November 30th Announcement Feedback

[Perry Wilson]

I would like to know if the 2/3 or the S35 will be able to control the Zeiss Canon based ZE lenses seeing as how they dont have a manual iris...

 

[David Dennis]

The camera with two brains

The camera with two brains

Hi Jim, Jarred, Red Team.

It would be perfect if we could buy the 2/3 zoom of the Scarlet Fixed and we can add it to the Scarlet Interchangeable for 1500/2000 dollars. Or maybe if you buy a Scarlet Fixed + a Scarlet Interchangeable you have a big discount.

I don't think there is a lot of room for discounts on these prices.

But I think there's a very simple solution that will get you what you need and at a great price, too.

Buy the Scarlet fixed kit, which includes the lens and enormously discounted accessories.

Buy the Scarlet 2/3 interchangable brain.

You then have two brains - one fixed and one interchangeable - with all the accessories you need to make either one work.

I think it's pretty much a certainty that you would have saved more than $1k on accessories this way, so effectively you have purchased the fixed lens for $2k or less.

A little bit of lateral thinking works wonders .

D

 

[Alvise Tedesco]

Fantastic announcement as usual. You should really do this every last of the month. So good for liveliness.
I try to read as many posts as possible but couldn't see this already mentioned.

Mini primes are gorgeous.

But am I alone thinking a key lens is missing?
The one right in the middle between 8mm and 16mm?



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[Roberto Lequeux]

Something small but very useful: I bet Zacuto or others will come up with Red Mote to rail support. Some sort of cradle that allows us to attach the Red Mote to a tripod handle or the side of our rails to use as a "normal" follow focus.

Any chance Red might develop their own little RedMote to rails solution?

 

[Florin Andrei]

Trying to find this info but the thread is already huge.

Will the fixed-lens Scarlet body include a microphone? (even if it's low quality)

It would make sense, given that the package is supposed to be ready to shoot out of the box.

 

[David Rasberry]

Fantastic announcement as usual. You should really do this every last of the month. So good for liveliness.
I try to read as many posts as possible but couldn't see this already mentioned.

Mini primes are gorgeous.

But am I alone thinking a key lens is missing?
The one right in the middle between 8mm and 16mm?



.

You are right, there should be a 12-13mm as this would be the "normal" FL for a 2/3".

 

[Eddy Robinson]

(re: grabs) thats the million dollar question! :sifone: really looking forward to this as well.

Thirded. I would really appreciate screen grabs shot of ordinary subjects in available light. I know there's a temptation to offer up the best shots posible, but a shot with very dramatic lighting or an exotic pet is hard to judge and only prompts 10 pages of the 'what lens/lights/yadda yadda' variety.

Might I suggest a medium closeup of Jim lighting a cigar? That would give us skin tones, smoke, a feel for focal depth, and highlights from the match or lighter flame, and a feel for graduated color, depending on the background (an office wall or a blue sky). Simple subject matter is the best way to showcase image quality I think, as it's easy for people to compare with how things look in real life.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

Trying to find this info but the thread is already huge.

Will the fixed-lens Scarlet body include a microphone? (even if it's low quality)

It would make sense, given that the package is supposed to be ready to shoot out of the box.

[EDIT] Jarred stated that a small scratch mic is an option for all of the brains.

The mic is a low profile scratch microphone that snaps into the front microphone ports on both Scarlet and Epic.. it's not built in per say but it blends in pretty well. We like to keep things modular to give people options.

 

[David Rasberry]

Jarred stated that a small scratch mic will be included on the brains.

Is it included, or just another optional extra?

 

[Justin O'Neill]

Good point, David. Reading that whole post closely Jarred never says it is included. Most likely they haven't decided yet.

 

[John Terendy]

And the fixed lens Scarlet can accept an optional audio module with XLR's?

 

[Justin O'Neill]

And the fixed lens Scarlet can accept an optional audio module with XLR's?

Yes, the fixed lens Scarlet is compatible with all of the DSMC modules so it will work with the Pro I/O module which has full size XLRs.

 

[Brad Webb]

Hey Danill welcome to the family

We are still discussing mount options.. It seems like an easy solution to just provide whatever mount is wanted but there is a bit if a logistical issue to provide that sort of thing.. But we are discussing solutions.

Possible solution - Offer choice of lens mount, yet have the PL mount as the "default." If you choose PL your RED ships quicker, with slight shipping delay for choosing a different mount.

 

[Sterling Wescott]

Trying to find this info but the thread is already huge.

Will the fixed-lens Scarlet body include a microphone? (even if it's low quality)

It would make sense, given that the package is supposed to be ready to shoot out of the box.

This is a big factor for me in purchasing a fixed scarlet. I don't want to buy a I/O module until the FF35 release, and I want somthing extremly low profile for a fixed scarlet. There was a mention of an included mic before (I believe by Jarred). I would appreaciate if one of the Red staff could comment on the existence of a REDMic.

 

[Stuart English]

Microphone inputs

Microphone inputs

There was a mention of an included mic before (I believe by Jarred).

I would appreaciate if one of the Red staff could comment on the existence of a REDMic.

There are optional RED button mics that can plug into the front of the camera brain.

Or you can use external microphones; whatever works best for you.

 

[John Terendy]

I wasn't certain that the fixed lens Scarlet would work with all of the DSMC modules. This is great news to me.

 

[Todd M.]

Red Ray DRM Question

Red Ray DRM Question

To the team:

can you shed some light on the implementation of DRM within the Red Ray platform? It seems to me that this is a direct play into the distribution/exhibition market and would love to hear what you might be willing to share. I've been suspectig that an end-to-end cinema pipeline was the end goal all along; am very much looking forward to seeing that come together.

Thanks,

Todd

 

[Ruby Quincunx]

Scarlet Interchangeable is a very powerful tool, it just need a 2/3 zoom to be perfect.
16mm zooms are too old to resolve 3K and match with red mini primes; or too expensive if they are good ones.

David Rasberry over at Scarletuser has made a pretty good case for the old 16mm zooms being capable of resolving 3k. The main differences between the old lenses & new 2/3" ENG lenses, for example, are lens coatings & that the quality of the older lenses will depend more on how well they've been maintained, & may require collimation, etc.

 

[Jarred Land]

New versions of RedCine-X and RocketCine-X just got posted to RED.com. Thank Rob and Deanan

 

[Ketch Rossi]

New versions of RedCine-X and RocketCine-X just got posted to RED.com. Thank Rob and Deanan

Thanks Rob and Deanan

Btw Jarred, we will see the possibility to start uploading TIFF files in to REDCINE X so that we can start play with the still files, in preparation for Epic?