Sensors...

[Aaron Shirley]

There were some great shots in Hitchcock (shot on Epic) that had flashbulb cameras going off, and I was very pleased that it was a full-frame flash. I have no idea if they faked it in post or just fixed it as a visual effect, but it looked totally real and 100% great. Beautiful pictures, and no evidence of rolling shutter anywhere that I could see.

The half-frame of a flash or strobe from an MX's rolling shutter doesn't happen every time, just if it flashed halfway through the frame exposure. I was shooting lightning with my Scarlet, and I only got those half frames maybe half the time at most (shooting 24fps).

...which makes me wonder, why would motion film NOT do this? I've never shot motion film with a strobe going off, but thinking about how the shutter works, you should get the occasional half frame.

 

[Michael Lindsay]

The shutter in a film camera is very out of focus so there is lots of bleed through..

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Even if the Dragon won't solve strobing lights, whip pan skew issues completely, one could rent Tessive filter for those special scenes. Yes it cuts about a stop or something, but online tests looking more than fine with MX sensor and I'm sure the image will look better with Dragon, since it's more sensitive in lowlight and capture information in highlights better (if it works as advertised . I'd prefer Tessive time filter to be placed between sensor and a lens, sort of like "net ring" and rather not in a matte box. I get why Red isn't all over the idea of putting nd filters or global shutter or tessive filter thing on top of the sensors, though. If I recall correctly, it may introduce problems with ajusting backfocus etc.