Scarlet and Rolling Shutter

[Eric Pascarelli]

Are the sensor read/reset times for the Scarlet the same as on EPIC? And does anyone know that spec at 4k?

Now that Scarlets are shipping, I would love to see a real world rolling shutter pan test if anyone has the resources to do it. Curious how Scarlet will work for some of the various vfx scenarios I would use it for.

Thanks.

 

[Kemalettin Sert]

It's same and epic has rolling shutter issue

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I wouldn't call it an issue. Rather a characteristic. Sensor read/ reset timing is much faster than any DSLR system and the only way to eliminate it would be to go to a global shutter. But that detracts from the filmic property of the image and makes it appear far more sterile. Some prefer a mechanical shutter, which Jim offered to build if there were any takers, no one stepped up to pay the announced price. Mechanical shutters do not eliminate the skew, but change its properties a bit, giving a softer edge.

Not sure what VFX scenarios the OP is thinking of, but EPIC is insanely awesome for FX work. And as far as the rolling shutter/skew goes, if you're satisfied with film, you'll be happy here.

EPIC/ Scarlet have the same sensor and same timings.

 

[Nick Pasquariello]

We did have an issue once where we shot a faux "fashion shoot", with camera flashes going off. The rolling shutter meant that only parts of a frame (the top half, or bottom third, or top 2/3rds . . . it was a different amount of lines for every flash) were blown-out-white from the flash. In that case, an easy fix in Post, but still, needed the fix.

We don't really do a lot of quick-pans though. 99% of our shots are slow drifts or pans or tilts or zooms. So I can't really comment on the rolling shutter in that sense.

 

[Norbert Jalitsch]

Are the sensor read/reset times for the Scarlet the same as on EPIC? And does anyone know that spec at 4k?

Now that Scarlets are shipping, I would love to see a real world rolling shutter pan test if anyone has the resources to do it. Curious how Scarlet will work for some of the various vfx scenarios I would use it for.

Thanks.

the scarlets are shipping ?
really ???

 

[Norbert Jalitsch]

oh i see, there is really one scarlet out in the wild !!!