Red Scarlet X #316 "Skully"

[Sergio Perez]

Another big thumbs up for the post, Phil. Your input in this forum has been one of the must see resources for new users. If there's a Scarlet camera that deserves a sticky like the Epic-M's, it's this thread and Phil's "Scully".

[Paul Ellington]

Another big thumbs up for the post, Phil. Your input in this forum has been one of the must see resources for new users. If there's a Scarlet camera that deserves a sticky like the Epic-M's, it's this thread and Phil's "Scully".

Yes - Yes - Yes!

Though I have a feeling Phil will be in the Epic section soon.

[Will Keir]

Phil, you have been busy, thanks for the thread.

Do you have some pictures of your LWS setup? What are you attaching to your Scarlet body? That's a custom bottom plate?
Is your machinist taking orders for the baseplate? I assume the baseplate has LWS rods supports built in the front? I can't see by the pictures.

I am hoping for something similar that I can attach my O'Connor FF1 Follow Focus and O-Box mattbox. 9" might just about do it.

Thanks Phil.

LWS 15mm Rod Notes
Just some useful notes for those interested in using LWS 15mm Rods and still lenses. I am using 7 inch and 9 inch rods. I have decided for my uses 9 inch rods will stay on the rig the vast majority of the time. Long enough to support 200mm and 300mm glass and just short enough to stay out of frame of the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 at 4k. My machinist came through and provided a new sturdier baseplate that is about 80% of what the View Factor plate is, just with some extra mounting options. My top plate should be done next week.

[Phil Holland]

Will, My rig has gone through a few transformations. My first LWS 15mm setup was a simple 15mm clamp bolted onto a drilled out Manfrotto baseplate. If you are looking for compact, that's about as compact as you can physically get. Then my machinist came through and created a baseplate that's very similar to the Viewfactor plate, with just a couple of simple modifications. My top plate never was actually built sadly. I needed to rig up an additional camera for a two camera shoot not long ago and I ended up purchasing a Gini cage with LWS 15mm, 19mm rods, and the ability to use a bolt on dovetail plate. This now lives on my Scarlet and I have the other components for situations when we need more than one camera.

Here's what it commonly looks like these days:


Gotta admit. I change things out depending on the shoot. If I fly the camera on a steadicam or even on a jib I'll swap out to that first 15mm LWS plate.

Based on my experiences I will rig my cameras with LWS 15mm and 19mm with a dovetail from here on out. Whether it's Red gear, WC, or "other".

In terms of rod length I'm primarily on 9" carbon fiber 15mm. Works as wide as 11mm and allows up to 300mm comfortably with lens support. I usually have my OConnor O-Box WM on my rig and 9" works for damn near every situation. Here's a side profile image:




The key thing for me is modularity, which the Red Scarlet and Epic excel at. I've probably configured the camera a couple dozen ways with very little setup time. And the fact that you can get it down in size to do silly things like this:




Is utterly fantastic.

[Bjørn Inge Drønen]

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[Andrew Salter]

Hi Phil,

Firstly thanks for all the info re Scarlet, secondly I see you have a small dolly on the piano, who manufactures those, l have a smaller version made by Peco but is too small for the Scarlet.

[Phil Holland]

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It's been a while since I've updated or discussed a topic, but I'll get something up next week.

Hi Phil,

Firstly thanks for all the info re Scarlet, secondly I see you have a small dolly on the piano, who manufactures those, l have a smaller version made by Peco but is too small for the Scarlet.

I randomly was at FilmTools (in Burbank) the day before this shoot and I saw this cute Konova tabletop dolly sitting all alone in the back. It was like $150, but I started imagining using it on the piano surface, so I grabbed it. I have used it one other time since then. It's not the best tabletop dolly I've used, but it's the least expensive by far and supports the weight of the Red Scarlet just fine. It came with a swanky little orange and black zip up carrying case which protects the wheels.

[Abiodun Shote]

Hello Phil,
Any field report on the Libec Swift 50 Jib?

Thanks

[Jake Wilganowski]

Yes I've been thinking about this jib lately also

[Phil Holland]

Dreaming of jibs?

I haven't actually bought one just yet, but maybe in two weeks. I'll have a need for one again on a project. I've used it a couple times since I wrote about the jib though (on a project that won't out until next October). It's really a nice design and very quick to setup. I like the reach of the jib. I'm pretty confident they offer the 66lb counter weight kit now because of my feedback a few months ago. It's plenty sturdy for an Epic and Scarlet. I've used that REMO30 with the Scarlet too and it works nicely. I'm pretty sure it can take up to 20lbs once balanced, but they list an 11 pound payload. You can get the camera weight down by mounting power elsewhere if you are concerned. It can hold a camera, lens, battery, and FIZ though. Even underslung it with the Manfrotto 509HD via mounting a plate to the top plate of the camera. Which looked silly but was real quick to do.

I gave them a couple suggestions on some AKS and an add-on for the center column. They seemed to like those ideas.

Rent or buy I'll take some shots and do a write up on it after the next shoot. Right now it's my go to for that size.