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The Scarlet Speculation Thread!

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Ok, somebody had to start this thing! I know there has been lots of talk before about the potential specs, but now that there is an official forum for this little gem, why not put all of that stuff here and keep things neat and orderly?

I'll start...

If Scarlett has a fixed lens on it... PLEASE make it a decent lens with minimal CA issues (both longitudinal and lateral). If the camera doesn't have a 35mm size sensor, please make the camera body 35mm adapter friendly. Built in image flipping would also be great for those who don't want to loose light using these "flip modules".

RAW recording is the new standard so thats a must. Dare I say it... If you could match what Hydra from Reel Stream would have been... :) That would be very killer (for those who don't know, Hydra was going to offer RAW 14 bit linear 4:4:4 2k plus variable frame rates up to 60fps). If Reel Stream was able to mod an existing camera like that being the tiny company they were, imagine what RED could do with is bigger resources? Seriously. I own an Andromeda camera and almost everything is really done inside a small mac mini, if I were crazy enough to try and rip out the DVX's parts not being used (ie. DSP, tape mechanism, etc..) I bet I could fit most of the mac mini into the empty space left behind!

CF card media is also on my wish list...

Anyone else?
 
OK, I say we begin by figuring out what we WANT it to be and then can relish/lament our rightness/unrealism. But it'll be FUN.

This is what I would cause me to explode if it turned out to be real:


-Ergonomical, palm-fitting form factor with compensation for second-hand support

- 4K! If that's too nuts, 2K from a mini-Mysterium flat sensor and RAW as hell, baby

- Interchangeable lens mount with a customizable locking ring for various brands of SLR glass and s4/i and all that PLUS a rock-solid Red lens (as usual) that should be a one-size-fits for most people

- 64 - 128GB solid-state flash pack for recording, hot-swappable and with CF option

- 5" or greater LCD, 1080p, no EVF as it's a waste of space on a non-shoulder cam

- It's a run-and-gun deal so maybe forgo monitor output in favor of more audio IO (on the bottom please) and LEMO power for lights and other stuff

That's all for now. This is just the primer, of course, we can now delve into all the extrenuous and likely impossible specifics of a roxor back-pocket camera.
 
karapetkov said:
Scarlet=ex-Hydra?

(You put "speculation" in the title, not me!)

:)
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Who knows.... Juan hasn't said who bought the Hydra/Andromeda technologies.

BUT, it does make you wonder. Juan proved you could make very low cost RAW cinema cameras. When I shoot, I record files that are just RAW sensor data. I have to render to see anything (even low res previews), but given the price, its hard to complain man. Maybe RED is taking the same approach, but building the same type of thing from the ground up, and making it record compressed low res proxies at the same time for quicker editing, etc...
 
I made a Bolex analogy earlier was proud of myself a little. A digital Bolex would be EXACTLY what our uber-tech industry needs, a run-and-gun, dead simple camera that you can trust to hold your pictures safely without huddling 'round a monitor and with only the controls you need.
 
Cardmaverick said:
Who knows.... Juan hasn't said who bought the Hydra/Andromeda technologies.

BUT, it does make you wonder. Juan proved you could make very low cost RAW cinema cameras. When I shoot, I record files that are just RAW sensor data. I have to render to see anything (even low res previews), but given the price, its hard to complain man. Maybe RED is taking the same approach, but building the same type of thing from the ground up, and making it record compressed low res proxies at the same time for quicker editing, etc...
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Or Red is just using us to build the features we want via threads like this, and they really dont know what they will build?
 
but RED killed, for some reason, its HDSDI outs
 
I would hope its a 2k RedHead with Fiber or Gige myself
 
My humble recommendation would be that RED take a closer look at the Hydra thread at DVXUser [if they already haven't].

It's quite big but very indicative of what people actually want from a under 10k camera.

I particularly liked Barry Green's dream-cam outline - the "Green One" :).

I'm a under 10k guy natively, but this RED One thing is making me "suicidal" :blink:

Scarlet should definitely have S16-sized-sensor and RAW to be really considered a red-mini cinema camera.

Juz my 2c.

P.S. If Juan has joined RED, at least he went to the right place.
 
It's gonna have a 16mm Mysterium-based sensor. Powered by hand crank. Records in RAW to SDHC cards. :clown2: Oh and it's gonna have this really cool RED shredding gadget built into the top that helps you shred food for between take snack making.
 
If Red were really on their game they'd make Scarlet a wooden picture frame and you could just look through and record what you saw into RAM, or Really Awesome Memory, i.e. in your MIND!
 
Erik Greensmith said:
If Red were really on their game they'd make Scarlet a wooden picture frame and you could just look through and record what you saw into RAM, or Really Awesome Memory, i.e. in your MIND!
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Will it be powered by acid, LSD, or some new mixture of opieds?:bleh:
 
I have inside information....inside my head that is.

Ok here is Scarlett, in a RED shell.

1920x1080p able to do 720 and 480 HD and SD(but iffy on the SD)

Will have a standard lens that is easily removed or converted for use with
Red Rock or other 35 adapter or Red makes its own adapter.....oh yeah.

swing out 3.5 LCD with some focus assists and an eye piece.

Records to cards or out firewire? SDI? SATA? to drive such as firestore.

records redcode.

Read it and rejoice Reddys
 
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