Scarlet and Epic updates...

[David Rasberry]

I am hoping for a 4/3rds solution too. It makes more sense as a motion picture camera format than as a still format. Sensor size falls neatly in the gap between 2/3" and S35mm, but it can still have a compact form factor and physically much smaller lenses for a given speed and focal length.

[Matt Uhry]

I am hoping for a 4/3rds solution too. It makes more sense as a motion picture camera format than as a still format. Sensor size falls neatly in the gap between 2/3" and S35mm, but it can still have a compact form factor and physically much smaller lenses for a given speed and focal length.

Yes, that would seem to be the perfect balance for scarlet - nice selection of compatible fly-by-wire lenses ( 14-35 F2.0 anyone ? ), reasonably large 17.3x12.98mm chip, but would not compete with Epic or R1. With it's short 38.6mm FFD You could always put a PL/EOS/Nikon whatever mount on it.

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com

[gdv]

We will announce the new Scarlet and Epic programs on Thursday Nov. 13th.

I want to say that no one has any idea how incredible this announcement will be. Call this hype... please. I am quite sure that the announcement will be called a "scam". Should be a lot of fun to hear the reactions. I can't wait.

Jim

A master in marketing!!!

[Sanjin Jukic]

If you all remember well I was suggesting 4/3rds when Jim first time announced Scarlet.

Four/Thirds have amazing collection of lenses and they are all "digital-dedicated capable of drawing out the full performance of digital sensor".

More:

All FourThirds lenses

The best one lens solution for Scarlet:




Featuring a zoom range from 28mm to 300mm, this lens ideally fits for versatile situations. An ED(Extra-low dispersion) lens and 4 aspherical lenses including a 30mm large diameter meniscus lens minimize distortion and peripheral vignetting through the entire zoom range, which is worthy of the name "Leica D" lens developed by Leica Camera AG in collaboration with Panasonic.
The image is stabilized even at 300mm tele end thanks to the effective hand-shake correction by MEGA O.I.S. optical image stabilizer. Auto focusing is smooth and accurate yet silent thanks to the XS(Extra Silent) technology in super sonic wave motor. When mounted on the Panasonic DMC-L10, this lens lets users take advantage of the contrast AF.


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[Lawrence Bansbach]

Four/Thirds have amazing collection of lenses and they are all "digital-dedicated capable of drawing out the full performance of digital sensor".

I don't see a nice constant-T2.8, 8x, nonbreathing lens in the collection.

[David Rasberry]

I don't see a nice constant-T2.8, 8x, nonbreathing lens in the collection.

There would need to be some cine specific zooms developed for it for sure. It is the new kid on the block.

[Sanjin Jukic]

I don't see a nice constant-T2.8, 8x, nonbreathing lens in the collection.

But you get two fastest available zooms (cine or still) at 14-35mm f/2.0 and 35-100mm f/2.0 both from Olympus.

[Tim Griffith]

Hey all... long time reader, first time poster.
I like the idea of the incorporated lens, I know there is going to be a lot of people using Scarlet in a lot of different ways, but I think they could all benefit from weather sealing, and how much more weather sealed can you get than with an incorporated lens? plus, then RED can design it the way they want.... and that can only be good!

Oh God... bring on the 13th!

[Lawrence Bansbach]

There would need to be some cine specific zooms developed for it for sure. It is the new kid on the block.

I guess that was my point. The original Scarlet already had a cine-specific zoom with the specs I cited. A slower 4/3 lens or the necessity of buying and carting around multiple zooms negates much of the advantage of a larger format. If however Red has designed a T2.8 (or faster), constant-T-stop, 8x (or greater) micro-4/3 lens for an interchangeable-lens Scarlet, and the whole shebang (Scarlet plus lens) costs not much more (and preferably less) than $3,000, then I'm all for it. I don't want to see the lens situation for Scarlet to suffer for any length of time just so that we can have a larger imager.

[David Rasberry]

I would take the 2/3" Scarlet with the original spec fixed lens over 35mm for the kind of shooting I mostly intend to do. That would be a great camera.

If they could just stick that lens on a 4/3 micro mount and allow shooting with a 2/3" crop on a 4/3" sensor, that could work too.