10 Scarlet Questions from Joseph Hutson

[Jeffrey T. Morgan]

I'm with you on that. I was shooting some handheld footage at the beach a couple of weeks ago with my GL2 in a 10-15mph breeze. A balanced over the shoulder rig in the 12lb range would have been a lot more stable to begin with.

I am currently beefing back up for a 35mm shoot. Cameras in the 27+ lb range! handheld! Directed by the guy who shot Friday Night Lights, lol.

Love me some well done hand held.

Jeff

[Jeffrey T. Morgan]

Selfishly - I sure hope Epic is a significantly better camera then the Scarlet. I do appreciate the difference of 2/3 vs full frame as well as 120fps, but after spending a chunk of change on both the MX sensor and the reserve on an Epic, it would be nice to feel there is still a substantial bump in the bang for the buck when you compare the two.

Scarlet sounds amazing. Is it too amazing compared to what we will get from the Epic?

I know Red needs to be one step ahead of the competitive products coming up the food chain - I just want my Epic to be at the top of the food chain.

So far however, Red keeps coming up with surprises that reward the faithful, I can only hope that business model keeps us smiling.

As a some day Scarlet owner who fiercely defends the full blown proness of 3k raw at up to 120 fps, I think Epic is a HUGE step up and worth more than every penny. If Scarlet cost what Epic costs, it would be a great deal. For what epic does, I cannot even extrapolate a cost, because there is nothing close. The way over 100k for HD cameras that still don't shoot raw or high speed, or the way way expensive high speed options like Phantomgive way points, but Scarlet is a big step ahead of the norm, Epic doesn't even know what normal IS.

So you rock.

Jeff

[Jeffrey T. Morgan]

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Well it's pretty small so might be possible and two outside near the edge probably wouldn't require internal mods. (2-56 or 4-40 would work too and they are tiny)

I havent recently seen under scarlet, but I bet there are a slew of attach points just under the front, and if not, there are those top ones. AND, mine will be on a rail system, so I will probably just attach there. AND you could always put a nice plate / cheese plate between the camera and tripod plate, giving a real steady, sleek set of attachments poking out just underneath the jacks in question.

just some ideas I was thinking of.

Jeff

[Jeffrey T. Morgan]

Next weekend :)

so badass. ok, no more posting for tonight.

[joshua csehak]

I totally agree that the possibility of a module with just audio features would be good as well. There are just so many solutions.

I have a question. Does the scarlet have a headphone jack?

I also agree. If it had a couple (or even 4? I forget how many channels it's spec'd to record) xlrs, a levels knob for each one, and metering, it'd be a great purchase. Ooo, and if there was a way to do it wirelessly (Zaxcom makes wireless recorders that are immune to RF interference and intermodulation), where the sound guy had the mic plugged into the i/o module, but the camera was the one doing the recording, that'd be pretty sweet! Single-system convenience with dual-system quality!

Great question about the headphone jack!

(For the record, people at Red, I think it's pretty much understood here that even with no onboard audio, the camera's a hell of a bargain. And if it's not, said non-understandy people are definitely crazy.)

[Hunter Peterson]

so badass. ok, no more posting for tonight.

that is all

[Peter_N]

This is the one that concerns me - are there locking TRS cables?

I don't know exactly how this locking mechanism works, but Sony has a locking mini-plug which they use in their wireless microphone systems. (Link: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-EC15BX/ )

[Cail Young]

I don't know exactly how this locking mechanism works, but Sony has a locking mini-plug which they use in their wireless microphone systems. (Link: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-EC15BX/ )

There is a threaded ring at the base of the connector and a matching thread on the socket side on the transmitter/receiver.

[Ken Chan]

Motion cameras that record sound should not make noise.

Maybe beep in the headphone out. But David is right, even if you're not recording sound at the camera it should still be as silent as possible since someone is probably recording sound somewhere.

Also, remember actors are VERY sensitive to things like beeping while they are trying to deliver a performance. Do you remember what happened when a grip crossed Christian Bale's eyeline one too many times during a take?

Yes. Motion cameras should be silent when operating. I meant an AF confirm beep for the stills mode.

Audio cues into headphones is a good idea too.

[Peter Mosiman]

I read somewhere that the fixed scarlet will have three ND positions, could we hopefully see this also on the 2/3 interchangeable? I mostly shoot ENG and this is practically a need, if not then with the mini primes would there be some sort of screw on ND that would work with the mini primes other than using a matte box?

The mini primes are so tiny...does anyone even make such a small screw-on filter thread?