Post Your Scarlet-X Rig

[Les C.]

Anyone recommend a good hood for the 5inch touch lcd screen?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...isor_Hood.html

If you go with another vendor, make sure that the touch screen is still usable with the hood on (it is with this one).

[Aaron Shirley]

This is what my rig looks like with every thing attached (except the Samurai; I don't need that and the DVD recorder on at the same time).

There are two microphone systems pictured, but I really only use one or the other (on top is the H4n for stereo and mixing, and below is a shotgun mic for mono and less weight and power; the H4n runs off the D-Tap).

On the back is an HDMI to RCA converter and a DVD recorder (both powered by D-Tap) and they can quickly be removed and replaced with the Samurai (faster than the camera can be powered down and up for switching output to PCI-HD). I realize the wire management is atrocious here, but it's much cleaner with just the shotgun mic and the Samurai.

Under the DVD recorder/HDMI-RCA converter is the RED ONE battery belt pack which takes V-lock bricks and uses an adapter cable to attach to the Scarlet of course. I chose to mount and build a lock/release mechanism so I can quickly take off the battery pack and move it to my belt (when transferring the Scarlet to my hand-held rig which I'll upload picks, descriptions and sample video for later)

I went with a very inexpensive ProAim Matte box from India because I wanted to modify it without worrying about loosing any resale value from my sloppy machine work. I fixed it so I can fairly quickly change between my Canon 17-55 IS USM and 70-200 IS USM by just loosening one knob and sliding the whole matte box from one extreme to the other (no measuring or lining up to the length of the lens on set unless I add a prime into the mix).

The rig can sit on a tripod as seen here (those handle bars in front can come off the front and quickly attach to the back in case you want to shoot studio/event style), or you can take this rig off the tripod and put it on your shoulder, holding onto the handle bars and resting your elbows against your stomach (I've been able to walk around for hours like this shooting documentary style). A small accessory back is hanging between the handle bars for easy access (lens caps, cleaning kit, RED Mags, etc).

The 5" touch screen is a little hard to see in this picture, but it's just above the left handle bar. It's low so I can walk around stareing at it and still see where I'm walking. I can also easily reach up a hit buttons and the screen for: Rack/Spot Focus, Record, Iris up/down (on the hard keys, or any other setting I want to change from the screen menu), toggle through overlays (I usually like to leave it set to focus peaking).

Finally, just over the right handle, you can see a large knob. That is attached to a 'focus' whip that attaches to a 'focus assist' (out of view on the opposite side) which is actually operating the zoom ring on my two zoom lenses (both lenses' zoom rings are the same distance from the camera mount, so no extra adjustments when swapping these two lenses!), so in a nut shell, it's a zoom demand.

I'm currently working on a flight case that can snugly house this entire rig without breaking down anything but the handle bars and tripod. I've got a case and I'm sculpting the foam right now, and when I'm done, I'm lining the case with black velvet.

[Alexey Milokost]

Hi, I strongly advise not to hold a rigged camera on a top handle on one 1/4 screw. Use at least two of them.

SAMUS just recieved all of her parts (other than the x Top Handle (cheese))

So we put together a rig as we're shooting a little promo this week.

Everything works well although we had some longer (9") rods on the front and the RedRock Mattebox wouldn't get enough height to clear them, made it so we can't use the swing away while mounted. I've got some shorter rails that i'll try that should solve the problem but if we throw a longer lens on there it would be a bit of a time consuming swap.

Included is:
Brain with VF battery plate and Global Media 160w/h battery.
x Easy Riser and LWS 15mm rail mount.
Shoot35 Follow Focus
Nikon 17 - 35mm f2.8 lens (using cheap Ebay adapter... no play whatsoever)
Redrock micro Mattebox
Redrock handle (top)
x A-box
Red Magic Arm and 18" LCD cable
5" Touch LCD

(sorry for low quality cell phone snaps)

[Peter Stadelmann]

My Scarlet in various setups:

[steven moreno]

Nice set up, Peter! What kind of Matte Box is that?

[Peter Stadelmann]

Nice set up, Peter! What kind of Matte Box is that?

Thanks Steven, the Mattebox is from Trusmt: http://www.trusmt.com/en/proview.asp?id=106

The quality is surprisingly good for the price. Can't say anything bad about it.

[steven moreno]

What about those nuns knickers? Who makes those?

[Peter Stadelmann]

What about those nuns knickers? Who makes those?

"nuns knickers"?

[steven moreno]

lol - its a funny name - the fabric with the elastic that connects to the lens

[Peter Stadelmann]

lol - its a funny name - the fabric with the elastic that connects to the lens

Hehehe...Its from Movcam: http://www.movcam.com/en/hdslr-hdv-p...ens-donut.html

You can remove the hard plastic ring inside...and the donut fits on the trusmt Mattebox.