Screw pitch

[chuck colburn]

Anyone know if the Red camera is using SAE or metric pitch for its hardware?

[Kevin Halverson]

I assume you are asking about the various mounting points on the camera. I would be very surprised if it were not SAE, most likely a mix of 1/4-20 & 3/8-16.

[chuck colburn]

Well it would have to be 3/8" x 16 t.p.i. for the tripod mounting thread, (not much choice on that one) but yeah I was wondering about all those mounting points on the camera and various cage assemblies.

[Steve Tammi]

Well it would have to be 3/8" x 16 t.p.i. for the tripod mounting thread, (not much choice on that one) but yeah I was wondering about all those mounting points on the camera and various cage assemblies.

I remember 1/4-20 being mentioned quite often...

Here is a reference to the top plate: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=42836&postcount=35

[chuck colburn]

Thanks guys,

1/4-20 is a nice strong screw size for hanging stuff off the camera. As long as the hole depth is at least four threads.

[Anders Holck]

Are the threads machined directly into the aluminium, or are they using helicoils/Thread inserts?

[PaulClements]

No idea Anders but I remember way back when, possibly on dvxuser.com, we talked about threading them. It was an issue very early on so if it hasn't been considered then it'd be quite a big oversight.