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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Scarlet 2/3" Fixed @ CES

Joseph Hutson said:
I believe that's the first time we heard mention of the 2:1 compression. I know things can change, but is it in the plans to have 2:1 at 120fps or is this limited for lower framerates such as 1-30fps?
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I would like to know the answer to this as well.
 
Don't read too much into what I'm showing off in terms of compression, overall pricing, etc.. too much speculation will just drive you nuts - UI is not at finished state, compression ratios are yet to be determined for what we will have running with Scarlet, etc. I'm just showing you all the work in progress, as best as I can. That being said - Scarlet is really shaping up well and will deliver on the promise of a true professional piece of gear at a remarkable price point. It will fit the bill for many indie filmmakers that have been tied to an inferior tool due to budget restraints.
 
TedRed said:
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I'm just showing you all the work in progress, as best as I can. That being said - Scarlet is really shaping up well and will deliver on the promise of a true professional piece of gear at a remarkable price point. It will fit the bill for many indie filmmakers that have been tied to an inferior tool due to budget restraints.
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So - can you please show and tell something about the Mini Primes?
 
TedRed said:
Don't read too much into what I'm showing off in terms of compression, overall pricing, etc.. too much speculation will just drive you nuts - UI is not at finished state, compression ratios are yet to be determined for what we will have running with Scarlet, etc. I'm just showing you all the work in progress, as best as I can. That being said - Scarlet is really shaping up well and will deliver on the promise of a true professional piece of gear at a remarkable price point. It will fit the bill for many indie filmmakers that have been tied to an inferior tool due to budget restraints.
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Excellent! Would I be close to my target shooting date in June?
 
I may be missing something but where is the aperture ring on the lens?
Is there any way to control the aperture while filming, lets say your focussing the lens with your left hand, while holding the camera with your right, and now you quickly want to open or close the aperture. do you need to go into the touch screen to do this?
 
Lars Steenhoff said:
I may be missing something but where is the aperture ring on the lens?
Is there any way to control the aperture while filming, lets say your focussing the lens with your left hand, while holding the camera with your right, and now you quickly want to open or close the aperture. do you need to go into the touch screen to do this?
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I believe the specs have indicated a 2.6 f-stop across all focal lengths, with no adjustment applicable. Basically you'd need to change your exposure (ISO) if you wanted to "stop down" for some reason.
 
Lars Steenhoff said:
I may be missing something but where is the aperture ring on the lens?
Is there any way to control the aperture while filming, lets say your focussing the lens with your left hand, while holding the camera with your right, and now you quickly want to open or close the aperture. do you need to go into the touch screen to do this?
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You can change the aperture by using the REDmote, touchscreen, or the REDhandle while keeping the lens ring set to focus.
 
Robert Sloan said:
I believe the specs have indicated a 2.6 f-stop across all focal lengths, with no adjustment applicable. Basically you'd need to change your exposure (ISO) if you wanted to "stop down" for some reason.
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The lens is actually f/2.4 (T/2.6) at all focal lengths - but I am pretty sure that means it can be opened up to that aperture at any length, not that it is the only aperture. I assume, and please, someone tell me if this is wrong (although I honestly can't imagine it is) that the lens can be closed down to a much smaller aperture. I have never heard of a lens - at least of this type/quality, where the aperture can't be adjusted. Am I missing something here? :nonod:
 
This is a professional camera, you can control the aperture.
Robert Sloan said:
I believe the specs have indicated a 2.6 f-stop across all focal lengths, with no adjustment applicable. Basically you'd need to change your exposure (ISO) if you wanted to "stop down" for some reason.
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Lars Steenhoff said:
I may be missing something but where is the aperture ring on the lens?
Is there any way to control the aperture while filming, lets say your focussing the lens with your left hand, while holding the camera with your right, and now you quickly want to open or close the aperture. do you need to go into the touch screen to do this?
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There will be multiple ways to control aperture. It can be soft assigned to the lens ring, to user programmable controls on the side handle or redmote, set directly from the touch screen, or by auto exposure. Same is true of focus and zoom.
 
Robert Sloan said:
I believe the specs have indicated a 2.6 f-stop across all focal lengths, with no adjustment applicable. Basically you'd need to change your exposure (ISO) if you wanted to "stop down" for some reason.
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Robert, when people talk about constant aperture it is meant that the lens is equally fast over the entire focal length range. It's a good thing.

Often, on large consumer grade zooms, it's too expensive to make lenses that are constant. You might get a f3.5 on the wide side, but only f5.6 at tele settings.

Regardless, ALL lenses can always be stopped down. :smiley:
 
Robert Sloan said:
I believe the specs have indicated a 2.6 f-stop across all focal lengths, with no adjustment applicable. Basically you'd need to change your exposure (ISO) if you wanted to "stop down" for some reason.
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Also, to add for clarity: Most modern AF stills lenses don't have manual aperture rings, you stop down using the camera controls. It will be the same on Scarlet.
 
Terry VerHaar said:
The lens is actually f/2.4 (T/2.6) at all focal lengths - but I am pretty sure that means it can be opened up to that aperture at any length, not that it is the only aperture. I assume, and please, someone tell me if this is wrong (although I honestly can't imagine it is) that the lens can be closed down to a much smaller aperture. I have never heard of a lens - at least of this type/quality, where the aperture can't be adjusted. Am I missing something here? :nonod:
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That would make more sense, but the interviews seemed to indicate differently. Ted consistently told people it was a 2.6, but he's also said not to take his word for a lot of te technical details as things were still being worked out. I'm interested to find out the truth behind this too.
 
Ted demonstrated closing the iris down at 12800 ISO setting in the Sundance interview. Pretty sure it will go to f16 or f22 minimum aperture. f2.4/T2.6 is maximum and constant through zoom. The camera has auto iris function for AE too. You can probably expect both aperture and shutter priority AE modes as with most modern digital cameras.
 
I'm a still photographer so take my word with a grain of salt....

From what I understand of the Scarlet 8x, f/2.4(T2.6) means that is the maximum aperture the lens can be opened up to at all focal lengths. This does not mean at all that this is the ONLY aperture. For example, with my Nikon 70-200 f/2.8, the lens has a max aperture of f/2.8 across all focal lengths, but the aperture range across all focal lengths is f/2.8-f/22 (it can be stopped down in camera at any focal length without changing ISO). A constant max aperture is generally a hallmark of any professional lens and saying a lens has a constant max aperture just means that the maximum aperture does not change as you zoom, which is a problem you see with most cheaper dSLR lens. On the Scarlet 8x, if you watch Tonaci's video hands on, the lens is an electronic lens and has one adjustment ring that can be assigned to control focus, zoom, or iris/aperture in soft menus. If you assign the ring on the lens to one control, the other two can be controlled from the side handle, redmote (or redmote pro in the future), or the red pro touchscreen. This allows a variety of options you can use to control zoom, focus, and iris and you can set it up according to however you want. I don't think we have to worry about the Scarlet 8x only having one aperture setting...
 
is it just me, or is anyone else out there uncontrollably excited to get their hands on a scarlet? I think a photo of the production with lots of scarlets laid out like matte boxes will push me over the edge.

Any bones to throw us Red? have you got an assembly line yet?
 
It's not just you Michael. I feel like an addict trying to quit smoking everyday. =]
 
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