Hector Berrebi
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not sure how many of you have experience with the C500, Canon's 4K cinema camera
but I'm quite certain you'll hear about it sooner or later, wether from a director/producer thinking of renting it (instead of your SCARLET) or from a user bragging about his new "magical camera"
i had the chance to work with it a bit (really a bit... wish I had more time but camera had to go back to Canon)
and to write my un-partial review on the experience.
here are a few after thought for fellow RED users ...
Uncompressed 4K is a complete OVERKILL. after debayer, it runs at 35 MB per frame, its hell to backup and work with, and eventually... to this tester's opinion, not that impressive.
Canon's RAW is only 10 bits (yup...) and has very limited RAW control (resolve still does not see it as RAW though it supports it natively) and very basic RAW tools.
so... a 25K camera, then a20K+ external recorder setup and tons of onset storage for this...?
my SCARLET can produce the same if not better results in most normal conditions (yes, the C500 is amazing at low-light) at a fraction of the price and an even smaller fraction of the pain in the ass that it is to deal with these files.
not to mention an EPIC.
unfortunately, I couldn't get the local AjA rep to send me a KiProQUAD on time to test the C500 with ProRes... but that's not RAW now is it...
its fun to have such a capable sensor... but cameras aren't just a sensor.
if anyone's interested, here is a link to my blog post on the camera
hector
but I'm quite certain you'll hear about it sooner or later, wether from a director/producer thinking of renting it (instead of your SCARLET) or from a user bragging about his new "magical camera"
i had the chance to work with it a bit (really a bit... wish I had more time but camera had to go back to Canon)
and to write my un-partial review on the experience.
here are a few after thought for fellow RED users ...
Uncompressed 4K is a complete OVERKILL. after debayer, it runs at 35 MB per frame, its hell to backup and work with, and eventually... to this tester's opinion, not that impressive.
Canon's RAW is only 10 bits (yup...) and has very limited RAW control (resolve still does not see it as RAW though it supports it natively) and very basic RAW tools.
so... a 25K camera, then a20K+ external recorder setup and tons of onset storage for this...?
my SCARLET can produce the same if not better results in most normal conditions (yes, the C500 is amazing at low-light) at a fraction of the price and an even smaller fraction of the pain in the ass that it is to deal with these files.
not to mention an EPIC.
unfortunately, I couldn't get the local AjA rep to send me a KiProQUAD on time to test the C500 with ProRes... but that's not RAW now is it...
its fun to have such a capable sensor... but cameras aren't just a sensor.
if anyone's interested, here is a link to my blog post on the camera
hector
