Need some advice from you!!!

[Peter Szivolt]

Hy Every Red Owner,

I’m Peter Szivolt an documentary filmmaker currently in the Antarctic on expedition cruise.
I would need some advice if your time allows as I’m about to purchase an HD camera. I’m more interested for the Red One then any other cameras, but I don’t have any experience with it yet. However there is a lot of people saying that: you must be the engineer of your REDONE as it has always some issues….
Of course I don’t believe to those has never seen a real camera that's the reason i came to you here.
On ice in the Antarctic or in the deep rainforest is no time to repair the camera and the weather conditions are also not good for it.

I don’t see much of Red Cam in the wild-life filmmaking industry, only Sony HDCam and Panasonic VariCam are the popular choice. How is the RED ONE would work in a 3-4-5 months shoot on field under heavy weather conditions???

Would you recommend it for wild-life filming?

Can I put Canon Still camera long L lenses on the Red One? Do I get good results?

What long zoom lenses are recommended on the Red ONE?

Please let me know.

Regards,Peter

 

[Tim Hole]

The camera had a reputation when it was in its true beta phase (early builds) for being problematic temperamental but its pretty much a thing of the past. Having said that I wouldn't take any camera out into the field without familiarising yourself with it first and weighing up whether it is the right tool for you. It is however true that being familiar with the RED will vastly improve your output quality. Especially making a shift from SD/HDV. Most cameras will give up the ghost in sub freezing temperatures obviously without the proper preparation but don't know how the RED fares out there.

There are a lot of RED's out doing wildlife shooting. We get it in all the time. Just ask Steve Gibby, he take it everywhere and is more qualified than most to talk about this kind of thing. REDUSER is full of pros who use it everyday so it is definitely a more than viable option.

 

[Peter Szivolt]

Hy Tim,

Thank you for your time. It's really a good place to get advice.

All the best,Peter

 

[Denis Buhot]

Hi, Peter

Hi, Peter

just PM'd you for convenience.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

The current Red One, and especially so with the newest MX sensor upgrade which completes and series of upgraded done to the original R1, will give you a fantastic camera for any Gorilla style shooting and wild life or any Documentary shooting were you shoot in available lighting, the new sensor gives new possibilities.

The camera itself is a BRICK, almost indestructible, but as I do with my Photographic equipment when going to shoot in harsh environments, I always protect it, with additional third party accessories, such as Rain covers, Glove warmers, and coolers, by this I mean specially designed covers to keep the camera, Dry, Warm and or Cold, accordingly, or even use a full body inclosure ranging from splash proof to deep ocean scuba diving housing.

I seem to always be the one to give up, far faster then any of my equipment ever does, and the RED ONE sure will out last any one in any terrain, just take proper precautions with it, it is an electronic devise after all, but to my opinion will outperform any other system out there, for durability, no need to say anything about IQ, we al know the answer to that one.

As far as needed to be you own engineer on a RED ONE, is by far exaggerated statement by NON RED USERS, even at the very beginning when they were issues here and there, were isolated issues, as this do appear with any other company, just hat they do not have an Open forum for you to find out everything about it as you can here, I loved my 1D series Canons, but I did send them in for service and fixes numerous times.

however you do need to have some basic knowledge of the camera, and I do no t suggest taking a RED ONE on an expedition as your first time with the RED ONE, but if you can rent one before you leave and tested out, and see how you fill with the camera and about the camera, then the RED ONE is a fantastic camera.


EDIT:

Since you talked about Canon "L" glass, yes you can put it on the R1 equipped with an adapter, with fantastic results, from the widest 14mm II to the EF 800mm, I imagine you already know this next advise, but I will give it any ways, all "L" series CANON glass is Extremely resistant to DUST and RAIN as well as HUMIDITY, but ONLY when equipped with a front SCREW IN FILTER, so never go out with out one.

The Best "L" zooms are the 24-70 and any of the 70-200.

Good results will also be achieved with the do it all, 28-300 and the longest reaching L zoom, the 100-400, but again the best zooms are the 24-70 and any of the 70-200 series.

 

[Peter Szivolt]

Hy Keith Rossi,

Since i was asking about the R1, i got an advice to go for the Epic especially for wild-life subjects as it has better ISO range, boot-up time much faster and the weight of the camera. I guess have to wait some time with it as only the r1 owners can get them yet.... Of course for the IQ hadn't have any question mark as even i know that superb!!!
In large production's as BBC does are well organized to get on extreme location's, but i like to go independent sometimes and in that case would kill me over-weighting equipment with all the lenses.
So you really get excellent IQ on R1 with L zoom canon lenses???? I thought i can't afford the R1 due to Zeiss and Red lenses. Those have much higher prizes as the Canon L lenses.....
Is the R1 full sensor? If i put my 16-35 2.8/f II and 70-200 2.8/f do i get the same focal numb. ?

Good luck,Peter

 

[Peter Szivolt]

sorry, was going to write Ketch Roosi....