Red Arm - A Question of length

[Colin C]

I was thinking of getting an additional Red Arm and noticed that theres now a 9" version. This comes down to personal preference, but do any of you custom configuring guru's out there have any preference/recomendations?

I know its trivial but of all the choices this for some reason has me indecisively paused.

(Resisting the inevitable jokes on the benefit of an extra 4" )

[donatello b]

i find the 5" too short .. just can't get LCD where i would like to put it ... especially hand held ... but then i haven't used the 9" so ??? i'll pick one up in the next week or so ....

[Colin C]

Great! Be curious what you think.

I'm wondering what the load tolerance is. No problem for the uber light RED lcd I'm sure, just idle speculation on what it could hold.

[Volker Ehlers]

Hi,

I am anticipating the need for a flexible extension (tube? with cable channel?) that hooks up to a leveller that all bigger heads can support.

Operators that want to get low or work with geared heads need some way of keeping the evf in position when tilting.

Anyone on the case? It should provide 3 axis pivot and be left/right compatible...just like a modern optical viewfinder...

[albert rudnicki]

I am also interested in opinions about the 9" Red Arm
Anybody?

[Finner]

I am anticipating the need for a flexible extension (tube? with cable channel?) that hooks up to a leveller that all bigger heads can support.

Operators that want to get low or work with geared heads need some way of keeping the evf in position when tilting.

Anyone on the case? It should provide 3 axis pivot and be left/right compatible...just like a modern optical viewfinder...

Check out the Element Technica gear. They are building a fantastic EVF mount just like you explain at a great price.

IMO the red arm will not do a good job with the EVF.

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

What do you think about this i may have one for the LCD


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[Steen Linde]

I got my 9" arm yesterday and it is really good. I only want to use it for the LCD, and go for the Element T. arm for the EVF.
Now I can place the LCD where I want it :-)

[Rick Darge]

How does one order the ET EVF mounting arm?

I am curious to see a picture but can't find one

thanks

[Walter R]

The little arm that comes with the LCD is just way too short. When we got our Red, we already had a 9" Noga arm (same thing, basically) and immediately used that for the LCD. We'll probably use the little arm that came with the LCD for a shock-mount for an on camera mic.

It would be nice if Red offered an option for upgrading to the longer arm with the LCD and EVF. I'd rather add $50 to the price of the LCD or EVF and just get the longer arm to begin with. Now, when our EVF arrives we'll have two of the little arms and I doubt we'll find much use for them.

The Element T. EVF mount looks great (you can email them and ask for a PDF of their gear), but I think we'll try the longer arm first to see where we like putting the EVF and if the Element mount has enough range to get it there. We are getting their 15mm arri plate, dovetail, top mount, top cheese, etc. and I expect it will help us shave at least a pound or two off our rig and will work better. They have really nice gear.