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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

What do you want to see as a product for your RED?

Quincy Milloy

Quincy Milloy

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Hey REDusers!

I’m a proud RED owner and aspiring innovator. I’m considering developing a few accessories for RED cameras and would like your help understanding your needs before I go to the work and expense of building products.

I'd love to talk to as many of you as possible, preferably via phone or Skype, though email is a possibility if you are willing but short on time. If you are willing to participate in a short (15 minute) interview, would you please send me an email with your contact info to qmilloy(at)mac.com or PM me? I promise I’m not going to try to sell you anything or share your name with anyone else. Rather I just want to learn more about how you utilize your camera. Your participation is important in helping me develop solutions that will matter to all of us RED users.

Thank you!

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Yes, things change cameras are now often far smaller/ less weight than the lenses they are used with. So a new standard would be more like attach the camera to the lens then the opposite.
But in your picture I think I see a problem and that would be the bridge plate interference with zoom and focus motors.

Personally I been thinking of a system with both top and bottom rods and preferably some cage arms going in between. That way camera and focus gear and such could hang from the top rods and the lenses, mattbox and bridge plate could clamp on to the bottom rods...
But then again every time I see a setup with a big optimo or similar I think that we are doing something wrong... why do we need such things, today an extra camera cost far less and I rather have two cameras with shorter range than swinging a 20-200 zoom on only one camera..

So even though I see that there is possibly people that like those huge zooms I personally much rather go with an option of having more cameras active. But I understand thats not the optimal solution for every situation so, yes the old cinema setup where the lens suport is only just a little one screw thing I think is old. soon it should be much more like the long still zooms that has a proper mounting point. I used some still canon pl converted zooms with tripod mounts on the lens where I just stipped down the epic and let it hang in the mount, not optimal, i know, but far better than let the lens hang in the camera. :)
 
Good on you Quincy. Pity, I thought you were going to say what red should do, and I was going to reply a cheap 8k laser projector with HDMI 2.0b/c/?, hdmi 3x, and multiple thunderbolt 2/3 ports for display and 65 -120 inch 3M tech rear projection screen pro monitor (as used in the Laservue) for $3k . I have sourced cheap 8 and 16k projector chips. You can display native 5k -12k sensor pattern and use the rest for controls. So the tech follows the upgrade path. You can also have an 8k projector in the monitor and replace it latter with 16k one. Just a thought that relaxes multiple monitor configurations. You can pm me.

I've made lots of suggestions to Red and they have not implemented all of them, so it is worth looking at those threads.
 
Noel R. said:
+1, I think a Super Capacitor battery made out of graphene for our side handles (or anything else) would be game changing. https://vimeo.com/51873011

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That seems like its a way down the line, but as far as having a cheaper version of a RedVolt or RedVolt XL that actually lasts as long or longer then a Brick would be amazing!
 
I want something on the back that gives me 2 xlrs like the A Box, h264 Ip Server from the HDMI over wifi. Gigabit to wifi bridge for control and threading on the back to screw in an IDX battery plate. It should also have an HDMI port on top and split the HDSdi into two ports, one on each side.
 
Noel R. said:
+1, I think a Super Capacitor battery made out of graphene for our side handles (or anything else) would be game changing. https://vimeo.com/51873011

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Super capacitors charge fast but are currently terrible for weight/energy. The Zap And Go charger is one of the few graphene based supercapacitors commercially available and it's about the size of a redvolt with 7wh of power. You would need 4 of them to match a redvolt. Some day, but today Li-Ion still wins for energy density.
 
Yes, unfortunately we are not quite at the point to which graphene-based supercaps that are available (very few from what I've been able to find) are able to compete with battery energy densities. Perhaps with advances in carbon nanotubes, they can boost the energy densities to get a true replacement but it's a bit early for that. I'll try to talk to some University contacts and see if there are any early adopters/developers working with the technology.

Power is clearly important, what else? Thanks for all the discussion everyone!
 
Do these sorts of super capacitors still blow up in your hands?
 
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