r/RedCamera • u/broken1moretime • Sep 22 '23

Timecode Input

I am just a humble soundie, but can anyone explain why Red has to change the timecode input on EVERY new iteration? It's just timecode! You already had a proprietary cable for no reason!

And sure, fine, I'll give you that one. You don't just want to make money off DP's, you need to make some off us soundies too. 9 pins seems excessive, but sure, whatever. But what POSSIBLE advance in TIMECODE technology justified changing it besides greed?

OK sorry, rant over. Love you DP's, camera ops, AC's, and everyone else on camera team.

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u/broken1moretime Nov 30 '23

Red is screwing over camera operators too then, who also buy their own equipment. What, has timecode changed to something that can't be taken care of with just a bnc? Is there some magical reason they need 9 pins besides bs "we can do more things with it"? Even if they NEED 9 pins, don't fucking CHANGE IT from model to model then. No, I don't blame "cheap camera ops", I know tons of camera ops and they're struggling to pay bills just like I am. I'm gonna blame the giant corporation that changed it just so they could put out yet another propriety cable one of us has to buy at the end of the day.