View Full Version : Did the dumb side get redesigned?
Brook Willard
08-04-2007, 08:04 PM
I was just looking through some pictures in my "RED" folder on my desktop for the FAQ and something caught my eye.
It caught my eye originally when the production pack images were first posted... enough for me to make a red-highlighted [like what I do in the FAQ] "what the hell is going on here?" picture. I was going to post the picture in that original production pack thread, but I had some troubles uploading and just decided to forget about it.
But I was thinking about it a little more as I pulled up these images... now tell me if I'm crazy.
In this picture, I originally noticed that the camera looks a little "jowl-ier" than usual. It doesn't look symmetrical... the port panel seems to stick out a little.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/5_1186282459.jpg
If you compare it to this picture, the "jowl" looks smaller:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/5_1186282589.jpg
Cropping the relevant sections and scaling them up to 200%, the difference is a little more apparent. Obviously the images are of a slightly different scale and angle, but I see a difference:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/5_1186282766.jpg
Now if you want to see me get really crazy, what's this little brass thing? It's in the space where the B4 lens power connector is.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/5_1186283125.jpg
It's also visible in another production pack picture, cropped here (http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/5_1186282997.jpg) [I can't post more than 4 images].
So have I just completely lost it? Maybe there've just been too many frame rate threads lately and my brain wants to get back into hands-on-with-camera mode... but this looks different.
Am I crazy?
Jannard
08-04-2007, 08:19 PM
Eagle eye! That was an add-on piece that we prototyped for a focus hook. Problem was that the hook ended up in the wrong place. The CAD modeling was done correctly, he was just given wrong info. So it has been re-designed and not shown yet. Good eyes.
Jim
Brook Willard
08-04-2007, 08:22 PM
Cool! Glad to hear I'm not crazy... just dorky. :)
Jarred Land
08-04-2007, 08:35 PM
Yeah maybe still a bit crazy.
Corey Culp
08-04-2007, 08:51 PM
Cool! Glad to hear I'm not crazy... just dorky. :)
Nerd. :)
Joe Carney
08-04-2007, 09:04 PM
Cool! Glad to hear I'm not crazy... just dorky. :)
Uh...Brook...we sorta...kinda.. already knew that, hehehe.
Brook Willard
08-04-2007, 09:09 PM
Yeah, well... I was gone for a few days. I had to come back in a triumphant way. :)
Gavin Greenwalt
08-04-2007, 09:15 PM
I was going to make a snarky comment about obsession and then remembered I just spent 3 hours rescaling the same image 2500 times and decided it would be best to keep my mouth shut. :whistling:
jaadgy akanni
08-04-2007, 10:06 PM
Cool! Glad to hear I'm not crazy... just dorky. :)
dorky, yes...and evidently obsessively observant, and nerdy, and geeky...and let's not forget you speak fluent Klingon:nerd:
So it is true what they say about you.
:)
Brook Willard
08-04-2007, 11:33 PM
Ah, jeez... I'm gonna regret this thread. :)
How about we just label me observant or exacting and call it a night? :wink:
Andrew Benz
08-04-2007, 11:54 PM
Brook, I must say you are quite observant. Now if I may be excused, I have a to call it a night, I have to get up early in the morning and finish my move to the new pad. Nice to have you back B. ;-)
Alexander Nikishin
08-05-2007, 12:05 AM
Brook, you are quite observant!
I also find you to be meticulously exacting!
Well, I'm calling it a night!
Password Expired
08-05-2007, 01:10 AM
Ah, jeez... I'm gonna regret this thread. :)
How about we just label me observant or exacting and call it a night? :wink:
Hey Brook,
Like everyone here in this community, we all really appreciate your work. I think your being meticulous/observant is a great trait, something I'm accused of too except people who don't appreciate it call it something else...
