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What's my best option for Wireless AV transmit / receiver from the Epic (SDI)

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David Baumber

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Not worried about budget at this stage, just looking for your favourite working options. Teradek users, are you finding their products okay?

I will be using the Epic on steadicam too and my assistant likes to sit down whenever he can :)

Any help greatly appreciated!

David
 
Thanks J.P. The Cam Wave HD does look good. Do you know how it would attach to the Epic. I have the RED backpack & Quickplate on order and not sure how this might fit.
 
Hi,
First off, change your assistant ! :-)
For steadicam, the cube's latency (1/8 to 1/2 sec) is the biggest problem. For your assistant to pull focus at the other end (monitor hooked to the receiver) is just a bad idea because he will always be late . As soon as the TERADEK offers zero latency, I'm all in.
The cheapest solution I have been using all summer on my steadicam is the ASUS WICAST (discontinued but you can find some on ebay) . HD streamed with zero latency and a range of about 50' in line of sight (about half when Tx and Rx don't "see" each other).
It's an HDMI sender so I used it with the DECIMATOR 2 from HDSDI output. ASUS :150$ , decimator: 450$. The pictures show the ALEXA but I have had same results with the EPIC. I still have to test the HDMI output on the EPIC and I would get rid of the DECIMATOR...
It looks "fugly" on the sled but beside the extra range that the BOXX , TITAN HD or other 5000$+ HD transmitter offer, the image is EXACTLY the same quality as those ultra expensive Tx. This solution is good for 90% of the shots I achieve. The other 10%, I would record the shot without transmitting and playback afterwards at the video village.
Cheers, fly safe

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Frederic, That's so cool.... and soooo cheap. It certainly gives me more to think about! How do you power the Asus?
 
See first picture, I had a "Y" cable made by http://www.crampedattic.com .
It sends 5v to the DECIMATOR and ASUS at the same time from my sled (12v to 5v converter in the small box velcroed to the decimator)
 
David Baumber said:
Thanks J.P. The Cam Wave HD does look good. Do you know how it would attach to the Epic. I have the RED backpack & Quickplate on order and not sure how this might fit.
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It has a female battery plate on one side and a male on the other. That way it sandwiches in-between the camera and the battery plate (given you are using v-mount or AB-mount batteries)


I have heard of people using the Wicast and other HDMI transmitters, but never heard anything conclusive about their viability. That is awesome that you are making it work, I may need to look into that.
 
 
A little throwback.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1gtO5SA97Q

I was trying to convince Zinwell, the makers of the Brite-view to create an affordable motion picture specific product for us to use so I put together this "demo"

They didn't bite.


So I created my own company Called Wi-Mon. Then I changed the name to Paralinx.

It's not as cheap as the DIY solution, but it will be much more pro.
 
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