RobinThwaites Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 To the original poster's question... Yes you can power your Sony EX3 with the Flyer. The battery draw concern is real if the ones you have are old, however, new Anton Bauer DIONIC 90's will last stay above 13 watts until they are all but depleted. The camera draws around 10 watts so a set of batteries on your Flyer is going to last a LONG time if that is all you have on them. Vortex Media sells a 4 pin XLR to SONY EX3 plug. It's a bit long for the Flyer so you can chop it up if that is all you will use it for. Your Flyer should have a 2 pin LEMO to 4 pin XLR as part of the kit. So with those two cables and some twist ties you are set. BTW I was doing a 4.5 hour "event" shoot yesterday and had to move to an external battery that was not fully charged. It was at 12.4 volts. The camera was fine. It kept recording. In case you haven't mounted the EX3 on the Flyer yet, you will want to remove the diopter snoot from the viewfinder otherwise your dynamic balance will be way off. -Andrew Hi Andrew Later Flyers and Flyer LEs will have a 3 pin Lemo to XLR-4, Flyer LE supports 24v operation on the third pin. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted February 2, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 The route I am going to go from the Flyer sled LEMO to an Anton Bauer Multi-Tap. From there I have cables going to the camera and other accessories. This way only one LEMOed cable has to be made. Simpler & less expensive in the end. I just wanted to second this recommendation as you are very quickly going to realize that in addition to the camera you are going to need to power accessories as well(such as the follow focus you mention). The multitap will give you 4 power connectors. You should be able to velcro it to your sled somewhere. ~Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike and Nancy Flynn Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thank you all very much for the great responses here! On a related topic, is the 3 pin power connector at the top of the sled a standard connector of some sort? If so, what is it, exactly? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Stone Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 ...is the 3 pin power connector at the top of the sled a standard connector of some sort? If so, what is it, exactly? See Robin's post a few up. It's a 3-pin LEMO connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike and Nancy Flynn Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks, Andrew - wondered what he meant by LEMO :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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