RED EPIC
OPERATION GUIDE
EPIC-M & EPIC-X / BUILD V4.0
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RED EPIC OPERATION GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER 5
COPYRIGHT NOTICE 5
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER 5
COMPLIANCE 6
INDUSTRIAL CANADA
EMISSION COMPLIANCE
STATEMENTS 6
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION (FCC)
STATEMENT 6
AUSTRALIA AND NEW
ZEALAND STATEMENT 7
JAPAN STATEMENTS 7
EUROPEAN
UNION COMPLIANCE
STATEMENTS 7
BEFORE YOU START 10
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS 10
READ BEFORE USING YOUR
CAMERA 10
THEORY OF OPERATION 13
MYSTERIUM X® SENSOR 13
IMAGE PROCESSING 13
HDRX™ 14
MAGIC MOTION™ 15
AUDIO RECORDING 15
MICROPHONE LEVEL ANALOG
INPUTS 15
LINE LEVEL ANALOG INPUTS
16
VIDEO MONITORING OUTPUTS
16
BOMB EVF 17
RED TOUCH LCD 17
HD-SDI 18
HDMI 18
REDMOTE® 19
DIGITAL MAGAZINE (MEDIA) 19
METADATA 20
CLIP NAMING CONVENTIONS 21
SMPTE TIMECODE 21
POWER CONSUMPTION 22
CAMERA OPERATIONAL
CONTROLS 23
BRAIN 23
SIDE SSD MODULE 24
SIDE HANDLE 25
TOP 25
FRONT 26
REAR 27
INSTALLATION / REMOVAL 28
DSMC MODULES 30
PRO I/O MODULE 30
REAR SSD MODULE 31
QUAD BATTERY MODULE 31
DUAL BATTERY MODULE 32
MODULE INSTALLATION / REMOVAL
32
REDMOTE 36
NAVIGATION GROUP 37
DISPLAYS 37
BOMB EVF AND BOMB EVF (OLED)
37
TOUCHSCREEN LCD 39
BASIC OPERATION 40
POWER SOURCES 40
SIDE HANDLE 40
QUAD BATTERY MODULE 41
REDVOLT AND REDVOLT XL 41
BACKPACK QUICKPLATE AND
BACKPACK QUICKPLATE (SHORT) 42
AC POWER ADAPTOR - (DSMC) 45
EXTERNAL DC POWER 47
POWER UP 47
POWER DOWN 48
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
AND NAVIGATION 49
RED LCD/TOUCHSCREEN LCD,
BOMB EVF, EXTERNAL MONITORS49
SIDE HANDLE 54
REDMOTE 55
NAVIGATING MENUS 56
USING TOUCHSCREEN LCD 56
TOUCHSCREEN SHORTCUTS 57
ACCESSING SOFT KEYS 58
POWER DOWN 59
LOCK / UNLOCK TOUCHSCREEN
OPRERATION 60
FIRST TIME USE –
SETTING UP YOUR RED
EPIC 61
ATTACH POWER SOURCE 61
BATTERY 61
QUAD BATTERY MODULE 62
RED BRICK 62
DC POWER 62
POWER UP 63
PREPARING TO RECORD 63
CONNECT AND FORMAT MEDIA 63
PERFORM A BLACK SHADING
CALIBRATION 64
ADJUST PROJECT SETTINGS 64
RECORDING 66
RECORD INDICATOR 67
PLAYBACK 68
MENU CONTROLS 69
ADJUSTMENTS 69
BASIC SETTING ADJUSTMENTS 69
ADVANCED SETTING MENUS 70
MAIN MENU 71
FPS 71
VARISPEED 71
BASIC SETTINGS 72
ADVANCED SETTINGS 72
ISO (SENSITIVITY) 73
F STOP 73
EXPOSURE 75
BASIC SETTINGS 75
ADVANCED SETTINGS 76
WHITE BALANCE 78
BASIC SETTINGS 78
ADVANCED SETTINGS 79
RESOLUTION 81
REDCODE 82
REDCODE OPTIONS FOR VARIOUS
FRAME RATES 83
SECONDARY MENUS 84
HDR MENU 84
HDR ON / OFF 84
STOPS 84
FOCUS MENU 85
MODE 85
ZONES 88
ENHANCED A/F 91
LENS INFORMATION DISPLAY
95
RED DSMC TI PL MOUNT + LENS 95
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DSMC CANON MOUNT + LENS 95
EXPOSURE MENU 96
PRESETS MENU 96
CAMERA PRESETS 96
LOOKS PRESETS 100
AUTO PRESETS 101
MEDIA MENU 101
SELECT MEDIA 102
FORMAT MEDIA 102
EJECT MEDIA 103
UTILITIES 103
SETTINGS MENU 104
DISPLAY 104
LOOK 122
PROJECT 125
SYSTEM STATUS 128
AUDIO 128
RECORDING 131
SETUP 138
