Scarlet kinda noisy

[Cisco McCarthy]

So we just got a Scarlet at work and have been shooting a little and everything we shoot seems really noisy. We are still new to using this camera but even shooting at 800 iso our blacks still have a lot of noise. We shot a sequence in a hallway with huge floor to ceiling windows and still came out noisy.

It would be great to hear what settings others are shooting with too. Any advice??

 

[Matt Ryan]

Kinda hard to know without seeing an R3D.

Have you performed a black shade once the camera has warmed up? (Preferably after 20-30 minutes of being on)
Did you expose properly? Did you process the footage properly? What did your goal posts look like? (Was there noise being detected by the goal posts?) If so then in RCX-Pro you need to bring your blacks down to proper levels otherwise you are effectively boosting the noise in those areas that didn't have proper exposure to begin with. If you can post an R3D grab we could answer your question better.

 

[Bob Gundu]

99 percent of noisy footage is because of not black shading or under exposure.

 

[Cisco McCarthy]

Ok. Black shading. Good to know.

How about this. Camera out of the box, what should we do first? Settings? What should black shading be at?

 

[Andy White]

You should put it next to you - power it up and read through all the basic stuff here - http://www.red.com/learn/red-101

Learn the way the camera works and you'll then start to feel your way through it

Have fun.

 

[Drew Baird]

Andy is right. Start there. It took me a few months to really develop an understanding and connection with this cameras personality. Now I know exactly what she likes and what she doesn't. Also, expose with your goal posts, and pay less attention to the histogram. this will give you the most flexibility in post. The sensor also doesn't really like tungsten light, so light closer to 5600K or filter your lens.

 

[Caleb Spillyards]

how often should one blackshade?

 

[Doug Beatty]

Once at the start of your day with the camera staged in your shooting environment and then again if you switch to longer exposures or the temperature radically changes.

 

[Caleb Spillyards]

thanks doug!

 

[Terry VerHaar]

how often should one blackshade?

Every day is probably overkill, although can't hurt anything.

Read this: http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/black-shading-calibration