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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

IBC - Dragon Epic and Scarlet Firmware V5.1.14 BETA

Alexey Milokost said:
Booting up in 8-10 sec! wow!
Now tapping the bottom right to the histogram doesn't bring up the Settings like in previous builds. Could it be enabled?
Thanks!
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I'm glad someone noticed the improved boot time.

Are you talking about when you click on the status icons - and it now brings up the System Status Dialog? It seems like a much more intuitive mapping. Also, the MENU entry on the top bar is always visible - in older builds to get the settings you had to first toggle over to the secondary top bar and then chose settings. I think it's a matter of retraining your muscle memory to bring up the menus.
 
Great UI layout, the Seach is awesome.
In the next build could you please consider make the play button bigger in comparison to rewind buttons? Sometimes I accidentally hit rewind instead of play. By the way, double tapping the screen to play the file is awesome too.
 
Yes, I meant the status icon. I just got used to clicking on it all the time, I guess now I need to get used to a new top right Menu button.


Trent Lillehaugen said:
I'm glad someone noticed the improved boot time.

Are you talking about when you click on the status icons - and it now brings up the System Status Dialog? It seems like a much more intuitive mapping. Also, the MENU entry on the top bar is always visible - in older builds to get the settings you had to first toggle over to the secondary top bar and then chose settings. I think it's a matter of retraining your muscle memory to bring up the menus.
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-I put on a Tokina 11-16 f2.8, and menu said that unknown lens is detected and it calibrated it to f2.9 (not 2.8). Now it stays at 2.9 all the time, even when I try to change it to 2.8 (there is 2.8 option there), it still jumps to 2.9. Another lens Canon 135 f2.0 detected as it should.
Is it a bug for that particular lens?

-Quite a few times I was asked if there is an option to delete separate files. I know it's not there. Do you plan on making this option?

Black Shading took 13 minutes!
Thanks for a great work!
 
I don't think this has been mentioned here. A few things i noticed today:
- Anamorphic enabled on Scarlet (yes, really), but only in 5k so far
- AF is enabled in 5k on Scarlet (this was limited to 4k until now)
- AF got quicker again, i think

Oh and the Ramp and Focus-Rack enhancements are great, the re-designed UI too. Boot-Up is also faster and there are no more LCD-hickups during the boot-process.

And i probably forgot a few things i wanted to mention. :D

Anyway, great firmware, thanks RED.
 
Trent Lillehaugen said:
I'm glad someone noticed the improved boot time.
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True! Sorry about not shouting it out earlier! But it really feels snappy compared to before! What a few seconds can do already is amazing.
And if the camera is in adaptive mode and cool, it starts up all silent. Totally different - and during the first time also a bit weird ;)

So let me do your work justice now:

Thank you and great job on the boot-up time!!!
 
OK - I have just updated the firmware on my Scarlet. Everything went great. Attached my REDmote and it asked to upgrade the firmware on that. No problem.

However, I went to do a blackshade and it defaults to showing 24 fps (yellow) and indicates varispeed in the lower right corner (since the normal project frame rate is 23.976). Tried a second time, double checking the frame rate first - same results.

I don't recall this being the case in the past. Am I missing something?

BTW - using the default setting.
 
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Devs,
Thanks for continuing to roll in new features and find new ways to improve the system. No other company is doing this nearly as well if at all.
 
Amazing new GUI. Can't imaging any other company out there daring to change so much. Hats off to you all.

+) Edit 0 : GUI

Probably been noted already - and probably inconsequential:
Menu>>Power menu : Letter 'C' in 'Current' missing the left columns of pixels on Oled Bomb EVF.

+) Edit 1 : HELP

Really liked the new Help (took me a while on the EVF to realise that the window is scrollable when it has a blue outline)
When you first select help of a page - Suggest defaulting to the scrollable help page rather than 'close help'. (First action is likely to be want to be scroll down).

+) Edit 2 : FAN

Quiet preview : In standby : Crept slowly up to 68 deg and just stayed there - very nice.

