Scarlet-X AL #610 - Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[Carelton Holt]

Hey Matt
Are you using Kenlab gyros on your rig or something else?

 

[Peter Salvia]

Very cool Matt, congrats on your new Scarlet!

 

[Matt Johnston]

So I finally got my touchscreen late last week. No power solution yet, so been running it off the wall and helicopter batteries. Finally got a chance to actually play around with it. I am getting lots of crashes in AF mode on my Tokina 11-16. RED Support indicated the Tokina is not mapped yet, so that may be why. Also can't black balance at anything other than 24p/4khd1/48. To tell you the truth when I was first pointing it around the kitchen and capturing, I was like .... that's cool. Then I black balanced, and hauled my wife into the sunlight this afternoon. Kept a religious eye on my stop lights and goal posts (love those). I was mostly seeing what I find acceptable in 2k and 4k at higher compression ratios. I find 12:1 to be a-ok, even in 2k when properly exposed. It seems any red on my left goal post is a express ticket to noise-town. But if you are properly exposed, I love it. I just love it. Disregarding crop factors and stuff I think I prefer 2k at 8:1 than 4kHD at 12:1. Does that make sense?

This is a grab from 2k. 8:1 on a Nikon 105 2.5. This 2k is perfect for me. My wife would be so mad if she knew I posted these. Just a little s curve in REDCine-x, a little alchemy and clarity. I think it looks great. Highlight rolloff is wonderful. So nice compared to the absolute death of the 7d rolloff.

2k!
Full size jpg: http://mattjohnstonsfp.com/pics/A002_C020_020807.jpg

R3D grab if you'd like:
http://mattjohnstonsfp.com/pics/A002_C020_020807.0000200F.R3D