Vive la Revolution !

[Tom Gleeson]

I would like to suggest its time for the revolution to start putting the reactionary dogs ups against the wall and make a clean start. Since FW v7 it takes 75 seconds for my Monstro to start and menus are sluggish. Nearly six seconds to zoom into an image for a focus check and over 8 seconds to zoom back! That is too slow for a busy shoot. I don't remember any of my previous Red cameras taking so long and I have had a few. Its time to clean up the FW code and throw out whatever is slowing the machines down. It has been suggested to me its partly caused by the camera needing to load up all the legacy colour code and then in parallel all the IPP2 code. So comrades I suggest we make the Legacy code a bunch of splitters and either boot them from the Party or give them their own FW version. It is in Red's and everyones interest that their is not two parallel colour sciences only further confusing Post. How long should Red support Legacy in the newer IPP2 cameras? If its really important to go Legacy colour science it can be changed in Post.

Frankly I don't really care that the Legacy colour science is available in the camera but if indeed it is one of the factors slowing the camera then I say off with its head ! Certainly keep the legacy code for older cameras and all the post software and maybe in the short term a FW version for both Legacy and IPP2? I laughed at the sluggish menus on the Sony F55 when it was released but that has come back to haunt me.

 

[Daniel Stilling]

It feels like the release of firmware slowed down quite a bit. Theres room for a lot of improvement speedwise all around the camera functions. My hope is that they are doing a big overhaul of the firmware and come out with something great, fast and stable very soon...

 

[Peter Lyons Collister ASC]

Agreed Tom

 

[Neil Abeynayake]

+1 for a change.

 

[Mestizo Devon]

It feels like the release of firmware slowed down quite a bit. Theres room for a lot of improvement speedwise all around the camera functions. My hope is that they are doing a big overhaul of the firmware and come out with something great, fast and stable very soon...

Been thinking the same

 

[Curtis boggs]

My Epic Helium is VERY sluggish as well.
Love it, but it's slow

 

[Fabricio Morato]

I'm still on v6 firmware and it is slowish (epic-w).. you guys saying that v7 is slower?

 

[Tommaso Alvisi]

I'm with you Tom

 

[Karl_Jenner]

Well said Tom

 

[Ryan Sauve]

My Epic Helium is VERY sluggish as well.
Love it, but it's slow

Ditto here.

 

[Jens Jakob Thorsen]

Hear,hear!

 

[Tom Dowler]

+1 !!!!

 

[Montgomery Sutton]

+1 - Epic-W Helium is extremely sluggish... what gives?

 

[Aaron Lochert]

+1 for a snappier interface. I have no need for legacy controls. IPP2 moving forward, never looking back.