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Redcode 28 vs. Redcode 36

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Redcode 28 vs. Redcode 36

I've had a few people ask me what the differences between the two quality modes are, and I've not been able to give an educated answer. I have done some searching on this site and have found only some limited info. (maybe I'm looking in the wrong place) If anyone has any info on this topic and would like to share it would be greatly appreciated.

I know that there are some limitations when shooting 2k 120fps, and going from memory, this configuration doesn't support Redcode 36. What is the recommended quality setting for off speeds and for standard 23.98 or 29.97 shooting?

Thanks in advance. I've been a long time reader, this forum and the support from it's members is invaluable.
 
Redcode28 has more compression than Redcode36. Generally you want to shoot with the least amount of compression, so Redcode36 would be the optimal choice, but it really depends on a number of factors including desired frame rate and frame size because as you have discovered you cant get as high of a framerate w/ Redcode36. If you are shooting for TV redcode28 is probably sufficient for most cases, if you are shooting for theatrical release you would be better off sticking to Redcode36. Also, if you are shooting high detail scenes stick to 36.
 
I was doing a camera test shooting 4K, 24 frames. Would it make sense that I could not record 36 onto a CF card?
 
bzada said:
I was doing a camera test shooting 4K, 24 frames. Would it make sense that I could not record 36 onto a CF card?
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Yes, there is a limitation with the 8GB card. You can't do 4K, 16:9 RC 36. The 16GB cards will support this.
 
Seems i could not get this setup to work:

shooting: 4k 16:9 at 29.97 using redcode 36 to hard drive.

....this is possibly not a supported frame rate then? only 24fps can be used or is it the fact i'm using 16:9? I have yet to spend much time on this, but would be nice to clarify the settings that allow or rather do not allow the use of redcode 36.

thanks....
 
BajaProductions said:
Seems i could not get this setup to work:

shooting: 4k 16:9 at 29.97 using redcode 36 to hard drive.

....this is possibly not a supported frame rate then? only 24fps can be used or is it the fact i'm using 16:9? I have yet to spend much time on this, but would be nice to clarify the settings that allow or rather do not allow the use of redcode 36.

thanks....
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Only can do up to 25fps with the setup you mentioned. You would have to drop down to RC28 to do 4K 16:9 to HD/16GB CF.

Or you can do 3K 16:9 29.97
 
Could be we would see it when the storage mediums are able to handle it, but I'm not really sure. Is RC28 not doing it for you?
 
Redcode 28 is working just fine. However I keep hearing all over the boards that 36 is better quality. I can not say either way since all i have ever used is 28 and works fine. However would that be a true statement that folks are getting better results with images using 36?
 
RC36 is able to handle the more complex scenes due to allocating more data to them. RC28 is probably just fine for a lot of things, especially if you are working in 1080HD. I shoot mostly 4K, 16:9, 23.98, RC36. That just happens to be the majority of the work that has come along. If I had to do 29.97, I'd probably opt for doing 4K RC28.
 
Yes, I could see why you would want the framerates. 60P will never happen on Red One due to RAW port being pulled from the spec. Epic will most likely have this feature.
 
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