Specifications

RED EPIC OPERATION GUIDE
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PRESETS MENU 92
CAMERA PRESETS 92
LOOKS PRESETS 96
AUTO PRESETS 97
MEDIA MENU 97
SELECT MEDIA 98
FORMAT MEDIA 98
EJECT MEDIA 99
UTILITIES 99
SETTINGS MENU 101
DISPLAY 101
LOOK 119
PROJECT 122
SYSTEM STATUS 125
AUDIO 125
RECORDING 128
SETUP 135
MAINTENANCE 144
PLAYBACK 154
POWER 160
POWER STATUS 160
SHUTDOWN 161
POWER OUT 162
POWER SAVE 162
APPENDIX A:
UPGRADING CAMERA
FIRMWARE 164
VERIFY CURRENT CAMERA
FIRMWARE 164
UPGRADE PROCEDURE 164
RESTORE DEFAULT FACTORY
SETTINGS 164
APPENDIX B: MANAGING
DIGITAL MEDIA 165
MEDIA 165
FORMATTING MEDIA 165
MEDIA CAPACITY REMAINING
STATUS 167
EJECT MEDIA FROM CAMERA
(UNMOUNT) 167
USING REDMOTE / TOUCHSCREEN
LCD 168
USING SIDE HANDLE 169
USING SIDE SSD 169
COPYING MEDIA 169
ERASING MEDIA 170
MACINTOSH OS X 170
WINDOWS 170
APPENDIX C: INPUT /
OUTPUT CONNECTORS 171
CAMERA BRAIN FRONT 171
MIC-1, MIC-2 (MICROPHONE AUDIO)
172
CAMERA BRAIN REAR 173
HD-SDI 174
HEADPHONE 174
SYNC (VIDEO SYNC) 175
CTRL (RS232 CONTROL) 177
GIG-E (ETHERNET) 178
DC IN (POWER INPUT) 179
HDMI OUT 180
SIDE SSD MODULE 180
REDMOTE 181
APPENDIX D:
SUPPORTED LENSES 182
DSMC CANON MOUNT
ELECTRONICALLY
SUPPORTED LENSES 182
DSMC NIKON MOUNT
ELECTRONICALLY
SUPPORTED LENSES 183
DSMC LEICA-M MOUNT
LENSES 183
APPENDIX E: AUDIO
SUBSYSTEM
INFORMATION 184
AUDIO FORMAT 184
CHANNEL SETUP 184
SOURCE SELECTION 184
CHANNEL MODES 185
BALANCED MICROPHONE 185
UNBALANCED MICROPHONE 185
LINE IN 0 DBU 186
LINE IN 0 VU 186
PHANTOM POWER 186
LIMITER 186
AUDIO RECORDING 186
PEAK METER 187
DATA PATH 188
HD-SDI/HDMI EMBEDDED
AUDIO 188
AUDIO DURING PLAYBACK 190
APPENDIX F: DEFAULT
KEY FUNCTIONS 192
APPENDIX G: REDMOTE
OPERATION 194
CONTROL, CONNECTORS AND
DISPLAY 194
CONTROLS 194
OPERATION 197
DOCKING AND UNDOCKING 197
POWER UP / DOWN 198
RECORDING 199
ACCESSING CAMERA CONTROLS /
SETTINGS 200
ADVANCED OPERATION: REDMOTE
MENUS 201
INTERNAL BATTERY 209
CHARGE STATUS 209
BATTERY LIFE 210
CHARGING 210
UPGRADE REDMOTE
FIRMWARE 211
UPGRADE REDMOTE THROUGH
DSMC 211
UPGRADE REDMOTE (MACINTOSH)
211
UPGRADE REDMOTE (WINDOWS)
217
APPENDIX H: 3D SETUP
/ OPERATION 224
OVERVIEW 224
CAMERA SETUP 224
MASTER CAMERA 224
SLAVE CAMERA 224
CLIP NAMING CONVENTIONS
225
REEL NO. / SLATE (CAMERA ID) /
CAMERA POSITION 225
CONNECTING CAMERAS 226
OPERATION 227
CHANGING SETTINGS 227
RECORDING 227
POWER DOWN 228
APPENDIX I: EXPOSURE
– USING FALSE COLOR
AND ISO 229
UNDEREXPOSURE (~ 2 STOPS)
229
OVEREXPOSURE (~ 2 STOPS)
231
APPROPRIATE EXPOSURE 233
ADJUSTING THE ISO RATING
235
APPENDIX J: POST-
PRODUCTION 237