Red One MX LCD monitor "zoom" option ?

[Pekka Varis]

Hello! Sometimes it is hard to know if my focus is 100% - and in some DSRL cameras there is an option to "zoom" in viewfinder to check that the focus is perfect. I wonder is there such an option in Red One Battle tested MX ? Pekka Varis

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Yes, it's called Magnify and you can set it in the menu to be mapped to user keys.

 

[Pekka Varis]

Thank you - this is great news!!

 

[ericyoung]

Also, the rightmost button on the top of the LCD monitor expands the image to fill the screen (losing the menus) which also helps.
But you should still use Magnify to check focus. Note that Magnify can't be used while Recording.

You can also assign Focus Assist to a User Button - which overlays coloured lines on edges that are in focus.

 

[Mark Phelan]

Note that Magnify can't be used while Recording.

While this is true, when I owned my R1, I figured a way around it, of sorts. I was hired to bring my R1 to a church performance to be used as a broadcast camera. I wasn't recording per se, but outputting though HD-SDI, so the control booth was recording. I could punch in using the focus assist feature and it worked wonderfully. At one point, the director asked for someone to get a closeup of a baby's face during the performance and I was able to do so, crazy tight, all by using focus assist. That single shot continues to garner praise from the director and crew, and it's all due to the R1's ability to push in. It would be a neat feature for the Epic too, but the last time I tried it, it didn't work like it did on the R1.