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Hi, I have a job coming up where we are looking to use Flash packs and timed strobes going off in-frame while shooting at frame rates between 500-1000fps. I am wondering if anyone out there has any advise for what strobes/flask packs to use for this. If flickering can be an issue? Any advise...

Hey guys, shooting with a Dragon and a rented Epic as B-Cam tomorrow, trying to match the firmware on them but RED.com only allows my account to DL Dragon firmware, not MX Epic, does anyone have a copy of Build 5.2.29 for Epic I can download off them? Cheers guys!

Here is the spot for the 2015 Para Pan Am games shot on RED Epic and Dragon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fz1ePUo00g At 0:27-0:28 there is a shot with and Iris-like flare that we discovered happens on the 18mm Zeiss High-Speed because the rear element doesn't cover the sensor area of the...

Looking to locate a Techno/Jimmy Jib OP and an Underwater Rig and OP for a RED Epic in Vancouver to shoot on June 6th, 7th and 8th. PM for details and rates. Cheers!

Has anyone out there tested the ARRI Alexa XT's Open Gate mode (1.55:1) on 2x Anamorphic Lenses verses a Dragon at (3:2) with Ana's for close to a 3:1 output ratio with cropping? Or even just the two against each other at all. I cant find anything online at all. Any thoughts on this would be...

Just playing around with some Kern C-Mount lenses on a Scarlet at 4K, with a $6 C-Mount to EF mount adaptor from china. The adaptor is manufactured so that the 'normal focus lengths' cant be achieved but it makes almost every lens capable of some pretty impressive macro work. From what I saw...

Hey guys for doing on the fly lighting calculations with bringing new gear onto a show ive been using this APP a ton lately: http://calc.arri.de/calculator There is an iOS version of it. I was just wondering, does anyone know of an app that encompasses all known types and brands of lighting...

Hey guys, just got my hands on one of the first 100 Digital Bolex cameras on the market. Ill be using this thread to post my thoughts and examples/comparisons from the camera. Here is a link to Digital Bolex's website for more info - http://www.digitalbolex.com/

Hey guys, surprisingly I've never had to do this before. But we had an unsurpassable error with a particular setup with a RED Scarlet. 3K HD, 48fps, 225 Degree Shutter, 6:1 Compression and .... **Look Around Enabled** Build = 5.1.14 SCARLET After a few minutes of troubleshooting I figured...

As one of the world's foremost cinematographers on some of the grandest scales (No Country For Old Men, Skyfall, Prisoners etc.) Hearing these words from him ring truer to me than any side by side lab tests. "The 35mm advocates would argue that the digital cameras, while they are improving...

I was wondering, is there a way to run a +1 Module and a wireless HDMI kit like a Paralinx? Is there a company out there that makes an HDMI Breakout system for the Epic to give me more than one HDMI port to work with? Cheer guys!

Hi, Im on a shoot right now, and after taking a Carl Zeiss CP.2 100mm out of a well secured pelican case from 3 days of no use. The Focus ring has seized at the "infinity" mark, im not sure if there is a focus lock on this lens but i cant find anything. Here is what I know: The aperture ring is...

Here is the trailer to a new Canadian feature film that I had the pleasure of heading up the Camera Department on. Shot on RED Epic called "Antisocial" which recently had its debut at Fantasia in Montreal and is about to go on tour across North America and Europe. Check it out, let me know what...

Hey guys, brand new feature film from Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment. Shot completely in Toronto, Ontario. All Principle Photography was done entirely using the RED Epic w/Zeiss super speeds MK2. We just had our first run at the Cannes Film Market. Check us out and give some...

When working with a Rented RED One, we keep having the same issue, we shoot 4 day blocks of a tv show. On the 1st day everything is fine, then about halfway through the second day of shooting we run into this issue that persists until it is returned to the rental house who continually claim to...

Has anyone ever used or even owned a set of these? http://www.uniqoptics.net/signature.htm How sharp are they? How is operation? Throw? Breathing? Are they worth the money? Cheers

So I just recieved my email from RED.com informing me that my account was approved for the student discount but it doesn't give any info on that the discount actually is. And when I try and purchase something the price doesnt change. Anybody have info on this? Cheers