Come see Element Technica's new Accs. in the 4K Ninja booth @ HD-Expo

[Evin Grant]

Hello fellow Redusers,
The 4K Ninjas are proud to announce that Element Techinca has been gracious enough to provide a bunch of their awesome Red One accessories for evaluation.

We will have on display in our booth #27...
Breakout box
9" & 12" O'Connor 1030 Dovetails
ET 15mm & 19mm Ultra Rods
15mm top mount & Cheese plate
EVF Mount (and a production EVF!)
And maybe even a surprise appearance.

HD-Expo is happening on Thursday the 6th at the Beverly Hilton 1:00PM to 8:00PM

Hope to see you there. :ninja:

[Corrado Silveri]

Please, share some pictures!
For who can't reach you guys over there...

[Evin Grant]

They're coming.

[Anthony Gratl]

Please, share some pictures!
For who can't reach you guys over there...
....please correct my written english (in signature)

For THOSE who can't reach you guys over there.......

btw, elcurado, evin's there coming should be THEY'RE coming (sorry evin, but he's trying to learn how to write proper english)....there, they're, and their are all the same pronunction, but the various spellings indicate different meaning -

there - indicating a physical space, as in 'let's put the camera over there"
they're - indicating a group of individuals or items, as in "they're coming over to my house"
their - indicating possession or ownership by a group, as in "they're bringing their reds", their houses, their posts.

There, I took your signature seriously, and now I feel like an english teacher:huh:

[David Wilson]

With or without proper usage, I'll definitely and happily come by your (you're) booth. It will be good to have a chance to see some of the ET offerings first hand.

[Corrado Silveri]

For THOSE who can't reach you guys over there.......

btw, elcurado, evin's there coming should be THEY'RE coming (sorry evin, but he's trying to learn how to write proper english)....there, they're, and their are all the same pronunction, but the various spellings indicate different meaning -

there - indicating a physical space, as in 'let's put the camera over there"
they're - indicating a group of individuals or items, as in "they're coming over to my house"
their - indicating possession or ownership by a group, as in "they're bringing their reds", their houses, their posts.

There, I took your signature seriously, and now I feel like an english teacher:huh:

Many thanks! I really appreciate your help... :innocent:

[Evin Grant]

Corrected. May go to recess now teacher?:bleh:

[Brook Willard]

I'm sure Evin will be clicking away with his crazy sexy D3, so don't worry Corrado... there'll be pictures galore for you.

[Brook Willard]

Today's the day, folks! First REDuser to swing by the booth gets a free high-five.

[nick allsop]

How does the ET cheese plate differ from the red cheese plate. i know the red plate is bigger but i can't make up my mind. i only ever seem to come across cheese plates normally when dealing with steadicam operators but as this camera is so modular and i will be renting it out i want to cover most eventualities. what are people using them for.

[Brook Willard]

The RED cheese plate and the ET cheese plate are two different products with two different purposes.

The RED cheese plate enables mounting the RED bottom plate to a tripod without using the shoulder pad.

The ET cheese plate bridges the gap between the two top mounts on the camera [either RED's top mounts or ET's top mounts]. It is for adding mounting points to the top of the camera.

Pictures are coming... but I think Evin is sleeping so probably not until tomorrow.

[Christian Edwards]

Many thanks! I really appreciate your help... :innocent:


A little advice - Don't learn English from the Americans as they have trouble themselves.
puncTuat!on and spelllings aint so great on forums

[Finner]

A little advice - Don't learn English from the Americans as they have trouble themselves

Trash talk like this from an Australian. Refresh my memory but isn't your country filled with all the Brit's criminals and rejects?

You did give us the cinema genius of Mel Gibson though. The realism he brings to dislocating and popping back in his shoulder, ahh the thespian craft at it's finest.

[Christian Edwards]

Trash talk like this from an Australian. Refresh my memory but isn't your country filled with all the Brit's criminals and rejects?

You did give us the cinema genius of Mel Gibson though. The realism he brings to dislocating and popping back in his shoulder, ahh the thespian craft at it's finest.
yes correct! we have the mistakes of the British to learn from ,the union jack is a constant reminder of that .
However, we also inherited their diction.
anyhow i think id take an impoverished Englishman over an impoverished Irishman any day
all jokes aside i do respect Americans

[Mark Pugh]

yes correct! we have the mistakes of the British to learn from ,the union jack is a constant reminder of that .
However, we also inherited their diction.
anyhow i think id take an impoverished Englishman over an impoverished Irishman any day
all jokes aside i do respect Americans

Mel Gibson's American. His dad took his boys to Australia to avoid the Vietnam draft.

