Antonio Ribeiro
Well-known member
Hi,
Thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on our shooting experiences with the Scarlet.
Yesterday I tried out the camera for the first time and this wasn't fiction but a promo for a late night event, happening every month at the Science Museum in London. So it was a run and shoot scenario. I still don't have the DSMC side module, so I hired some IDX batteries HL-9 (88Wh) for the gig. I also only have two 64GB redmags.
So I set up shop in an adjacent room for equipment cases and for my 17-inch Macbook Pro connected via the PCI slot to a Esata card, so I could save footage from the Redmags to both the internal disk and an external esata drive.
I was very impressed with the camera's ability to deliver very high quality footage in low light. I used mostly R12:1 (so I could get 50 mins out of each card) and shot a few shots at 6:1. All at 4K HD. I also adjusted the shutter speed to 1/24 to get more light. I was using two very average Canon mount lens (a 50mm prime and two zooms). My fan settings were 25% during record and 75% on standby.
My first impressions were that I felt the camera is definitely power hungry and in a four-hour shoot I went through 3 IDX batteries. But the footage showed minimal noise, and I used mostly somewhere between 800 and 1600 ISO and on occasions up to 3200 ISO.
In terms of powering up and down, and menu responsiveness I was so, so impressed. It's very, very fast. I love the sensitiveness of the 5" touch screen although at times it was difficult to activate the icons closer to the top corners.
I had an assistant with me which made switching the mags an absolute brise. And quick too, with close to 64GB being copied to the Macbook in an average of 7 minutes.
Auto-focus for these situations (and most really) is a definite no-no, as it is very jittery, specially hand-held (naturally).
Sound: I did some tests and I have the Wooden Camera A-box and top plate, so it's all very sturdy. This is where we had to play around a bit, but once we got it top notch, the radio mic and the K6 Senheiser phantom powered mic, did a great job. Funny enough, I found that if I powered the camera up, the two mic inputs (1 and 2) showed a red dot, but if I unplugged one of the jacks and pressed it back in again, they would turn to green and then I could see the levels (even without it I could hear sound coming in through my cans.
In terms of rolling shutter (which only happened on a few slow mo's and only when I pushed it to 60fps, 50 was fine, as it jarred with the 50Hz of computer screens and displays), all I did was play around with the shutter speed and voilá! Non problemo.
I am so glad I bought this camera. It will change things dramatically in terms of my work (yet again).
Once I have the footage I will post, although this may take me a couple of weeks as I have a pressing deadline with another job. I look forward to receiving all your comments/experiences.
Thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on our shooting experiences with the Scarlet.
Yesterday I tried out the camera for the first time and this wasn't fiction but a promo for a late night event, happening every month at the Science Museum in London. So it was a run and shoot scenario. I still don't have the DSMC side module, so I hired some IDX batteries HL-9 (88Wh) for the gig. I also only have two 64GB redmags.
So I set up shop in an adjacent room for equipment cases and for my 17-inch Macbook Pro connected via the PCI slot to a Esata card, so I could save footage from the Redmags to both the internal disk and an external esata drive.
I was very impressed with the camera's ability to deliver very high quality footage in low light. I used mostly R12:1 (so I could get 50 mins out of each card) and shot a few shots at 6:1. All at 4K HD. I also adjusted the shutter speed to 1/24 to get more light. I was using two very average Canon mount lens (a 50mm prime and two zooms). My fan settings were 25% during record and 75% on standby.
My first impressions were that I felt the camera is definitely power hungry and in a four-hour shoot I went through 3 IDX batteries. But the footage showed minimal noise, and I used mostly somewhere between 800 and 1600 ISO and on occasions up to 3200 ISO.
In terms of powering up and down, and menu responsiveness I was so, so impressed. It's very, very fast. I love the sensitiveness of the 5" touch screen although at times it was difficult to activate the icons closer to the top corners.
I had an assistant with me which made switching the mags an absolute brise. And quick too, with close to 64GB being copied to the Macbook in an average of 7 minutes.
Auto-focus for these situations (and most really) is a definite no-no, as it is very jittery, specially hand-held (naturally).
Sound: I did some tests and I have the Wooden Camera A-box and top plate, so it's all very sturdy. This is where we had to play around a bit, but once we got it top notch, the radio mic and the K6 Senheiser phantom powered mic, did a great job. Funny enough, I found that if I powered the camera up, the two mic inputs (1 and 2) showed a red dot, but if I unplugged one of the jacks and pressed it back in again, they would turn to green and then I could see the levels (even without it I could hear sound coming in through my cans.
In terms of rolling shutter (which only happened on a few slow mo's and only when I pushed it to 60fps, 50 was fine, as it jarred with the 50Hz of computer screens and displays), all I did was play around with the shutter speed and voilá! Non problemo.
I am so glad I bought this camera. It will change things dramatically in terms of my work (yet again).
Once I have the footage I will post, although this may take me a couple of weeks as I have a pressing deadline with another job. I look forward to receiving all your comments/experiences.