Recent content by C Barker

Hello, We need some Steadicams shots for a two camera scene and the op suggests we use an Angenieux cine lens on his camera, rather than a Canon L series photo lens, which is what we're using for everything else. The edit will be cutting back and forth between various scenes in general. I am...

I'm wondering if it is possible to use a Windows 10 laptop as a monitor to view playback directly from a RED camera via HDMI? Thanks

Hello, I shot landscapes in my first documentary feature with a Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 II and was pleased with the results (but no longer have the lens). For this project, I would like the flexibility to shoot as late as twilight, and unlit interiors, so have been thinking about getting faster...

Hi there, I recently had some scans made of some LP covers and am not all that happy with the results. However, I am not sure if some of the problems may be limitations of the source material or with the scanning job itself. Please find attached examples at 600dpi and 100% size. For instance...

Hi there, I'm working on a 4K project and am wondering if integrating a few short instances (5-10 seconds) of 2K footage will result in a noticeable rupture in quality when screening theatrically, or otherwise, at 4K? Many thanks...

Hi there, I have a large amount of footage affected by corruptions. The corruptions are either present visually (purple flashes for usually one frame at a time) or unseen variations which prevent exports (which I have solved by locating the latter by loading clips in REDCINE-X, which lists the...

Hi there, I am wondering what are the best settings when exporting footage from REDCINE-X in regard to getting the highest quality possible? Would this be uncompressed Quicktime or are there better options? Many thanks...

Hi there, I need to get a number of printed materials (photos, letters, articles etc) scanned by numerous people across the U.S. for a current project. I would like to get the material scanned at the highest resolution possible to allow for zooming/re-framing. I am wondering what is/if there...

Hi there, I have a shoot coming up, need a good slider (for basic slider moves) and was looking to rent a CineSlider with a motor. The rental house is suggesting the Panther JibGlider as apparently it is more appropriate for the Scarlet's weight. Does anyone have any experience with the Panther...

Hi there, I need to get an establishing shot of a city I will be filming in on a forthcoming shoot and wanted to do this at either dawn or dusk but this may be very difficult to due scheduling conflicts. I am wondering if it is possibly to simply shoot during the day and alter the image in post...

Hi there, I am transferring large amounts of R3D files (250GB-1.75TB chunks) from 5x 5400rpm 2TB drives to 5x 7200rpm 2TB drives simultaneously (via 6x USB 3.0 connections and 4x SATA III, with copy/paste in explorer) and the transfer speeds are incredibly slow. Initially the USB 3.0 speeds...

Hi there, I'm working on a large project (almost 20TB of 4K footage on 10x 2TB drives) and am looking for a budget RAID solution for this. I've never used RAID before so am unsure what the best/cheapest option would be. Perhaps three of these might suffice...

Hi there, I have just taken some footage using the Scarlet with a Glidecam and the results are quite disappointing (shot at 24fps / 48s shutter). If anyone can please let me know the best frame rate and shutter settings to avoid motion problems (but without negatively affecting the look of the...

Hi there, I need to buy a new PC and am looking for something capable of working with 4K sequences at 1/2 resolution in Premiere and 2K sequences at 1/1 (although I am unsure if it is the case that 4K files in 2K sequences only require half the processing power?). My budget is about $2k. Based...

Hi there, While shooting birds in flight on a current production we initially rented a Sigma 300-800 (which required renting an O'Connor tripod), shooting at 3K/48fps on the Scarlet. I was not happy with the results, primarily due to the frame rate limitations (looked into Twixtor to rectify...