NAB 2013: Redrock Micro One Man Crew and GoPro Cage

$99 for a silly cage? Oh please! The main asset of GoPro (a helmet cam) is it's portability. GoPro already has an attachment for a tripod (for 6 bucks). GoPro 3 doesn't even and mic in port- what do you need to add the the camera?
 
snowblindfilm said:
$99 for a silly cage? Oh please! The main asset of GoPro (a helmet cam) is it's portability. GoPro already has an attachment for a tripod (for 6 bucks). GoPro 3 doesn't even and mic in port- what do you need to add the the camera?
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GoPro3 does have a mic input. Plus the $6 tripod mount is only one point of contact. If you're mounting to a car it is nice to have multiple places to attach to.

I used to think of GoPro as a niche POV camera that only appeals to extreme sports people. I was wrong & I have thoroughly changed my opinion. It is used all over the place, in many, many professional productions. If you think of it as just a helmet cam, you're thinking too narrowly.
 
I don't think it's a matter of not having the guts to ask about it - at least in my case I can say it didn't even cross my mind... I had completely forgotten about it until just now when I read this thread.

Not sure I'll get a chance to go by there tomorrow (I have to leave the show by noon) and I have a huge list of last minute things I still want to see... but if I get a chance I'll swing by there and ask them about it.
 
Look the evf deal is made...or not made as the case might be. A cheap evf is available . The chinese put redrocks evf question to bed once and for all . At 230 bucks on ebay or remoded and guaranteed for 375 , what company could intersect themselves in that profit model ? The problem , like so many these days, is the company prematurely opened their mouth.
 
Billy Barber said:
Anyone know how loud the One Man Crew is? Is it really quiet enough for interviews?
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It's nearly impossible to tell on the show floor how loud anything is, but for what it's worth I put my ear right up next to it and didn't feel like I could hear it making any significant noise. I wouldn't want to claim it was completely silent, seeing as I was in a very very noisy environment... but if it does make noise it can't be all that loud.
 
official answer on the EVF is "it is still in development"
No timeline given.
I asked if that was code for 'we're never going to make it' and was assurred it wasnt.
they said they refuse to put out a product they dont feel is up to their or their users standards... and are still working on it.
 
Luis Caffesse said:
official answer on the EVF is "it is still in development"
No timeline given.
I asked if that was code for 'we're never going to make it' and was assurred it wasnt.
they said they refuse to put out a product they dont feel is up to their or their users standards... and are still working on it.
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thanks
 
Luis Caffesse said:
official answer on the EVF is "it is still in development"
No timeline given.
I asked if that was code for 'we're never going to make it' and was assurred it wasnt.
they said they refuse to put out a product they dont feel is up to their or their users standards... and are still working on it.
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Redrock standards? I can't imagine what a terrifying thing it must be then.
 
snowblindfilm said:
$99 for a silly cage? Oh please! The main asset of GoPro (a helmet cam) is it's portability. GoPro already has an attachment for a tripod (for 6 bucks). GoPro 3 doesn't even and mic in port- what do you need to add the the camera?
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That "silly cage" is machined aluminum, which isn't cheap to do (I know, at my company we do a LOT of machined aluminum). Knowing what DSLR cages that do something similar go for....$99 is cheap. I can definitely see the value in it.
 
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