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John Here,

I'm Currently new to the Red Camera, but i have heard lots of good things about it and was thinking about shooting a independent commercial on it..i want all of your opinions if this is a good deal...i meet a guy out here in Los Angeles and he said he would rent me a FULL rig for $3,500 a week and $11,000 for the month. This is what the gear includes;

Red One Camera
Prime Lenses 25mm,35mm,50mm,85mm,100mm
Steadicam
Crane (Attach to Dolly)
Hydraulic Dolly
HD monitor
Slate
Sound Kit
Remote Follow Focus
all the dolly accessories like curved track and straight track


Sounds Like a good deal to me...LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK PLZ....

Sincerly,
John D.
 
That is definitely a fair priced kit. I dont like that it doesnt have a matte box or ND filters though. And I especially dont like the fact that its only a remote follow focus. Still, I would go for it.
 
Can you give us a break down of the manufacturers, that way we might be able to give you a comparison for how much they rent for.

-Steadicam
-Crane (Attach to Dolly)
-Hydraulic Dolly
-HD monitor
-Sound Kit
-Remote Follow Focus

PS: I think its a good thing you have a remote FF. We almost never shoot with a Follow Focus on the camera, we try to use the RFF all the time for safety reasons. It also helps the AC to stand at a point of advantage where he/she can see the entire scene and judge distances better.
 
Unless you are shooting interiors only, (with minimal windows) you really can not shoot on the RED without a mattebox and ND filters. Well, technically you can, but you'll be at T16/22 the entire time and your depth of field will not be shallow at all-not to mention that optically it won't look as good (not as sharp as T4-5.6).

Matthew
 
emretufekci said:
Can you give us a break down of the manufacturers, that way we might be able to give you a comparison for how much they rent for.

-Steadicam
-Crane (Attach to Dolly)
-Hydraulic Dolly
-HD monitor
-Sound Kit
-Remote Follow Focus

PS: I think its a good thing you have a remote FF. We almost never shoot with a Follow Focus on the camera, we try to use the RFF all the time for safety reasons. It also helps the AC to stand at a point of advantage where he/she can see the entire scene and judge distances better.
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What kind of safety reasons are you thinking of? I just remember working on a feature a while back where the DP was a steadicam op and they were renting his package. Since he did steadicam all he had was a wireless follow focus, so thats all the AC got.

After talking to him a few times I found out how much he didn't like it. I would think the best place to be to accurately judge distances is right next to the camera. I don't know though, perhaps I'm wrong...Just wondering what you think would be better.
 
I was talking with Jim Bartell last year (he makes bartech wireless FF) and he told me about how a AC got pushed off a balcony last year on a feature film, due to close quarters. I have had to work in places where I cannot place the camera and AC safely in such small areas (furnace rooms, attics..ect).

As far asjudging distances (in most cases) I think the best place is not next to the camera as you would get a compressed image of the scene. My AC likes to stand off to the side (think three points of a triangle) where he a can see the whole picture. This I think this is sometimes a better thing where you dont have the AC right next to the camera in the actors line of sight. Most AC's will try to not even look at the actors not to distract them but its not always possible.

My AC always asks me to bring my WFF (Since I am a steadicam Op as well so I have a bartech) and we seem to use it %90 of the time, even if we are an a dolly or sticks.

Just our preference.
 
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