RED versus CANON

[Patrick Lavaud]

I didn't see the 1.6 crop factor in the Scarlet shot, we should see a difference using the same lens if shot from the same place.

 

[Gary Paul Walker]

I always make my camera decision based on small youtube videos.

and only when they are captured at 720p and uprezzed to YouTubes 4k

 

[Mike McMillin]

I always make my camera decision based on small youtube videos.

YESSSS haha

 

[Marc Wielage]

I think this is a silly comparison, partly because it's a year old, partly because the shooting conditions are suspect, and partly because the final color-correction is an unknown factor. Having had to match different cameras many times during final color, I can promise you that color between cameras is not that big a deal, assuming the material is shot well.

Both the Red One and Red Epic/Scarlet have plenty of exposure range and work fine, if the person running it knows what they're doing. I think it's been established on several web tests that the Canon DSLRs have remarkable low-light ability, but that's not the be-all/end-all. And their 8-bit design and JPEG compression is a huge limitation that really ties your hands in post.

Given the choice, I would recommend every time that the client shoot on Red over a Canon DSLR. The only possible exception would be battle conditions or a hidden-camera guerilla situation.