Official Response On A Few Concerns?

[Hitman Jr]

As a wedding and event videographer I'm wondering if I can get a few official responses to some concerns.

Audio: how many inputs will we have. Basically I need 2, prefer 3 if I can mount an ME66 as the onboard mic. But 2 really is what I need during many events.

Record time: This probably isn't an option considering the discussions that proceeded Red One, but I'd take 2K recording to get more record time to the cards. Nothing is worse than having to swap out during Catholic ceremony.

ISO or Lux rating, the less light I need the better!

Zoom, 12x please!

Thanks.

Brian Peterson

 

[Chris Newman]

ISO or Lux rating, the less light I need the better!

Do I hear another request for T2.0? :tongue:

 

[Hitman Jr]

Do I hear another request for T2.0? :tongue:

Call me stupid? What?

I'm used to lux ratings but I know Red One is based on ISO. So from a Lux rating, Sony has claimed a lux of .5 on their DSR 300 units. I'd love a rating of 1 lux but since I've long used Panasonic equipment I've lived with a 3 lux rating for the last 10 years. So 3 lux wouldn't be a deal breaker. Now where dose T2.0 break down into that? :waaa:

 

[Craig Ryan]

2 channels is what I remember reading.

8x is it; check out Jim's new posts concerting the lens. It's going to enough for weddings, especially with the high quality adapters mentioned.

 

[Chris Newman]

Call me stupid? What?

I'm used to lux ratings but I know Red One is based on ISO. So from a Lux rating, Sony has claimed a lux of .5 on their DSR 300 units. I'd love a rating of 1 lux but since I've long used Panasonic equipment I've lived with a 3 lux rating for the last 10 years. So 3 lux wouldn't be a deal breaker. Now where dose T2.0 break down into that? :waaa:

I'm not calibrated in lux ratings, but my point is if they change the lens from T2.8 (as spec'ed now) to T2.0, the lux rating should divide by two.

Red One is pretty much noise-free at ISO 320. 2/3" would nominally be 2.5 stops worse, so about ISO 100. But Scarlet is only 3k (vs. 4k), and they say Mysterium X has better dynamic range (and presumably noise), so maybe ISO 200. If you scale down to 1080p, probably ISO 400. Then if you can tolerate some noise, or if you scale down more, you can go up from there.

 

[Johan Malmsten]

hmmm ISO400 virtually noise free 1080p... that'll be such a great pleaser after having used HV20 which in optimistic terms gives good images at around ISO64... some, like me, that want somewhat darker pics than standard autoexposure rate it at around slightly higher ISO. but ISO400... damn my HV20 would be noisy on those settings.

As far as T-stops and F-stops are concerned... As I remember from my studies, those numbers only present how "fast" the lens is. Actual low-light-capabilities is measured in ISO's. Light is measured in Lux... Aw heck... all I know is that I seldom get a good exposure with the hv20, but with my old Konica SLR which I load up with ISO400 color negative, it's usually enough for indoor photography without flashes. But I do have a habit of buying ISO400 TMAX b/w negatives and push it towards somewhere around ISO1600 and 3200 for when I go out at night. I never liked flash-photography as you might understand...

That plus raw and dynamic range and all that stuff of course is making me wish I could have it in my hand testing it right now...