Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)
This is what I was kind of looking for. I am directing a short coming up with my HVX/LEX, and there are two shoots I want to do with my friends RED because of the ramping and overcranking. I thought instead of dealing with the RED clips in post, I'd just playback on his RED and use something like this to capture direct to my HVX in DVCPRO100, since the rest of the film will be shot in that format anyway. I'm looking forward to using the REDs full potential someday, but do to the limited budget, not on this project.
Using the Video output of the RED for your final movie is like you use the images captured on a Video Assist from a 35mm camera, it´s a "quick´n´dirty" preview and will most probably be lower quality than a HVX200 recorded material.
The Red camera has to be treated like a film camera, you need to "develop" your files, but you don´t need to take the files to the filmlab, you put it on a IntelMac or PC instead...