MAINTENANCE 147
PLAYBACK 159
POWER 165
POWER STATUS 165
SHUTDOWN 166
POWER OUT 167
POWER SAVE 167
APPENDIX A:
UPGRADING CAMERA
FIRMWARE 169
VERIFY CURRENT CAMERA
FIRMWARE 169
UPGRADE PROCEDURE 169
RESTORE DEFAULT FACTORY
SETTINGS 169
APPENDIX B: MANAGING
DIGITAL MEDIA 170
MEDIA 170
FORMATTING MEDIA 170
MEDIA CAPACITY REMAINING
STATUS 172
EJECT MEDIA FROM CAMERA
(UNMOUNT) 172
USING REDMOTE / TOUCHSCREEN
LCD 173
USING SIDE HANDLE 174
USING SIDE SSD 174
COPYING MEDIA 174
ERASING MEDIA 175
MACINTOSH OS X 175
WINDOWS 175
APPENDIX C: INPUT /
OUTPUT CONNECTORS 176
APPENDIX G: REDMOTE
OPERATION 199
CAMERA BRAIN FRONT 176
MIC-1, MIC-2 (MICROPHONE AUDIO)
177
CAMERA BRAIN REAR 178
HD-SDI 179
HEADPHONE 179
SYNC (VIDEO SYNC) 180
CTRL (RS232 CONTROL) 182
GIG-E (ETHERNET) 183
DC IN (POWER INPUT) 184
HDMI OUT 185
SIDE SSD MODULE 185
REDMOTE 186
APPENDIX D:
SUPPORTED LENSES 187
DSMC CANON MOUNT
ELECTRONICALLY
SUPPORTED LENSES 187
DSMC NIKON MOUNT
ELECTRONICALLY
SUPPORTED LENSES 188
DSMC LEICA-M MOUNT
LENSES 188
APPENDIX E: AUDIO
SUBSYSTEM
INFORMATION 189
AUDIO FORMAT 189
CHANNEL SETUP 189
SOURCE SELECTION 189
CHANNEL MODES 190
BALANCED MICROPHONE 190
UNBALANCED MICROPHONE 190
LINE IN 0 DBU 191
LINE IN 0 VU 191
PHANTOM POWER 191
LIMITER 191
AUDIO RECORDING 191
PEAK METER 192
DATA PATH 193
HD-SDI/HDMI EMBEDDED
AUDIO 193
AUDIO DURING PLAYBACK 196
APPENDIX F: DEFAULT
KEY FUNCTIONS 197
CONTROL, CONNECTORS AND
DISPLAY 199
CONTROLS 199
OPERATION 202
DOCKING AND UNDOCKING 202
POWER UP / DOWN 203
RECORDING 204
ACCESSING CAMERA CONTROLS /
SETTINGS 205
ADVANCED OPERATION: REDMOTE
MENUS 206
INTERNAL BATTERY 214
CHARGE STATUS 214
BATTERY LIFE 215
CHARGING 215
UPGRADE REDMOTE
FIRMWARE 216
UPGRADE REDMOTE THROUGH
DSMC 216
UPGRADE REDMOTE (MACINTOSH)
216
UPGRADE REDMOTE (WINDOWS)
222
APPENDIX H: 3D SETUP
/ OPERATION 229
OVERVIEW 229
CAMERA SETUP 229
MASTER CAMERA 229
SLAVE CAMERA 229
CLIP NAMING CONVENTIONS
230
REEL NO. / SLATE (CAMERA ID) /
CAMERA POSITION 230
CONNECTING CAMERAS 231
OPERATION 232
CHANGING SETTINGS 232
RECORDING 232
POWER DOWN 233
APPENDIX I: EXPOSURE
– USING FALSE COLOR
AND ISO 234
UNDEREXPOSURE (~ 2 STOPS)
234
OVEREXPOSURE (~ 2 STOPS)
236
APPROPRIATE EXPOSURE 238
ADJUSTING THE ISO RATING
240
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APPENDIX J: POSTPRODUCTION 242
MONITORING 242
REDCINE-X® PRO 243
APPENDIX K:
MAINTENANCE 244
CLEANING 244
CAMERA AND ACCESSORY
EXTERIOR SURFACES 244
BRAIN 244
LCD SCREEN (TOUCHSCREEN /
NON-TOUCHSCREEN) 244
EVF 245
REDMOTE SCREEN 245
LENSES 245
SIDE HANDLE LCD 245
BACK FOCUS ADJUSTMENT
246
APPENDIX L:
TROUBLESHOOTING 248
NO MEDIA ATTACHED 248
RECORDING HALTED:
RECORD ERROR - SHUTDOWN
248
PRESET COULD NOT BE
APPLIED 248
CAMERA CANNOT BE PAIRED
TO REDMOTE 248
CANNOT SEE MENUS ON LCD
TOUCH SCREEN 248
APPENDIX M:
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS 249
CAMERA BRAIN DIMENSIONS
251
FRONT VIEW 251
SIDE VIEW 252
TOP VIEW 253
BOTTOM VIEW 253
BACK VIEW 254
APPENDIX N:
RESOLUTION CHART 255
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