Christoffer Glans
Well-known member
I was thinking about this and one thing that handels better in 3D is deep focus. Now, with the Epic you get the traditional shallow focus in a normal shooting situation.
Using PL-lenses at aperture around 2.0-4.0 will give a really shallow focus and that might not be the best thing for 3D. Taking into consideration the low price for the fixed scarlet and the fact that the lens is the same line of production, buying two of these would probably also mean they are in the same serial number range, thus they are very very close to eachother when it comes to differences in optics and tech (which could happen in the chain for the same model).
So, when talking true 3D production, even on the high end market I believe that the Scarlet 2/3 fixed looks like it's going to be a really good choice for 3D. Also remember that the fixed lens can be controlled by remote, there will probably be a way to sync these cameras and lenses so that focus and everything shifts from within the camera itself and not an outside focus pulling device.
Also taking into consideration when dealing with the Red philosophy about full HD not being good enough for the industry, that might be true for 2D production, but for 3D I don't think we will see any good screens or projectors capable of 3D 4K in a few years. The price for a 4K display is enormous, think about a 4K display with 3D capabilites... in regular people's homes? And a wide digital distribution 4K 3D projector in every cinema?
1080p and 2k is considered good enough for 35mm distribution and for a 3D production outside the biggest high budget production it will not be a choice to do 4K or 5K 3D for a long time.
So, what do you think about Scarlet fixed as a 3D choice? or is the lens too slow? Even if the fixed gets HDR?
Spill beans...
Using PL-lenses at aperture around 2.0-4.0 will give a really shallow focus and that might not be the best thing for 3D. Taking into consideration the low price for the fixed scarlet and the fact that the lens is the same line of production, buying two of these would probably also mean they are in the same serial number range, thus they are very very close to eachother when it comes to differences in optics and tech (which could happen in the chain for the same model).
So, when talking true 3D production, even on the high end market I believe that the Scarlet 2/3 fixed looks like it's going to be a really good choice for 3D. Also remember that the fixed lens can be controlled by remote, there will probably be a way to sync these cameras and lenses so that focus and everything shifts from within the camera itself and not an outside focus pulling device.
Also taking into consideration when dealing with the Red philosophy about full HD not being good enough for the industry, that might be true for 2D production, but for 3D I don't think we will see any good screens or projectors capable of 3D 4K in a few years. The price for a 4K display is enormous, think about a 4K display with 3D capabilites... in regular people's homes? And a wide digital distribution 4K 3D projector in every cinema?
1080p and 2k is considered good enough for 35mm distribution and for a 3D production outside the biggest high budget production it will not be a choice to do 4K or 5K 3D for a long time.
So, what do you think about Scarlet fixed as a 3D choice? or is the lens too slow? Even if the fixed gets HDR?
Spill beans...