Conservative Doc. RED

[tj williams]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/751_1173156873.jpg

A little planning exercise re how I'd like to configure my red for ENG/Documentary 2K or HD shooting with my 20X HD Lens set in windowed mode. Also in the picture, installed my 4/5.6 matte box rods and focus pull. The RED configured this way looks like it would look and feel surprisingly like other HD cameras.

[Cail Young]

Why would you not use the focus grip on the ENG lens?

[Mike the beginner]

This has got me thinking:innocent:

For those intending to use the red by using a deeper DOF most of the time with shallower DOF on occassions. How many would set the red up with a focus wheel and how many would set it up without one and just use your fingers. I am talking about using red with a red zoom for example or a super 16mm zoom.

Still learning all of this at the thoery stage but i am heading back to start again going through all the theory learning once more prior to the big event (practical usage:ohmy: ). Any advice would be appreciated.

[tj williams]

cailyoung
Zoom grip with right hand secondary grip with left for added stability and to rest when in a long take.

Mike Some prefer wheel and some turn lens eng. style. My idea in posting this was to show the RED set up in a conventional eng/doc. camera configuration, similiar to many HD cameras, without
cages rails etc. hanging all over it.

[Peter Richardson]

Very cool TJ -- thanks for posting that. I principally plan to use the REd for doc work, as well. Is everything (especially the lens) in your rendering to scale? I had planned on purchasing a S16mm lens -- probably a Zeiss zoom -- to use with the Red. Any thoughts on the advantages/disadvantages of this approach in documentary work? Obviously I will not be getting the long telephoto that an ENG lens could offer, that is one big minus I can see, and the lack of a servo zoom. Other than that?

Peter

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I always have my wheel attached to my supped up dvx.. This might sound wierd but its better for the slow focuses i need to achieve.. when i have to whip focus i just use my thumb.. ill always have a wheel attached.. whether it be eng, doc, or feature..

[tj williams]

Peter, I'm sure Evin's post of the Cine style red in the other thread is much closer to scale. I tried to make them pretty close. It seems clear to me that a heavy eng lens like our HD Canon will tend to make the RED a little front heavy and require moving the mag/batt more to the rear or use a larger battery..
get out the old Nicad 14/4s and shoot all day?