Premium Members Alan Greene Posted March 6, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 The XCS plate won't fit an Archer. I know, I want one too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Erwin, mind if I ask where those red dovetails with the built in bars are from? Is that an XCS thing? I would love something like that if it would fit the top stage on the Archer... Ed, Yes that is an XCS camera plate. Through very lucky circumstances and incredible timing and a steep premium, I came in possession of 4 plates in red. First time and definitely the last time you will see that specific color on an XCS plate as Greg does not do costumers color requests anymore (after some very nasty and costly incidents). The color coding of the plates has to do with the generation of the plate, so when you call him he knows by the color description how old the plate is and what features it has or doesn't. Funny timing, I just answered another post: http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?sh...amp;#entry43166 Unfortunately the Archer has a different camera stage and resulted in a narrower Camera plate. The XCS plates will fit the Master Series and the Ultra, not sure about the Clipper (Basically all Film and Video rigs that are based on the original Steadicam design). If you check the pix that I posted in that other thread you will see that there is a small threats at each end of the plate, which are meant for a screw to prevent the camera plate from sliding out of an Ultra or Master top stage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I just used the Redbyte on a RED shoot and didn't have any of ground or interference issues. I was using a BFD not a Preston. Unfortunately the RED itself did not work quite as flawlessly. Had a number of freezes and a few lost shots that we had to reshoot. ~Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted March 7, 2009 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 My unit and cables are off to another XCS operator early next week, I'll be interested to see if he has the same issue with the 4-pin cable. Jess, was it the hard drive or CF cards that were having problems on your RED shoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Ed Moore Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Ed, Yes that is an XCS camera plate... Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Jess, was it the hard drive or CF cards that were having problems on your RED shoot? We were using the hard drive but most of our problems happened while on sticks so it wasn't a movement thing. ~Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Iain Baird Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) I just purchased my Decimator yesterday. I had a chance to try it out at Clairmont while doing a little testing on the F35 and the picture looked amazing, the F35 in fact has a built in downconverter but it was nice to give the unit a test run. I made one modification to the unit (after reading a few of the complaints and then seeing the DC plug for myself) and added a four pin lemo. It's wired into the power and Composite output and matches the pinouts on the PRO video plugs. The unit is very easy to take apart, it's a circuit board design so the contacts to solder the new connections onto are on the bottom of the board. Very easy to identify and easy to solder onto. For any operators in Canada that are looking to buy the DECIMATOR, call Doug Macaulay at Kingsway Motion Picture Ltd. 416-463-4345 e-mail kingsway@allstream.net Edited March 7, 2009 by Iain Baird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members nick franco Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Erwin, who makes that groovy gold transmitter mount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 8, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Greg does... not sure if he still sells it though... Give him a call. Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lawrence Karman Posted March 8, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Greg does... not sure if he still sells it though... Give him a call. Later Erwin, I believe Greg has retired and is living comfortably in Bora Bora after selling you everything he has ever made. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 9, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I was wondering where all my money went... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matt Petrosky Posted March 9, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Erwin, I believe Greg has retired and is living comfortably in Bora Bora after selling you everything he has ever made. ;) Ah, too funny D-to the-O-to the-C! I laughed out loud for a good minute. :P And again, Erwin, you and your red steadi stuff. This will be legend someday. :ph34r: Charles, thanks for all of the research and updates regarding this downconverter! -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Padoan Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hey guys. Enyone used the supposed mountning-bracket to the Decimator? Got a red small bracket with the Decimator, but no screws. Bye! /Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 30, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 As much as I dislike the Red Camera the turn around is impressive... That was the show that I used Charles's Decimator on: http://www.manicdepressionmovie.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Steve Acheson Posted March 31, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I just bought and shipped out to me didnt have a chance to test it out before i got on set and apparently I got the only one in the world that doesnt work... I do have to say that Perry at Tecades has been very great to work with and is shipping me one first off the truck... I get the power green light but no signal light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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