Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted December 9, 2007 Premium Member Posted December 9, 2007 Hi All, I read on CML that Geoff Bolye had a small problem with the CF module. I searched the web and came up with this:- http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_mem...er/adsahdcf.asp Priced at $31.99 seems worth the risk to try it. The red unit is $500. Thinking this a little further can't one just replace the CF unit with a 10,000 RPM 300GB Seagate HDD? Stephen
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 9, 2007 Premium Member Posted December 9, 2007 > I read on CML that Geoff Bolye had a small problem with the CF module. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. > http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_mem...er/adsahdcf.asp I'm not sure how this would help. It gives you a serial ATA interface; the camera is designed to use compactflash (which is very similar to parallel ATA). You can certainly get CF wear extenders which just duplicate the pins end to end on a simple PCB, which is what you would probably want here. CF is really not designed for the sort of uses it's being put to here, although it's a nice standard format. > Thinking this a little further can't one just replace the CF unit with a 10,000 RPM > 300GB Seagate HDD? Depending on how decent an ATA implementation exists in the camera, yeah, it would probably take nothing more than an adapter cable. Given that they're having to specially select CF cards to go in it, though, it suggests their ATA interface may make a few assumptions. Phil
Jim Exton Posted December 9, 2007 Posted December 9, 2007 Red will have an option to use hard drives if you want. The idea behind CF is for a more secure data acquisition. They also have other solid state recording options coming out for those that don't like CF.
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted December 9, 2007 Author Premium Member Posted December 9, 2007 Red will have an option to use hard drives if you want. The idea behind CF is for a more secure data acquisition. They also have other solid state recording options coming out for those that don't like CF. Hi, I was thinking about a drive now, why wait if you can have it today. Stephen
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted December 9, 2007 Author Premium Member Posted December 9, 2007 I'm not sure how this would help. It gives you a serial ATA interface; the camera is designed to use compactflash (which is very similar to parallel ATA). You can certainly get CF wear extenders which just duplicate the pins end to end on a simple PCB, which is what you would probably want here. CF is really not designed for the sort of uses it's being put to here, although it's a nice standard format. > Thinking this a little further can't one just replace the CF unit with a 10,000 RPM > 300GB Seagate HDD? Depending on how decent an ATA implementation exists in the camera, yeah, it would probably take nothing more than an adapter cable. Given that they're having to specially select CF cards to go in it, though, it suggests their ATA interface may make a few assumptions. Phil Phil, Having seen inside a RED the CF adapter looks very similar, the bottom connector is slightly different. Should be easy to use off the shelf components. Stephen
Gavin Greenwalt Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 RED doesn't require any specific CF Card. Just certifies that certain cards meet performance benchmarks necessary for specific framerates and resolutions.
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted December 14, 2007 Author Premium Member Posted December 14, 2007 Hi all, I understand that on later cameras, the CF port is glued to the camera making DIY repairs more difficult. Thats a shame if you live along way from Red's HQ. Stephen
Jim Jannard Posted December 15, 2007 Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) Hi all, I understand that on later cameras, the CF port is glued to the camera making DIY repairs more difficult. Thats a shame if you live along way from Red's HQ. Stephen Stephen... you understand wrong. The 1st ones were glued to compensate for the "deep drop" in the slot. That was fixed two months ago and every camera now has a bolt mounted and replaceable CF writer. Maybe you should email me this type of stuff in question form so I don't have to watch the board for mis-information. I'll always respond to you quickly. Jim Edited December 15, 2007 by Jim Jannard
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted December 15, 2007 Author Premium Member Posted December 15, 2007 Stephen... you understand wrong. The 1st ones were glued to compensate for the "deep drop" in the slot. That was fixed two months ago and every camera now has a bolt mounted and replaceable CF writer. Maybe you should email me this type of stuff in question form so I don't have to watch the board for mis-information. I'll always respond to you quickly. Jim Hi All, Jim answered an email as follows:- sure... 1-25 went out with bolted CF cards in too deep. 26-somewhere before 100 went out glued. Somewhere to 100 went out correct. All new cameras 101-forever and all replacements for 1-100 are fixed BTW... 50% of the ones that went out glued have already been replaced... which is a moot point because we are taking them all back for new cameras. I think that this is a bigger story (customer service beyond reason to those that accepted early cameras) than the "we sent out 30 cameras with glued CF modules" story. IMHO.
Jim Jannard Posted December 15, 2007 Posted December 15, 2007 Hi All, Jim informs me that some of the cameras 26-100 were glued, all cameras 101+ will be glue free. That is good for DIY enthusiasts. Stephen Actually, about 30 were glued of 26-100 and about half of those were replaced. This is a moot point because all 1-100 will be replaced with a final camera at N/C to our customers, including shipping. Our early customers knew they were getting cameras that were not finished. They didn't know that they would get a free replacement when we were done. Jim
Guest Rainer Fritz Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 the last post is some time ago, but we had at our last shooting the problem, that some pins where bend when changing the card at the writer on the cam. so i suggest all to have one port in spare or at least a red-ram or red-drive. the problem i think so far is, that the card could be inserted not only straight in the writer... would be fine to have an adaptor to the original pins which can be replaced.... regards rainer
Jim Exton Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Red sells replacement boards at $200 a piece. These can be changed in the field. Supposed to be as easy as changing a hard drive. Red drives have started shipping as well.
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted January 17, 2008 Author Premium Member Posted January 17, 2008 Red sells replacement boards at $200 a piece. These can be changed in the field. Supposed to be as easy as changing a hard drive. Red drives have started shipping as well. Hi, Thats good news. I can confirm it's just as easy to change as a hard drive. Stephen
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