Ryan Spearman

I just got the new(ish) TV Logic 5.5" on board monitor. Seems pretty great after my first day of use. Anyone know where to get the latest firmware? Or what it is even. The website says it's upgradable via USB, but I can't find a link to the firmware download anywhere. I can't even sign up to the on site forum thing because it gives me some garbled message about "up characters" or something, slightly random. Ryan

*slight red face* Everything is better... Within minutes of posting this entry Magnus from Heden rang me and is sending me a replacement reciever unit for my carat to fix my issue. This is a much better result than I could ever have expected, and I feel bad for having blasted him on this forum Thanks Magnus!

I've got a Heden carat that I've been using problem free for some time with Alexas and various other cameras. I can't for the life of me get it to run an epic however. I've got the run cable that comes from Heden with the 3 bnc ends and have also had a cable made to Heden specs from the local cable guru that goes direct to the sync port on an epic. It turns out that the heden specs AND the cable straight from heden had the wrong polarity at the epic end to make it run. I got that fixed and tried to make it work, but still can't make the heden run the dragon. When tested with a voltmeter, the output voltage is identical to a remote run cable supplied with the kit that works fine. Cable is plugged into sync port, camera input field says "general purpose in", brain gpi high- "record: start", brain gpi low- "record: stop" and camera input says "sync out". These settings I know are currently working for a friend on another production with a heden, although it is the first time he has managed to run a red with his heden. Are there other settings in another menu that affect the running of the camera? I would ask heden directly but they have the worst customer service I have ever encountered and have never yet responded to a single email.

Is there such a thing as an OSD for the cinetape on HD monitors? I know there is for SD but haven't found anything for HD yet, it would be great. Even better would be an OSD for a Preston HU3 then utilize the cinetape to Preston cable...

Thats great, thanks for the info. Hows the focus in red?

Thanks for all the info guys. Did the OLED have all the functions that we were talking about?

Has anyone used the v-lcd651st-3gsdi yet? According to the specs the 6.5'' is much better than the 7''. Shame about the 4x3 format though, means a greatly diminished picture size when shooting 16x9. I'm looking at it more from a 1st ac point of view than a steadicam ops so I'm quite interested in hearing about the peaking compared to say astro or panasonic. Also does it flip? Couldn't find any literature about this. Does it work with all genesis and red refresh rates? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Just wondering if there were any cinetape systems for sale out there?

Hi, I'm looking to find a complete preston kit, preferably with 3 motors and a microforce control. Also preferably with an mdr2 rather than an mdr1. Anything will be considered though. Must be a reasonable price