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(Page 1 of 2 pages for this article 1 2 >) Thursday, July 31, 2008Wevi’s wobble but they don’t break upIDX’s new Wevi CW-5HD wireless HD system will have you looking for hidden wires and cackling maniacally when you don’t find them
If I hadn’t seen it myself, I wouldn’t have believed it. I still don’t quite believe it. I just saw an on-camera HD wireless transmitter perform spectacularly, with almost no latency and no breakup at 50’. John Chater, co-owner and founder of Chater Camera, told me that the image he sees transmitted from a distant RED camera to the Panasonic 17” monitor we are viewing is “nearly perfect compared to a wired connection.” I can’t see any difference at all, so I ask him what the difference is. “There is very little difference,” he says. “I just say it’s ‘nearly perfect’ because I don’t quite believe it.” I visited John’s establishment today to go through some gear for an upcoming shoot and to help a friend do some tests in advance of building a three-camera RED 180-degree “Circlevision"-style rig. The last thing I expected was for John to pull open a drawer, hold up a piece of equipment and say “This is going to blow your mind. And I got one from the very first limited batch shipment.” I glanced into his eyes and saw a look I shall never forget: a combination of a child’s wide-eyed enthusiasm on Christmas morning and pure, unadulterated evil. Well, not really evil, but you could tell he was overly happy to have the first one. He placed an order long before NAB, as soon as the press release went out. The salespeople didn’t even know what it was when he called in the order. And now here it is.
(above) The Wevi CD-5HD, V-mounted just in front of the battery.
(above) A closer view. And…
(above) The flip side. We take it for a spin on page 2… (Page 1 of 2 pages for this article 1 2 >) 
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