True Super 35 format?

[Medavoym]

Hi!

As I understand it, in the immediate future, we will be able to choose custom resolutions on our Dragons, user-defined. I believe this spec was repeatedly hinted at by RED over the last couple of years.

In this case, I think a true Super 35mm format area (24.89 x 14.0 mm) would make a lot of sense.
The closest format now is 5K with 25.5 x 13.5 mm.

I still believe a dead-on Super 35mm format would be great on Dragons.

Any thoughts?

 

[David Mullen ASC]

The Dragon sensor is 6144 pixels wide at 30.7mm, so if you want to record a 24.89mm wide area, you'd be recording 4981 pixels (more or less 5K). The photosites are different sizes on the Dragon and MX sensor so 5K on the Dragon is a different size width than 5K on the MX sensor.

4-perf Super-35 is 18.6mm tall and 3-perf is 13.9mm tall, which is also "Super" -- so I guess you are talking about 3-perf.

 

[George A.]

Are custom user resolutions still on the road map? I remember Jim mentioning it a few times.

 

[Nick Morrison]

Are custom user resolutions still on the road map? I remember Jim mentioning it a few times.

I keep hearing about this, so I imagine it's still in the works. Sounds scary and exciting (ie I'd hate to f*ck up my custom resolution - try explaining that to a client, haha).

 

[harjotsingh]

this would be a great feature.

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

This is a feature I'd love to bury in a menu that requires a passcode to access. While there are some really fun possibilities for folks looking to do unique things, the potential issues for oddball formats in post tools/scalers/monitoring is not a can of worms I'd want to open unless I had a specific reason to.

BTW, as a practical note, if your goal is to adhere to a specific geometry in the relationship betweens the lens and the sensor area I'd advise choosing a slightly larger sensor window and putting frame lines (graticules) in the viewfinder to delineate your intended frame. Then in RCX (or other tool) you can crop to the same exact dimensions/AR, with the possibility of a slight reframe or stabilization pass if needed.

Cheers - #19

 

[Nils Ruinet]

This would be an interesting feature indeed.

I still wonder why some formats like 4K 2:1 are not available in current firmwares...