Rick Burnett
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I'm not sure of most people's upgrade path with the Scarlet series, but I have spent a long time thinking about what I want to do and within the limitations of my spending ability over the next year or so.
Currently, I shoot on a Canon 7D. This post is NOT to discuss the 7D, I think I can safely say, this is a topic that has been beat to death. Suffice to say, there is no question it's a camera that can be both exciting and frustrating at the same time. For better or worse, this is my B camera when the Scarlet Fixed comes out, which will become my A camera for almost everything I do. When I can, and it makes sense, I will use the 7D and the range of lens I have for extra shallow DoF shots I may want to make.
That said, given the fact I like the sensor size of the 7D, I planned on upgrading the brain eventually to the S35 since this closely matches the sensor size in my 7D and I like the results I get with my lens (basically from 10mm to 300mm).
While this is all great, what occurred to me is that the high frame rate of the Scarlet Fixed is something I want to keep. There are many times where I have wanted to have this ability and with 150fps sustained (last time I checked) was amazing.
Obviously, these things aren't out in the wild yet, but has anyone considered how long it would take to move all your parts from the fixed to another brain?
I am assuming at a minimum this might be side CF, battery/handle, redmote, monitor? Are these things easy to release or is it more complicated? I am leaving out rails, mic cabling, manual follow focus, mattebox, etc as these already make sense.
Just wondered if anyone else had thought of this and wondered as well. Even if it was like 20 minutes, that's not horrible. Just plan out my shootings accordingly.
I even started thinking of the pictures with the 3D rig and wondered if you could have two brains going at the same time. Weight might be an issue, but didn't know if any of this had been thought out as well (in this configuration, however, I think you'd need two of everything since the controls, storage and visuals would be different so not sure there would be ANY advantage of anything hooked between them except synchronized recording)
Just thinking out loud really. I guess once I start on the Fixed and then get the S35, I'll know what I want to do from that point moving forward.
Also, if a lot of people upgrade their Fixed, I wonder if eventually a 3D setup becomes feasible if this will make a good market for second hand brains for people who don't want the fixed anymore.
Rick
Asylum Studio Productions
Currently, I shoot on a Canon 7D. This post is NOT to discuss the 7D, I think I can safely say, this is a topic that has been beat to death. Suffice to say, there is no question it's a camera that can be both exciting and frustrating at the same time. For better or worse, this is my B camera when the Scarlet Fixed comes out, which will become my A camera for almost everything I do. When I can, and it makes sense, I will use the 7D and the range of lens I have for extra shallow DoF shots I may want to make.
That said, given the fact I like the sensor size of the 7D, I planned on upgrading the brain eventually to the S35 since this closely matches the sensor size in my 7D and I like the results I get with my lens (basically from 10mm to 300mm).
While this is all great, what occurred to me is that the high frame rate of the Scarlet Fixed is something I want to keep. There are many times where I have wanted to have this ability and with 150fps sustained (last time I checked) was amazing.
Obviously, these things aren't out in the wild yet, but has anyone considered how long it would take to move all your parts from the fixed to another brain?
I am assuming at a minimum this might be side CF, battery/handle, redmote, monitor? Are these things easy to release or is it more complicated? I am leaving out rails, mic cabling, manual follow focus, mattebox, etc as these already make sense.
Just wondered if anyone else had thought of this and wondered as well. Even if it was like 20 minutes, that's not horrible. Just plan out my shootings accordingly.
I even started thinking of the pictures with the 3D rig and wondered if you could have two brains going at the same time. Weight might be an issue, but didn't know if any of this had been thought out as well (in this configuration, however, I think you'd need two of everything since the controls, storage and visuals would be different so not sure there would be ANY advantage of anything hooked between them except synchronized recording)
Just thinking out loud really. I guess once I start on the Fixed and then get the S35, I'll know what I want to do from that point moving forward.
Also, if a lot of people upgrade their Fixed, I wonder if eventually a 3D setup becomes feasible if this will make a good market for second hand brains for people who don't want the fixed anymore.
Rick
Asylum Studio Productions