Which I find funny because this is exactly the kind of mindset you would expect from people who excel at things, whether filmmaking or even cars:
I saw this show recently called Ultimate Factories: Ferrari in High Definition on the National Geographic Channel. I highly recommend watching it. The amount of work and care they put into these machines of art is incredibly inspiring, and something I think more people should aspire too.
Ferrari would not be Ferrari if not for this exact trait. The same can be said of Red (and apparently Brook) I think too.
Rocco Schult
08-05-2007, 03:24 AM
Brooke must be an eagle.
Eagles are also flying I read somewhere.
Adrian T.
08-05-2007, 05:15 AM
Brook, are you related to Adrian Monk? :whistling:
Jeremy Hughes
08-05-2007, 06:08 AM
Brook, can you compare all the Bigfoot pictures now? That'd be great if you could.
Corrado Silveri
08-05-2007, 06:18 AM
Brook, don't you think sometimes that when the camera (finally) come to your hands all these thougts will vanishing out in a second?
I'm starting to figure that when "the day" will come I will be really excited, crazy, happy. At the same time, in that moment, I will loose the "magic" of these months. When also a small, even unreadeable, detail in a picture will make all of us guessing...
My personal dream will last for about 2/3 months.
I don't know how much will remain alive "after"...
Btw, I'm not going to leave this community...
Brook Willard
08-05-2007, 07:22 AM
Ferrari would not be Ferrari if not for this exact trait.
Heheh... funny you mention that. I used to work for Ferrari.
Brook, don't you think sometimes that when the camera (finally) come to your hands all these thougts will vanishing out in a second?
Yes and know. The mystery will vanish, and the excitement will change... but it'll be there. In one moment, it'll go from a theory to a tool. That won't undo all of the time I've spent learning about it.
I grew up in an environment where I never had access to cameras. That's not to say anything greater about the state of things back then... it's just that I never had access to cameras so I didn't have control over that area of my life. What I did have control over was knowledge. I could dedicate myself to learning as much as possible when I didn't have access so that if and when I finally did have access... I'd already know what I needed to know and more. New technologies, theories, camera manuals - whatever. If I had access to them, I'd learn them. It's just how I work. I like to know all the little details... I'd rather know too much than not enough, and that's something I can change.
So I suppose it's not so much about the mystery or magic... it's about trying to do the best that I can do in what is currently the only form of access I have to this particular tool. And when I get it in my hands? It won't be a tool with a - hey, what's that? It'll be a tool with a tape hook. :)
Heheh.
I need sleep. :)
Corrado Silveri
08-06-2007, 01:45 AM
Oh yes, I think we both need some sleep...
Gavin Greenwalt
08-06-2007, 02:12 AM
Brook wasn't your Avatar something different yesterday. I know that's your original avatar but it seems like yesterday... something was different... can't remember... but just feel it deep down something changed.
Jared VanLeuven
08-06-2007, 05:25 PM
Brook, don't you think sometimes that when the camera (finally) come to your hands all these thougts will vanishing out in a second?
I'm starting to figure that when "the day" will come I will be really excited, crazy, happy. At the same time, in that moment, I will loose the "magic" of these months...
Yeah, there's something to be said about the magic of anticipation. Remember the feelings as a kid all those months each year waiting for the presents you were going to get on Christmas morning? Remember the feeling 2-3 hours after finally opening those gifts? *sigh*
The great thing about this though, is we're getting a tool, not a toy. And good tools give back, every time you use them.
Corrado Silveri
08-09-2007, 06:15 AM
I know, chef, the Red One is a tool, not a toy.
But the excitement around here remind me (as you said) the Christmas night...
Btw, sometimes, a particular gift will last.
I hope so.
Hrvoje Simic
08-09-2007, 06:44 AM
The great thing about this though, is we're getting a tool, not a toy. And good tools give back, every time you use them.
True. Also it depends on how you look at it.
If your work is fun your tools are your toys and the game never stops with age. Just the toys get more features. And the game gets better with better toys...
Nice eyes, Brook.
Just make sure to focus to a distance every hour or so :wink: