Great vid, super informative. I’m a 1st and have wanted to see what other people have thought about this system. I’ve used it 4 times and hated it, but I might have had a faulty one (same one each of those 4 times) build quality was good but ironically range was trash. Couldn’t get through one follow car on “USA MAX LEGAL” setting in LA. Even my Nucleus-M has no trouble with that. The Heden YMER1 and YMER3 are more reliable from my experience in this price bracket. Every system should have vibrating marks at this point, Tilta proved it’s possible in cheaper units. Really wish the RT was everything I wanted it to be
it's almost unprecedented to get this much information and this quality of a review for a system in this tier! thanks a lot for making it! how did you find the control wheel specifically? I find the WCU-4's wheel to be second to none, but on a lot of the smaller budget shoots that come up I'm forced to use the Nucleus-M (which, for the people asking below, is imho terrible, not just because of the bugs, but because of the wheel's small size and how 'undampened and loose' the focus wheel is). Is this more similar to Arri's or Preston's?
The WCU-4 is great because the wheel is adjustable. The RT knob is very smooth, but doesn't have much dampening similar to a Nucleus. I haven't used a Preston, so I can't speak for that system.
@@robchado oh, that's a real turn-off then. are you familiar with any other system that has a wheel that's similar quality to the wcu-4s in a cheaper package? I think software is important, but above all the physical qualities of the unit are the deciding factor in my experience
thank yooou man, I have been looking for some videos that explain from A to Z and you did but missed on thing that I could not find an answer for. which Cable are you using from the Hand unit to the monitor ? and could you go through that here in the chat. biiig love again thank you!
Thanks so much for doing this. Battery pulling solved an issue I had on set the first time using this system, the system kept shutting down and we all were pretty confused as to why. Couple questions Does it still take 30 seconds to reboot? That was awful, after having it all shut off before a take and then having to wait in front of 50 people just for the system to come back on. Then, having the lens mapping on the side seemed to be more distracting than helpful. I pull a lot from monitor and from marks, but when I watch monitor i keep a close eye on where the focus is by watching walls, and corner surroundings, do you ever get used to it without impeding this type of workflow?
How do you feel about the price\feature set of the CTRL 1 system package? 2500$ seems like a great deal for the distance overlay alone from someone who works with the Nucleus M...
Honestly, this is one of the best instructional videos on any subject I've ever viewed. Cudos, nicely done!
You’re the man Rob! Thanks for all of your hard work on this project. We seriously couldn’t have done it without you!!
Love all of these technical breakdowns and bts. please keep them coming! patiently waiting for that lut pack! jkjk
Man! So cool that you know Tyler and the punch scene with the two cam op's is insane!!!
Great review as always!
Great vid, super informative. I’m a 1st and have wanted to see what other people have thought about this system. I’ve used it 4 times and hated it, but I might have had a faulty one (same one each of those 4 times) build quality was good but ironically range was trash. Couldn’t get through one follow car on “USA MAX LEGAL” setting in LA. Even my Nucleus-M has no trouble with that. The Heden YMER1 and YMER3 are more reliable from my experience in this price bracket. Every system should have vibrating marks at this point, Tilta proved it’s possible in cheaper units. Really wish the RT was everything I wanted it to be
Nice. Good one.
it's almost unprecedented to get this much information and this quality of a review for a system in this tier! thanks a lot for making it!
how did you find the control wheel specifically? I find the WCU-4's wheel to be second to none, but on a lot of the smaller budget shoots that come up I'm forced to use the Nucleus-M (which, for the people asking below, is imho terrible, not just because of the bugs, but because of the wheel's small size and how 'undampened and loose' the focus wheel is). Is this more similar to Arri's or Preston's?
The WCU-4 is great because the wheel is adjustable. The RT knob is very smooth, but doesn't have much dampening similar to a Nucleus. I haven't used a Preston, so I can't speak for that system.
@@robchado oh, that's a real turn-off then. are you familiar with any other system that has a wheel that's similar quality to the wcu-4s in a cheaper package? I think software is important, but above all the physical qualities of the unit are the deciding factor in my experience
thank yooou man, I have been looking for some videos that explain from A to Z and you did but missed on thing that I could not find an answer for.
which Cable are you using from the Hand unit to the monitor ? and could you go through that here in the chat. biiig love again thank you!
I believe it is this cable: bit.ly/49rwsmW
Thanks so much for doing this. Battery pulling solved an issue I had on set the first time using this system, the system kept shutting down and we all were pretty confused as to why.
Couple questions
Does it still take 30 seconds to reboot? That was awful, after having it all shut off before a take and then having to wait in front of 50 people just for the system to come back on.
Then, having the lens mapping on the side seemed to be more distracting than helpful. I pull a lot from monitor and from marks, but when I watch monitor i keep a close eye on where the focus is by watching walls, and corner surroundings, do you ever get used to it without impeding this type of workflow?
How do you feel about the price\feature set of the CTRL 1 system package? 2500$ seems like a great deal for the distance overlay alone from someone who works with the Nucleus M...
Torque and speed VS tilta nucleos M ? Specifically on tokina Vv ? Thank You
can you set marks visual marks on the monitor overlays? Kinda like how you can on the WCU4?
How does the hand unit connect to the SmallHD?
There's a cable that connects the monitor.