Hidey cam

[Jeff Carpenter]

This is the type of shot that will be easy with a Scarlet.

Hide the camera in a cupboard, car trunk, inside a fridge, any small place the camera can fit.

Lock the exposure to the outside lighting levels and film the character opening the fridge door from inside and getting his beer, etc.

I've tried this with the HV20, but it's kinda hard to manually adjust the exposure settings. so when the door opens, the exposure blows out.

It'll be interesting to see where Scarlet owners can creatively fit their cameras.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

You need a good wide angle for this so let's hope that we get at least 15mm at the lens widest.

 

[Ethan Cooper]

I've tried this with the HV20, but it's kinda hard to manually adjust the exposure settings. so when the door opens, the exposure blows out.

Explain why you can't do this with the HV20 again? All you have to do is set the exposure, lock it, then place it in the fridge or whatnot. I'm not seeing why this couldn't be done.
I will agree however that having true manual control would beat the crap out of the HV20's flying blind manual controls.
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[Jeff Carpenter]

Explain why you can't do this with the HV20 again? All you have to do is set the exposure, lock it, then place it in the fridge or whatnot. I'm not seeing why this couldn't be done.
I will agree however that having true manual control would beat the crap out of the HV20's flying blind manual controls.

Ethan. I'm sure you can do it. It's just me. I'm still learning the HV20's controls and I read Barry's info here.... http://dvxuser.com/jason/hv20/ ... but I'm still having trouble getting it to work. but like you said using the Scarlet's manual controls will be like a dream.

 

[Kyle Presley]

You need a good wide angle for this so let's hope that we get at least 15mm at the lens widest.

I'm pulling for at least 12.5mm

 

[Florian Stadler]

I'm pulling for at least 12.5mm

Really? That's not wide at all with a 2/3" sensor. That's roughly equivalent to a 25mm on a Red One.

You want at least 7mm wide with a 2/3" sensor.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

I think that 20mm is a must in the actual image recorded. Anything over that makes it clumsy to work with in small spaces.

I'm not going to go television serie with abnorm close-ups just because the lens isn't wide enough. A professional camera should have a good wide range (and Scarlet is a professional camera). If I want more zoom I'll gladly zoom the image in post instead of having no wide choices on location.

With interchangable lenses this ain't gonna be a problem though. If we can order a Scarlet with Nikon or Canon mounts, then I can use my Canon lenses.
Or if Birger or whoever made the Canon mount, isn't working good on the aparture-area, then I can go Nikon and buy some nice wide primes.


I hope the Red guys really remember the importance of the wide range.
A small camera is good for small places and sets, but without a wide range it wouldn't make any difference.

 

[Kyle Presley]

25mm equivalent is pretty wide. Wide enough for me, anyway. wouldn't 7mm be like a 14mm equivalent? That's fisheye territory. I would be satisfied with, again, at least 12.5mm, but I think about 9mm would be ideal.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

I'm too much into Six feet under and such to be fine with 25mm

Fixed lens shouldn't crop anything. 15mm is 15mm.

 

[Johan Malmsten]

I'm too much into Six feet under and such to be fine with 25mm

Fixed lens shouldn't crop anything. 15mm is 15mm.

Yeah... but 15mm lens on a 35mm sensor is wide while 15mm on 2/3'' sensor is more of the "normal" focal length.

My HV20 has a 10x zoom going from 6.1mm to 61mm on it's tiny sensor. That becomes the equivalent of somewhere around 28mm to 280mm on academy 35 if I calculated it correct. And 28mm academy is the equivalent of somewhere 40mm SLR.

This is the reason I never really liked to talk about FOV with lens lengths... I would prefer degrees. But I have come to learn some lengths and what they do just as many other.

I have no idea what it would be for a 2/3 sensor but speaking in 35mm-speech... I'm hoping for something like a 18-144mm zoom (8x).

 

[Dylan Reeve]

I was talking to my Dad today about doing a guided group motorbike ride across the Australian outback in a couple of years (Adelaide to Darwin or something). I was having visions of gaffer-taping a few Scarlets to the bikes.

 

[Emanuel A.]

You need a good wide angle for this so let's hope that we get at least 15mm at the lens widest.

I'm pulling for at least 12.5mm

As wide as possible, please.