New Redrock adapter - contest to name it!

[Brian Valente]

It is a point of pride that our products are designed and manufactured in Texas, USA.

Consider hands shaken and friendship reaffirmed Steve.

Brian

[Mitch Gross]

I'm not sure how I got sucked into all of this but it's good to see all the love being handed out here. Imagine my surprise coming into work this morning to a big pile of emails and phone messages about this. Fun.

Zacuto makes a product and now RedRock makes a similar product. The designs are different but the functionality is similar. Use the unit you want based on your needs and preferences. Room for everybody I guess.

Did I mention that Abel makes its own Universal Rod Adapters? We have one for lightweight 15 to studio 19 and in a few weeks another for lightweight 15 to studio 15. Our lightweight 15 mount points are actually stubs that fit into your 15mm device so that no additional rods are needed. It's a different solution for different uses.

Just sayin'... :) :) :)

[Brent J. Craig]

Mitch

We can update our design to be compatible with arri dovetail, but other solutions will still be 2x-10x our price for comparable capabilities.

How about a little less sniping...

It looks like Mitch's original message has disappeared, but I felt he was making a valid point not 'sniping'.

A product that makes your camera not fit on a standard Arri dovetail isn't all that useful! You shouldn't take offense to helpful suggestions from users.

[Brian Valente]

Brent

I agree and took this point as helpful product input. We are already in the process of addressing this.

If you read back through the other posts (which are apparently deleted), there was a fair bit of sniping introduced by Mitch as well.

Brian

[Matthew Riggieri]

MicroManager

[Mitch Gross]

I made a joke during the naming contest. After the name was picked I made another comment that was a bit nasty in tone, no matter the veracity of the point. Brian noted this to me privately and I decided to delete my own post. (That's what I get for staying up way to late reading REDuser...)

We can all be helpful and get along. I have commented on and made design suggestions for a number of 3rd party products for RED both on and off the forum. It is actually a part of my job to consult with manufacturers about the design of their products, although generally that's when they are companies we represent, otherwise why am I giving away my expertise for free? As I said before, there's room for us to all get along, and the next time I point out a design question to a company such as RedRock I will do so in an appropriate manner.

But hey, 10 of you are getting a free rod adapter out of all of this and now some products are adding lifetime warranties!

[Brian Valente]

Well said Mitch.

[steve weiss]

Guys, only 7 of the 10 free Jeeps where given out. We still have 3 free Jeeps to give away. Mitch is out of town today but you can contact Greggor at AbelCine in NY and 3 of you can still get a Free Zacuto Jeep. Ask to leave Greggor a VM or email, he is out of the office till the 5th. It's still Xmas.

[jaadgy akanni]

Hey, Steve, thanks again for all your generosity. According to UPS tracking info, they tried to deliver 3 times, but I've been at home waiting for it all day since last week. I called them and explained this to them, and they said they would try to "re-order it" so that instead of returning it to sender, it can be delivered again. They said they'd call me to let me know if it will be redelivered. I'll see what happens.



Happy new year guy:-)

[Alan Skinner]

Hi Steve,

I called over and they let me leave a message for Mitch. Said he was the guy to talk to.

Can I get on the list please?

Thanks!

Alan