EVF Aspect Ratio Matte Request

[Mitch Gross]

Mitch, I could be wrong but I'd wager he's not shooting with anamorphic lenses. With a digital format, you can choose whatever ratio suits your project the best; there's no physical restriction to dictate these things for you. Perhaps he appreciates a 2.35:1 ratio and wishes to shoot his content that way. Nothing wrong with that... in fact, I'm really surprised that RED has not developed a way to upload a custom image file overlay for the displays so that you can select whatever ratio you want simply and easily.

Ironically, because RED's 16x9 support is still pretty shaky, most people are still capturing in a 2:1 ratio - an aspect which is not common in most feature film production today either.

As long as he or anyone else isn't planning to finish to a 2.35 film print, because that bird don't fly anymore. Someone may be alarmed to discover a slightly cropped (arguably VERY slightly) frame when viewing the first print.

 

[David Mullen ASC]

In film, there is often a difference between the capture ratio and the intended projection ratio.

Anyway, modern 35mm anamorphic print is 2.39 : 1, ever since the early 1970's. Unless you want to add visible black borders to the print to change that (like Storaro does to create a 2:1 image on a 2.39 scope print.)

But screen masking, projector throw, and curtains, etc. mean that it is not consistent from theater to theater.

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

Any chance this feature will see the light of day RED team?