Scarlet wish list (editing, time-lapse, Wifi, charging)

[DaveT]

I was going to buy an alternative potentially disruptive cam, the Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 (so why does a ‘stills’ cam have an ‘audio in’ plug?)
Decided to wait for the Scarlet instead.

I have a wish list of functions I’d like to see on the new Red cam…

Basic edit functions built into the cam.
I have a Canon TX1 (so I’m used to the tall packaging) which also stores on flash cards, and often I need to trim clips to free up memory. Some sort of ‘in the field’ editing is always handy. Trimming the head and tail of clips would be choice, as would ‘split clip at this point.’
Could the control on the back of the Scarlet be adapted to function like a jog dial? The Canon uses a joystick to navigate clips which isn’t ideal.


Time-lapse
This is some time-lapse that I did on a Caplio GX100.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6285972czKPBbTf

The Caplio will trigger at time slices as small as five seconds apart. This isn’t great for capturing fast moving subjects like people, and I’d like to see intervals at least one second apart on the Scarlet.
This could be easily built into the fps selector. Running the control forward would give options ranging from one to one hundred and twenty frames per second. Run it backwards for single frames captured once per second all the way up to one shot per hour.


My N95 has Wifi. I'd like a camera controller written for my Nokia to control functions like trigger, zoom, and I like to be able to embed GPS from the phone into the Metadata attached to clips.
It would be nice to have the cam generate MP4 ‘rushes’ at 320x240 which could be sent to the phone, and then uploaded to the net (for clients approval, to upload a time sensitive clip, or the soccer mums could send video straight to YouTube.)
Would Wifi be quick enough to send a viewfinder image to the phone for remote controlling?
Could the phone be strapped to the camera and the accelerometer data could be sent to the cam and embedded in the metadata?


Charging batteries ‘in cam’ (like my Nokia) or in an external recharger.
Maybe charging from the USB 2 port? Then we could download clips while recharging the cam.


I can live with attached glass, but it would be nice if the lens could accept screw on filters such as the polarising filter I have for the Caplio.


Real-time highlight clipping indication.


None of these things are ‘deal breakers’ cause it looks like the Scarlet is going to be miles ahead of anything else out there.

 

[Aiden Cornwell]

I like the time lapse aspect sugestion. I know Redone has that built in so I could see that being in Scarlet.

 

[ColinSmith]

I've not read anything specific on the timelapse features, but since it will shoot 1fps, that is really all you need for the majority of short length TL shots, just let it run with a 360 degree shutter and drop or blend frames as you need in post - that also gives you a lot more flexibility in adjusting the "speed" of the motion, instead of having to guess right when you shoot.

Now for the long duration stuff it would be useful to set larger time gaps between frames, but given the wifi control, that should be something that comes quickly as an external option, if it is not built in.

 

[Jiri Bakala]

I've not read anything specific on the timelapse features, but since it will shot 1fps, that is really all you need for the majority of short length TL shots, just let it run with a 360 degree shutter and drop or blend frames as you need in post - that also gives you a lot more flexibility in adjusting the "speed" of the sot motion, instead of having to guess right when you shoot.

Now for the long duration stuff it would be useful to set larger time gaps between frames, but given the wifi control, that should be something that comes quickly as an external option, if it is not built in.

That seems to me that it would be a logical software solution via a laptop using the wifi. I am sure Red already thought of that and it will be part of the software that comes with the camera for its wifi control. As a matter of fact, THAT IS most likely the reason for including a wifi control function with the camera in the first place. Pair up the camera with your laptop and have full control of many many things.

 

[ColinSmith]

Running the control software on an external computer would give you easy access to more advanced features - graphed controls, speed ramping, controlled exposure compensation with smooth time averaged shifts, frames shooting synced to motion control devices or external triggers, anything you can think of.

 

[DaveT]

Thanks for the comments guys. This all sound damn brilliant.
Got me thinking about controlling the camera, and I guess a time lapse with a programmed zoom wouldn’t be out of the question?

Drawing speed ramps like one does in a 3d package or AE would be really interesting too.
I recently saw a tute on Soundbooth and adobe had some nice controls for quickly manipulating fades and EQ plug-ins.
One could easily imagine similar controls overlaid onto a viewfinder image on a laptop (or other portable device ;-)