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MDR3


Kar Wai Ng

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Dunno if anyone has caught this, but Preston is releasing a new MDR, the MDR3 (not the same as the MDR-3D). Nothing yet on the Preston site, but there's an article in FDTimes.

 

http://www.fdtimes.com/pdfs/free_previews/54FDTimes-FreePreview150.pdf

 

A few new features such as analog input for zoom control (a request from steadi ops) and a fourth channel. Higher current throughput to the motors it sounds like, for higher motor speeds and torque. A little less chunky than the MDR2 but the weight isn't significantly less; just denser.

 

Immediate impression is that the placement of the antenna looks a bit inconvenient.

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It's ok guys...I heard the LED's flash a morris code to subliminally coax the actors to tbeir marks

Actually it's like the runway landing lights. Blue=proceed closer, green=on the mark, red=too close, pull back!

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Lawrence- I took a gander at the MDR3 yesterday at their booth at Cinegear. There are bracket mounting holes, just on one side though, so the lettering is gonna be 'upside-down' when mounted to your sled.

 

Unless someone makes a U shaped bracket to flip the HU3 when mounted.

 

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I received my MDR3 today, the first unit to hit Canada! To answer a couple of your questions:

 

1) The lights for direction and torque are quite bright, however they turn off about 3 seconds after you finish touching them, this eliminates all issues with bright lights in dark sets and I was happy to see that they weren't on full time.

 

The green power light and the channel numbers are however on full time. I think I'll be cutting a small square of white electrical tape or something similar for the green power light.

 

2) The reset button is white, not red, but aside from that, it does everything a reset button is supposed to do.

 

3) There are in fact mounting holes, two sets. There are four holes on the back opposite the side that says "MDR-3" and also 4 holes on the side, opposite the side with the antenna. I'm looking forward to building some aluminum brackets.

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