As a RedRock regular I enjoy my M2. I use it every chance I get, but the thing that bugged me the most was the fact that your image was upside down. This meant you had to turn all of your monitors upside down, not to mention the issues in post and slating. Needless to say it was time consuming.

In February of 2008 RedRock announced the Micro X a product that would flip your image in front of the camera...no more upside down monitors, etc... Could this be? YES! I immediately reserved mine on the redrock web page. A few months later it was announced that my number had come up and I could purchase the Micro X. I paid for express shipping because I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this amazing piece of equipment.

In a few days my Micro X was here. After unpacking and watching the tutorial online I was up and running. It took me about an hour to set up the MicroX and start shooting my test footage. Note: You need a smaller achromat that is part of the kit and I didn’t understand this at first, but soon had my old one disassembled and the new 55mm achromat on. I had heard lots of rumors about losing too much light, etc but the light loss wasn’t bad at all. I’m used to my system needing  more light in general and over the last year I have learned to work around it accordingly.

WOW was the first thing out of my mouth, plus a smile from ear to ear for about an hour knowing I would not have to explain to clients about the upside down monitors on set anymore. My first impression was the image was it looked sharper than ever, after posting a few comments on my amazement and reading others at RedRock’ online forum everyone seemed to have the same opinion. This thing ROCKS!

Everything is sharper with the MicroX. Since installing  my Micro X on my HVX200 I  have not taken it off. I shoot everything with it, SD/HD... Everything!  The first project I shot with my MicroX I won the Grand Jury Award for the Best Film in the Grand Cinema 72 Hour Film Competition. I would have never been able to do this without the MicroX because of the tight turn around (72hours) of the film competition the “old way” would have taken
too long in post, but with the micro x it was simple.

If you have been wondering how you could use your M2 more, than this is the product for you.
Since I got my M2 I have shot more with my M2 than the year I had it without it, not to mention the amazing look you get with the M2. It ads an edge to your Video and is very cost effective. Hats off to Brian and the guys at RedRock Micro for looking out for me the little guy on a budget it just keeps getting better and better.

I advise any who shoots with an M2 to get this product, it will change the way you shoot everything.

http://www.redrockmicro.com/forum/
http://www.redrockmicro.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/991156 an army of two short film
http://www.vimeo.com/scottgribble/videos lots of M2 clips