Offended - Part II - RED TEAM: THANK YOU!

[josemnorton]

Yes, I am the author of the controversial post "Offended" and I took a lot of crap from RED fan boys at the time, with only a few people agreeing with me.

The big issue to me was the fixed lens Scarlet that had been announced at the time.

I am very happy to hear that RED has stuck to what I believe has always been their brand DNA.
And that is in one word: Freedom.

Freedom to shoot with the lenses you want, freedom to shoot at a variety of frame rates (up to 120 fps!) and freedom to do virtually anything in the DI suite (or an Apple Color/DaVinci Lite-equipped Macbook...). This Scarlet has liberated a lot of filmmakers, giving us options like never before.

I'm also very happy to inform that I am placing a deposit for a brand new Scarlet-X!

With the announcements of November 3rd, it became clear that RED is still epic (pun intended) in their camera releases.
I'm excited about the Canon C300 but I don't think it compares to the Scarlet because of the output restrictions, more specifically: 1080p at 4:2:2 50mbps = No Freedom. And at a higher price!

I hope all of you who were OFFENDED with my initial posting are also happy with what this new Scarlet means for all of us.

Thank you RED team for listening!

 

[Ruben and Sheri O.]

No one should ever get mad at you for your own opinions. Congrats on buying scarlet X enjoy.

Yes, I am the author of the controversial post "Offended" and I took a lot of crap from RED fan boys at the time, with only a few people agreeing with me.

The big issue to me was the fixed lens Scarlet that had been announced at the time.

I am very happy to hear that RED has stuck to what I believe has always been their brand DNA.
And that is in one word: Freedom.

Freedom to shoot with the lenses you want, freedom to shoot at a variety of frame rates (up to 120 fps!) and freedom to do virtually anything in the DI suite (or an Apple Color/DaVinci Lite-equipped Macbook...). This Scarlet has liberated a lot of filmmakers, giving us options like never before.

I'm also very happy to inform that I am placing a deposit for a brand new Scarlet-X!

With the announcements of November 3rd, it became clear that RED is still epic (pun intended) in their camera releases.
I'm excited about the Canon C300 but I don't think it compares to the Scarlet because of the output restrictions, more specifically: 1080p at 4:2:2 50mbps = No Freedom. And at a higher price!

I hope all of you who were OFFENDED with my initial posting are also happy with what this new Scarlet means for all of us.

Thank you RED team for listening!

 

[Terry VerHaar]

Congrats on your pending purchase and getting what you want. But, to be clear, it wasn't your OPINION that people had a hard time with - it was the act of belittling those that held a different one; i.e. that there was a great spot in the market for what was the Scarlet 3K rez, 8X Fixed. And, in the process, being OFFENDED that we would want such a thing.

I, too, have a deposit on a Scarlet but that doesn't change my OPINION (and a very valid one, I believe) that the Fixed version would have been a fabulous camera. :mellow: