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MOVI M10 WITH ALEXA M

Discussion in 'MōVI M10' started by Bjorn Krueger, Nov 18, 2013.

  1. Bjorn Krueger

    Bjorn Krueger New Member

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    does anybody know if the MOVI M10 works with the Arri Alexa M or not? any experience? any ideas. need to know it in the next 5 hours.
    thanks
     
  2. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    I guess there are no experiences yet, i will try this next week. There is no weight issue, but the M could be too deep, especially the optical connector. It has to be the 15 ft. steadicam cable, which is very flexible. I am quite sure it will work, with ultraprimes and a light motor like Heden...

    Best,
    Wolf
     
  3. Lee Dashiell

    Lee Dashiell New Member

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    I think it's too long to work in it's current configuration.
     
  4. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    I will try it tomorrow and post the results... and some pics.


    Best,

    Wolf
     
  5. Ryan Haug

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    I have run with an Alexa M on my rig before. You really need the special modified fiber cable to make it completely fluid. Although I didn't have one in time, so I was able to mount the M upside down and make it work for the simple shot we needed. Email me if you need anymore info.

    -Ryan
    ryanhaug@gmail.com
     
  6. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    Ok, i tested today, and the Alexa M is working with the Mōvi with some small restrictions.
    You need to use very light lenses (i.e. Cooke 2.1 or Zeiss High Speeds)
    I also mounted the cam upside down (thanks Ryan!), and used the flexible (steady cam) cable, but the optical plug is reaching to far out at the back.

    So you need to tilt the complete rig to the front to get enough play for the tilt axis, as the plug is hitting the roll bar in the lowest position.
    The stabilization worked out great. We now try to built a cornered plug solution….


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    Best,

    Wolf
     
  7. Andy Johnson-Laird

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  8. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    I"ll try, but if you click on the pics, they should show up right... ;-)

    By the way, they were in the right way up before loading up, don't know what happened...


    Best Wolf
     
  9. Ben Huddleston

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    Wolf,
    The Arri focus motor cable looks really thick and stiff. Is that compromising the stability?
     
  10. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Hi Wolf:
    The images are inverted in both the thumbnail and when you click on them. Did you take them with an iPhone or iPad? That's usually the way to get them to show up inverted when you don't want them to be inverted. :) You may have to bring them in to Photoshop and re-save them -- there's an embedded field in the image that defines their orientation, I believe.

    Specifically it's called an EXIF flag.
    I'm not sure whether you're a PC or Mac user, but you can probably find a free app to change the orientation if you search for:

    exif orientation flag​

    Andy.
     
  11. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    Ok, thanks Andy, fixed it...

    Ben, the cable doesn´t compromise the stabilization at all. But we didn´t check really hard settings like fast running, just some quick moves and up and down shifts.

    Best,

    Wolf
     
  12. Andy Johnson-Laird

    Andy Johnson-Laird Administrator
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    What program did you end up using? Or did you just unglue the MōVI from the ceiling? ;)

    Andy.
     
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  13. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    Just opening and saving in Photoshop did the trick ;-)

    Cheers Wolf
     
  14. Justin Marx

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    How are you powering the camera?
    Back pack with the recorder?
     
  15. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    Hi, yes the cam head and the follow focus are powered from the backpack through the steadycam cable.

    The monitor and Teradek will get the sdi signal also from the backpack since there is no sdi at the head.


    Wolf
     
  16. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    Dear Tabb,

    i hope you will offer the longer side-tubes and pan-tube as seen in the amazing bts-film soon in the shop, to make us all able to use this wonderful cam without the above restrictions...

    Thanks!

    Best,

    Wolf
     
  17. Mark MacEwen

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    Yes are there any further developments to enable the Alexa M and sony F55 to fit on the MoVI with longer tubes etc, i have several jobs wanting to use both on the MoVI,
    Thanks
    best

    Mark
     
  18. Tabb Firchau

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    We are working on an kit to allow larger cameras. I hope to have an update soon.

    Thanks!
    T
     
  19. Wolf Schiebel

    Wolf Schiebel Active Member

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    That's good news!

    Thanks Tabb, and i wish you and the team peaceful and nice christmas days!


    Best,

    Wolf
     
  20. Eric Ulbrich

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    That sounds quite amazing. I keep running into issues with the side tubes being as short as they are. My epic is down to 9 lbs loaded with all its AKS and Im thinking I can get a small angineux zoom on the rig if the side tubes being longer. Count me in for a full set when they are ready to ship!
     

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