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Anybody has suggestions and pictures of mounting the Camwave to various cameras while on the steadicam......?

 

Also the Transmitter is quite thick so I decided to take both battery plates off and power it through the 4-pin xlr.

 

It not only reduces the weight substantially it also cuts the depths nearly in half.

 

TX weight with plates: 800g or 1 lb 12 oz

 

TX without both plates: 593g or 1 lb 5 oz

 

that's a 25% reduction in weight!

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Hi Jens,

 

I use one of these:

 

http://www.elementtechnica.com/products/view.php?p=34

 

and chuck the Camwave onto the bars of the camera (normally Red). Works nicely, very secure. I use the same thing for my decimator when I need it.

 

They aren't cheap but I guess you only need to buy them once!

 

I love my camwave, glad I didn't wait for the Boxx and pay 3x as much!

 

Ben

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Hi all,

 

Be careful of one thing (besides your warranty) when you are deciding to remove your plates to save weight:

 

If you plan to use your Camwave with a camcorder style HD camera (IE - F900, Panasonic, etc) you need to know that power WILL NOT pass through to the camera if you use the 4 pin XLR power input. It will only work if you use the battery mount.

 

I demoed the unit in January and was only concerned with the signal - which is as advertised. I demoed with a RED on a bench at my local rental house.

 

I then got my unit in early Feb to use on the TV show I'm on. Set it up with the Panavised 900 we are using, hooked my power cable up from the sled to the XLR input and the Camwave fired up but the camera didn't.

 

The song and dance I got from the Salesman was "well, you had a demo unit." My response was "I didn't bother to test something we've all had worked out since the 80s."

 

It's the only part of the unit that is really annoying.

 

Just beware before permanently removing the plates.

 

Best to all,

 

Will Eichler

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In that instance I'd just use a split (Y) power cable that feeds both the Camwave and the camera.

 

FYI, the V-mount plates for the Camwave connect via two Molex connectors and are a quick swap-out if one wanted to make their unit modular between plateless and v-mount. However the Anton Bauer plates require soldering and this is where you would be permanently altering the unit. I would actually be concerned about voiding the warranty with these--mine has already been back to the factory with unknown issues at the transmitter end.

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Just to add my thoughts...

 

I reckon there are some serious QC issues with the wevi's. My one originally arrived DOA, had to be sent back to idx, a friend of mine bought one new and ended up with a range of under 1m untill he sent it back to idx. My one was playing up something chronic the other day and again today so I'm thinking about sending it back again. Hmmmm...... Suddenly I'm pricing up a new TX/RX kit, don't really want to be doing that though!

 

Ben

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first problem, maybe somebody can help.

 

 

stable signal, but heavily pixelated/compressed image quality, what's wrong? shooting RED at 23.98 HD-sdi out

 

 

RED's seem to be notorious for having "wrong" output in settings--double check that it is putting out a correct 24psf signal. If possible, check your Camwave with another HD source. If its bad with that one, you'll have to send to IDX to be fixed--I had that happen once.

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first problem, maybe somebody can help.

 

 

stable signal, but heavily pixelated/compressed image quality, what's wrong? shooting RED at 23.98 HD-sdi out

 

 

RED's seem to be notorious for having "wrong" output in settings--double check that it is putting out a correct 24psf signal. If possible, check your Camwave with another HD source. If its bad with that one, you'll have to send to IDX to be fixed--I had that happen once.

 

 

FYI: IDX is currently revising their Camwave I/O board to improve link and image quality on future production runs.

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FYI: IDX is currently revising their Camwave I/O board to improve link and image quality on future production runs.

 

Do you know if they'll be offering the new boards as a hardware update for current Camwave owners?

 

it's a hardware change that will affect the next production run as well as units that need repairs in the future. i'm sure you can upgrade if you pay for parts and labor, which will be a lot since there is only one board in each unit....

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