Recent content by Phil Holland

Hardware differences from what I was told. Which also is evident in the power consumption differences as well.

Hi Sharon, This camera gives you 6K resolution, and it's pretty detailed in my experience. Color is very good and fits well within the RED ecosystem. A combination of Nikon and Graeme essentially. The camera does get warm, but the sensor is efficient at dispersing the temperature. I had the...

For those of you not on social media, I do indeed have the ZR for a few days. I have lots of thoughts of things to add/change via firmware. But really impressed so far and it is real, real small.

Tascam will be releasing a ZR compatible XLR Adapter. That should transmit via the Hot/Smart Shoe. And Nikon recently made the Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ Lens. I suspect a host of other glass is on the way. Likely for both Z and PL (I hope).

V-Raptor XE should be the same level of performance of the [X] without the high frame rates and advanced features. Here's a format comparison for the field of view...

Facebook has numerous groups for buying and selling used motion picture equipment. There are a few other sites you'll find used gear at like mpb as well. Something that is interesting with RED cameras in particular, is many cameras were upgraded along the way, so some of those cameras either...

I've personally kept both of my Monstros. Lots of reasons, a big one is specialty imaging and the removable OLPFs to go to Full Spectrum. I do mainly shoot on V-Raptor [X] since the start and even purchased another to have 3 bodies. Talking to some other [X] owners who have a single camera...

I use 8K 120 and really a bunch of frame rates between 60 and 120. Higher frame rates at the smaller resolutions and formats across the board. Also use Extended Highlights a fair bit. Phantom Track is not frequent for me, but I have used it a few times on VP shoots. And I do know people who...

Focus Peaking, Zebra, Waveform all built in now. Now me, I want to see GIOSCOPE in there :)

And yes, two camera announcements back to back. The new Nikon Zr. Full frame, 60 fps @ 6K resolution featuring some influence of the RED workflow with the colorspace we all know so well + REDCODE RAW NE with 32-bit audio to boot. https://www.nikonusa.com/p/zr/2006/overview/

I still own 2 Monstros that have been working, though I own 3X V-Raptor [X] bodies as well. Monstro is really wonderful for doing full spectrum, IR, and other specialty work.

A new entry level V-Raptor XE featuring the same sensor technology as V-Raptor [X] with slightly less features and half the maximum frame rates, with a very approachable price. 8K 17:9 maximum frame rate = 60fps. Available in both Canon RF and Nikon Z Mounts...

Pros and Cons to that strategy from an IQ, texture, power, size, and cost perspectives going Dual Gain. RED's pretty much taken their own path and it's helped keep the cameras decently compact, power efficient, and within bounds when it comes to a price to performance ratio. From that wider...

RED's general strategy isn't a "ruthlessly sharp image". And as you mention, the OLPF as well as minimal signal processing are parts of the reason why. This provides decent protection from moire and aliasing while providing a somewhat film-like image draw. And the good thing is you can indeed...

I've used Extended Highlights a fair bit. Power is not the issue regarding any sort of motion artifact. It has improved actually in the most recent SDK as well. The issue is temporal as it's taking two exposures back to back. Excessive motion will result in weird things. Subtle to even...