Chris Nuzzaco
Well-known member
Ok, so I finally got to see and shoot with a bona fide Red One camera today, special thanks to John Vallon for letting me use it for a good number of hours this afternoon.
At this point in time, I'm not quite ready to publicly pronounce my findings yet. I honestly feel I need more than an afternoon to really get under the Red Ones hood and fiddle around. I spent several months perfecting my approach to using the Andromeda, as many you already know, but that was a bit of a different situation since I went into it knowing NOTHING whatsoever. It felt like learning to walk again. As for Red, I feel like I had a good head start on what to look for, thanks to my past experiences with the Andromeda system.
I did perform my custom ISO rating test, but after a few shots, felt like I needed to do a more detailed rating for it, which I hope to do again, some other time. What really killed me was the clunky nature of monitoring the signal in the manner I desired (shooting then having to load clips into Red Alert! really slowed me down, but it was the only way I could do what I was doing). I got very close, but not quite where the sweet spot was for my personal approach to ISO rating. As many of you know, I have been very curious about ISO 100 as a setting to process at. I used my custom ISO rating and processed the same clip at ISO 100 in Red Alert! Please keep in mind, I strictly use spot metering only, and my rating is rigged in such a way that I determine proper exposure by metering off the scenes brightest highlight (but not specular highlights, like a glint in some glass object). The measurement I get will place the highlight just a little prior to the sensors clipping point, thus maximizing my use of the sensor. I use this method with the Andromeda and get great results. One day I'll post a video showing the test. We taped it today, but again, I feel its too clunky, and some might still not "get it".
As for higher ISO ratings, I did test those as well, ISO 500 was one of them, and I used the more standard incident metering method for it, no special tricks or compensations, etc...
I'm looking into the possibility of maybe renting a Red for a week and just diving into it as much as I can. Overall, I'm very excited about the camera, and can't wait to do more detailed tests with it.
At this point in time, I'm not quite ready to publicly pronounce my findings yet. I honestly feel I need more than an afternoon to really get under the Red Ones hood and fiddle around. I spent several months perfecting my approach to using the Andromeda, as many you already know, but that was a bit of a different situation since I went into it knowing NOTHING whatsoever. It felt like learning to walk again. As for Red, I feel like I had a good head start on what to look for, thanks to my past experiences with the Andromeda system.
I did perform my custom ISO rating test, but after a few shots, felt like I needed to do a more detailed rating for it, which I hope to do again, some other time. What really killed me was the clunky nature of monitoring the signal in the manner I desired (shooting then having to load clips into Red Alert! really slowed me down, but it was the only way I could do what I was doing). I got very close, but not quite where the sweet spot was for my personal approach to ISO rating. As many of you know, I have been very curious about ISO 100 as a setting to process at. I used my custom ISO rating and processed the same clip at ISO 100 in Red Alert! Please keep in mind, I strictly use spot metering only, and my rating is rigged in such a way that I determine proper exposure by metering off the scenes brightest highlight (but not specular highlights, like a glint in some glass object). The measurement I get will place the highlight just a little prior to the sensors clipping point, thus maximizing my use of the sensor. I use this method with the Andromeda and get great results. One day I'll post a video showing the test. We taped it today, but again, I feel its too clunky, and some might still not "get it".
As for higher ISO ratings, I did test those as well, ISO 500 was one of them, and I used the more standard incident metering method for it, no special tricks or compensations, etc...
I'm looking into the possibility of maybe renting a Red for a week and just diving into it as much as I can. Overall, I'm very excited about the camera, and can't wait to do more detailed tests with it.
They should all "go to 11"...