Scarlet preview...

[Jake Bastian]

Alright then ... I guess I'm just a dump DP of 8 years.

Being a DP has nothing to do with your knowledge of what's happening inside RED.

 

[craigjkharris]

Jim,
Very happy to hear the good news! Thanks for keeping it professional too!!!

craig

 

[Dave_S]

I strongly believe scarlet will have side handle because it is necessary for hand held shooting(remember DSMC and still photos need some sort of balanced/side handle) however scarlet mat have fixed side handle instead of removable.

 

[Dave_S]

I am not sure why people are after only 2/3 sensor. when you have a s35 5k camera you can use it in 2k mode and it will give you that 2/3 looks and of course ease of focusing. by having s35 we will have option of both a nice professional bokeh and sports/documentary style run and gun camera.

 

[Felix Steinhardt]

2/3, because only then a fixed lens is possible, which I prefer

 

[Nik Harper]

I strongly believe scarlet will have side handle because it is necessary for hand held shooting(remember DSMC and still photos need some sort of balanced/side handle) however scarlet mat have fixed side handle instead of removable.

everything is modular, this wouldn't be realistic just because the whole system is about options. plus 3d options would get quite ridiculous. everything is modular

 

[Michael Petros]

This is unlikely to have any bearing on the Scarlet to be revealed on Thursday, but i keep thinking about something Jim said about multiple focus cameras like the Lytro plenoptic. If you look at the demo on this site: http://lightfield.stanford.edu/aperture.swf?lightfield=data/chess_lf/preview.zip&zoom=1 and shift the artificial aperture from the left side of the field to the right, you will get two viewpoints apparently a few inches apart, which when combined could result in a parallax effect. This struck me as a possible way to shoot 3D with a single camera. If so, would that not be rather revolutionary?

 

[David Rasberry]

S35 is fine, might even be an option, but would be significantly more expensive. I would rather shoot 3k at 2/3" than 2k.

 

[John Bannister]

This is bullcrap. Joseph Hutson has already had a Scarlet out in the wild shooting to SSD, not CF.

That is correct ...in fact on the world premier of the Scarlet shoot you can clearly see the SSD module on the side of the Scarlet Body...

Video can be found here...

http://vimeo.com/22330393

 

[Eston Diaz]

That was a prototype. I don't know anything, but things may have changed.

We know Red, they like to change things for the better.

Nov. 3rd!!!! All will be answered.

 

[Kevin Marshall]

Yeah and RED never changes their specs or delivery times ever.

Yes - but so far, spec changes have all been improvements. Plus, they've abandoned further CF cards, and the current ones are less cost effective than the SSDs (in terms of $/GB). I don't see them reverting back to CF.

 

[John Bannister]

....and here was me thinking it would be an upgrade option ...silly me.

 

[Adam Johnson]

It's safe to say the Scarlet release will be Epic in some fashion! The wait is driving me nuts, can't seem to do anything else but hope something new is posted before Nov. 3rd! You guys are marketing geniuses and know how to create a buzz that's for sure

 

[Marko Hocevar]

Alright then ... I guess I'm just a dump DP of 8 years.

Just a disinformation agent hired by RED to lower our expectations and make the Nov3rd a happy expirience

 

[Paul Ellington]

Just a disinformation agent hired by RED to lower our expectations and make the Nov3rd a happy expirience

I wish RED would hire me, the loyalty I have for that place in second only to my Grandfather Duke Ellington.

 

[Duncan Thompson]

Irrespective of nothing...

http://stagevu.com/video/wucowlebwblg

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons TV show. Something to while away the hours before November 3rd.

"Captain Scarlet indestructible super man."

 

[Marko Hocevar]

There is no way he works for RED. Jannard and Co are perfectly capable of managing our expectations. Paul is a story teller who has expanded his medium beyond moving pictures. He has zero inside info.

It might be a language barrier (english is not my native language), but I still think that the context of the whole sentence should indicate I was joking. Next time I'll be carefull not to leave out him ->

 

[Felix Steinhardt]

I would love to use cheap LEXAR CF cards...But that seems not pro enough for RED

 

[AndreeMarkefors]

I would love the choice between SSD or CF

I'd prefer CF if it's possible to record to generic highspeed CF-cards (might be some late development on that).

Otherwise, I'm sure RED will include the SSD, since RED's CF cards doesn't make sense anymore price/performance wise. RED is looking our for us here.

SSD module might also be one of the many small reasons the price has risen. But it's still a module for sure. That's the point of Scarlet/Epic.

 

[AndreeMarkefors]

But that seems not pro enough for RED

RED wouldn't go for a more expensive option just for the sake of it. That would be bad for us, and that is not what RED is about.

But RED also won't allow, and shouldn't, sub par performance with dropped frames and other problems.