[nick allsop]

The RED cheese plate and the ET cheese plate are two different products with two different purposes.

The RED cheese plate enables mounting the RED bottom plate to a tripod without using the shoulder pad.

The ET cheese plate bridges the gap between the two top mounts on the camera [either RED's top mounts or ET's top mounts]. It is for adding mounting points to the top of the camera.



i know the red cheese plate would not fit where the ET plate can but surely the ET plate can be used in the same way as the red.

[Emmanuel Cambier]

I could use an answer to this question.

[SF Geek]

Could we talk more about Mel Gibson please?

[tj williams]

my Cheeze plate in 1847 Rogers pattern. I eat nothing but the finest cheeze. I'm a bit confused the top of the camera has holes the upper front mount and sliding mount are the same height what keeps one from mounting a steadi plate directly on these two points? There are two holes 3/8 16? in the bottom of the body, I saw it mounted to a steadicam plate and flown around nab last year.... so why the cheeze...

[Evin Grant]

i know the red cheese plate would not fit where the ET plate can but surely the ET plate can be used in the same way as the red.

No the thickness would not allow you to mount anything to it. It is meant for top mounting only.

[Evin Grant]

Here are some photos of ET products from the show and in use.
EVF Mount (low profile prototype)
http://www.4kninjas.net/pics/EVFdown.jpg
http://www.4kninjas.net/pics/EVFunder.jpg
15mm Top rail
http://www.4kninjas.net/pics/15mmTop.jpg
ET Breakout box and 15mm top rail
http://www.4kninjas.net/pics/199+ETinAction.jpg

[Andrew Benz]

Today's the day, folks! First REDuser to swing by the booth gets a free high-five.

So how did the day go?

I look forward to Evin's pics of Red and ET gear... all these things help and is appreciated guys.

Andrew

You guys are quick!!

Thank you Evin, this helps very much.

[Evin Grant]

[QUOTE=Andrew Benz;171120]So how did the day go?/QUOTE]

Quite well thanks. I have to say it was way busier than I had anticipated. :ninja:

[Brook Willard]

It was fairly ridiculous... we were busy from open to close. Hell, we had more REDs in our booth than everybody else at the show combined.

[Steve Gibby]

Hey Ninjas...Congrats on what sounds like a good showing at the HD-Expo...

I agree...the ET accessories rock!

Since early December I've been beta testing multiple ET accessories, including the EVF mount with my RED EVF. For the past three weeks I've also been beta testing the ET low profile EVF mount that is shown in Evin's Post #21 of this thread. I really like it and I've been giving ET my feedback on it.

I've been using the ET ARRI base V plate (12") and ARRI bridge plates (15mm and 19mm) for over six months now - with excellent results. For field use I usually use a Miller Arrow 55 tripod, so I did a slight modification to the V plate to adapt it to the Arrow 55. The Arrow 55 uses a small snap in plate on the top of the tripod head. The ET V plate doesn't have screw holes that match the Arrow 55 plate. I got a heliocoil kit from a local hardware store ($25), then simply drilled, tapped, and inserted heliocoils in the ET V plate to match the Arrow 55 mini-plate 3/8" screw holes. The ET V plate then worked perfectly on the Arrow 55. Over the months I've loaded it up with an Optimo 24-290, Canon FD 150-600, RED 300, and many other packages and the system has worked flawlessly.

[Damien Molineaux]

Low profile EVF mount ?!

Could we please have somoe more info. I can't tell the difference with regular EVF mount from the picture. Evin, Gibby, or anyone in the know, would you be so kind as to explain the differences.

Many thanks,
Damien

[Steve Gibby]

Low profile EVF mount ?!

Could we please have somoe more info. I can't tell the difference with regular EVF mount from the picture. Evin, Gibby, or anyone in the know, would you be so kind as to explain the differences.

Many thanks,
Damien

The two beta EVF mounts I’m testing for ET include:

A very low profile machined one-piece mount that goes on the front of the top mount or on top of the top mount. It brings the EVF as close as possible to the left side of the camera and can be used to get it low as well. It can be repositioned along the cheeseplate if desired. This is the mount Evin posted the photos of earlier in this thread.

The second is a tubular clamp that mounts to the front of the top mount and allows infinite side to side adjustment. It is a little bulkier than the first since it holds a 19mm rod sideways to the line of sight but the extra adjustability may be preferred. I'll post some photos when I get a chance.