tested yet how much the range is affected when using a top plate on a DSMC2 camera with built in antennas...
 
It seems like that second cable could have been routed differently and not have to pass over the fans, but most of the time it's likely not a huge deal. Glad others are using it and not noticing a big increase in fan noise. I'm sure WC did some testing too as I think they have a Forged Weapon. There are certainly times perhaps where I would like both Lemos repositioned as the WC Top plate is designed (to the dumb side). But honestly the location of the Lemo on the Epic worked pretty well for me. It was a little close to the mount, but acceptable. So being able to take the WC side pogo cable out of the WC plate and re-deploy it in a way that is more useful to me turned out to be an unexpected advantage. Looking forward to people testing the wifi rigorously. Mine seems to dropout more than I would expect, but I haven't been using it a lot yet.
 
Jeff Garton said:
Looking forward to people testing the wifi rigorously. Mine seems to dropout more than I would expect, but I haven't been using it a lot yet.
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If using ad hoc wifi mode make sure you try other channels (better to use channel 6 instead of the often crowded default channel 1)
 
Mikael Lubtchansky said:
If using ad hoc wifi mode make sure you try other channels (better to use channel 6 instead of the often crowded default channel 1)
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Is this why my weapon disconects the whole time. I thought it was my phone. Tested it with another phone went great. Went to location...used my phone, disconnected worse than my remote... Figured it was my phone. will try the other channels for sure, so channel 6 is most likely to succeed?
 
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