Adaptive : In standby : Initially disconcerting as there is a lag before the temp increases from standby with no fan.
Overshoots the target temp slightly (so control system is not critically damped) before nailing it.
(maybe aim for a value 6 degrees lower, ramping to target temp 1 deg every 10 sec for fist minute?)
Love the idea that black calibration & Adaptive could be used to maximise Dragon.

+) Edit 3 : PROJECT menu

When I first saw 'Project -> Format' - I thought of Formatting media.

+) Edit 4 : Setup >> Keys

Not sure if there is space in the firmware - but if there was a choice for 'Verbose' - this would be for those less familiar with every single meaning.
Suggestion. When field to the right of 'SH User A Press:' is highlighted -> Describe what this field means in the bottom (empty) part of the screen when in verbose mode (or even just always do this). Great for those not 100% sure what the camera buttons of the camera they have currently picked up are set to.

When user does click on the key to change it, the current pop-up uses entire with of screen with 5 x lines of keys.
Suggest that this popup is moved up 1/3 of the screen (just below Key Mapping / Options / Soft keys menu)
Suggest that description box for currently selected key is explained. Great way to learn / remind what all the options mean.

"Press a user key to remap" -> "Press a user key to display mapping"

+) Edit 5 : Calibrate Sensor

Wow .. much faster!
Suggestion : Change Calibration map 'factory' to 'factor (46degC)'.
Suggestion2 : When Dragon upgrades are performed - four factory sets are added (55,60,65,70) with the default Adaptive mode to use the Map that is closest temp (this should also work in High frame rate as Adaptive fires up both fans to maintain temp).

Hunting for my Cap used when doing the Black Calibration - Couldn't find it / not sure what its called on Red.com to order another one. Any chance of an absolute metric of light just before you do a black Calibration? (Just so you know if the conditions are good / that there is no obvious light leak or the lenscap that you are using does block 100% of the light.)

+) Edit 6 : Camera Shutdown

In the last Camera Shutdown screen, It defaults to Cancel.
In the EVF you have to press Arrow down on the Side Handle.
Any chance you could also allow rotate to move it down - much less fiddly!

AJ
 
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I love how quick the boot time is. I've been shooting all week with no problems in adaptive mode on Scarlet. I'm a huge fan of the WS modes and bumped up frame rates and lower compression as well. Thanks RED team, feels like a whole new camera.

Could someone expand upon what the camera does in "Quiet Preview & Record Mode" ?

A004_C054_0330K50000140_zps9f849621.jpg

4k WS @ 36fps
 
Adaptive = Keep sensor at a fixed temperature for Ultimate picture quality.
Quiet = Allow camera temperature to creep up - using minimal fan speed to keep this in a safe range.

PS: sweet picture.

AJ
 
Terry VerHaar said:
OK - I have just updated the firmware on my Scarlet. Everything went great. Attached my REDmote and it asked to upgrade the firmware on that. No problem.

However, I went to do a blackshade and it defaults to showing 24 fps (yellow) and indicates varispeed in the lower right corner (since the normal project frame rate is 23.976). Tried a second time, double checking the frame rate first - same results.

I don't recall this being the case in the past. Am I missing something?

BTW - using the default setting.
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Does it stay at 24 fps after the black shading is complete or just temporarily change to it during the black shading?
 
OK just put firmware on the Scarlet & adaptive is way to noisy for sound shoots...............
 
William Robinette said:
I love how quick the boot time is. I've been shooting all week with no problems in adaptive mode on Scarlet. I'm a huge fan of the WS modes and bumped up frame rates and lower compression as well. Thanks RED team, feels like a whole new camera.

Could someone expand upon what the camera does in "Quiet Preview & Record Mode" ?

A004_C054_0330K50000140_zps9f849621.jpg

4k WS @ 36fps
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Wow man! Awesome!
 
Stephen Williams said:
OK just put firmware on the Scarlet & adaptive is way to noisy for sound shoots...............
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Use the quiet preview and recording option. Works fine for me.
 
ill tell you this give me 48fps ws in 4k on my scarlet and I will personally fly to LA and kiss you jarred lol were heading the right direction!
 
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