802.11n Transmitter -> Wireless Recorder?

[Alexander Black]

ola,

Is red considering an 802.11n transmitter/recorder (base) offering? I suppose the base could be... a mac. Heh. Would be nice to have a 150ft range and no onboard recording, and I would be terribly worried to have a G sensitive hard drive bolted to the camera.

If I'm remembering right, 4k redcode will be 224Mbits, which is only slightly below the lowest 802.11n spec speed. It maxes out at 540Mbit, I think apple is advertising 300Mbit which seems reasonable and conservative.

Anyway, seems like it would be pretty simple, actually, and having a camera with an IP address would be so nerdy I might trip over the white tape on my glasses while 7UP shoots from my nose. IP "awareness" could also potentially be extremely useful. Could imagine other devices doing TC sync with an NTP variant.

Oop, there I go, just tripped on the tape.

:P

[Chris Kenny]

If early benchmarks are any indication, 802.11n isn't going to reliably achieve 28 MB/s at significant distances, no matter what the specs say. And most benchmarks are done in controlled environments. Out in the real world, where the spectrum used by 802.11n is already pretty crowded, things will be even worse.

[Nick Shaw]

I don't think 802.11n is likely to be fast/reliable enough to use for live recording.

It would however be potentially very useful for near real-time downloading of footage without needing to disconnect the RED DRIVE. It has been suggested by Stuart that this may be possible using the SD card slot on the camera.

[tj williams]

cool now everyone at Starbucks will know when we roll?

[Mark Allen]

cool now everyone at Starbucks will know when we roll?

On the plus side, YouTube will be hosting your daylies for free.

[PaulClements]

The issue was raised a while ago, and got similar answers then. There is a viability however in providing a wireless connection for onset monitoring at 720p, rather than having to link the camera or RedDrive directly to the monitor. It would also be an excellent addition to Curts motorized gears which is also going to be wifi, your AC could be 100m away but still see what's coming out of the camera and be controlling the focus, zoom etc. It would make life very easy. Done properly wireless connections can be pretty much as secure as a wired connection. The biggest problem facing this is needing more battery power. You have to weigh up in this case though, holding another battery and wireless transceiver or having a wire coming out of the back of the camera and your AC on the camera mans shoulder, both restrict your movements, in my mind the wireless solution would make for a faster and more economical way of filming.

[tj williams]

So your new mac laptop is capable of receiving 720 24P 802.11n from the viewfinder.

Is there a transmitter product we can plug into the other VF port or Y off if using both the VF and the LCD so we can send to it?

[Tom Lowe]

haha, well if this wireless connection at my condo here is any indication, NO THANKS.

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Why not just record to a wax drum? The results would probably be about the same.

[tj williams]

So after years of carrying heavy cables to have it all go away with a modulus 3000 and now here we go again.... Gawd I hate Cables!!!! Great opportunity for some tecchy savvy company to make a small HDSDI/hdmi transmitter/receiver!!!