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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

We need a new "Leica"

Actually Steve,the more I use the R1 EVF the more I really like it,especially in combination with the 7" Pro Monitor.A system like this would be great on a still camera,especially in the studio for still life work.
Tom.
 
another bonus with evf that I never considered would be the ability to show a magnified crop with boosted ISO which would never be possible with an optical one. This would help a great deal.
 
There's one thing that is an issue with EVFs, and that's eye fatigue. Has any of you used the Red's EVF for a long time?
I've also used mostly optical viewfinders on film cameras until now and I was sure I wouldn't like RED's EVF, especially since a lot of my colleagues were complaining about eye fatigue when using video cameras for a prolongued time. BUT unfortunately it wasn't the case. I found it natural to look through the EVF, although I didn't like that effect where you move your eyes around the image and you see R-G-B. I don't know what it's called, but some video projectors have it also.
I'm sure resolution in these things will get better and we'll have EVFs exclusively one day.

But there's another topic I'd like to ask you about, something which I've expressly left off my first post because I thought it would be too controversial for some hard-core photographers.

Namely auto focus.

I never use it. My lenses are all manual, like on a film camera. (Nobody complains about the RED ONE not having auto focus, now do they?)
Part of the reason I don't use is that I never liked the way it is implemented. There was always something unnatural to me to have to choose an auto focusing point or to have to auto focus and reframe.
It always felt much more natural to just leave my left hand do the focusing "almost by itself", so the focus would always be where I wanted it to be.
If you don't get what I'm saying and you rely heavily on auto focus in your professional work, try getting a good manual lens with long focusing distance. Use it for a while, and you'll notice how you start to see things differently and your brain will get new impulses. That's because you will make focusing an active part of your picture-taking, which it should always be.


Now to get the focus back to our topic, the DSMC.

I have no idea how Red would implement an auto-focus system. Would they go for a proprietary system and build it themselves by scratch? Or do you expect them just to licence it from another company? If yes, which one? It's not just a matter of making different lens mounts anymore, it's also the electronics.

Cristian.
 
One of the biggest advantages of modern SLRs over manual film cameras is AI-servo. Quite simply, this feature makes possible images that were virtually unthinkable with manual focus. Try doing manual focus on a subject that moves through the entire depth-of-field every 40ms and you'll see just how impossible it is.
 
Nothing against autofocus,I don't use it personally,but I know a lot of guy's who do. Depends if it suits what you do,most pro shooters I know use it selectively,even the guy's who shoot sports and wildlife,it's a good idea not to become too reliant on it.
I agree though,that there are things you can't do very easily without it.
Just another tool.
Tom.
 
Red Dots

Red Dots

Actually Red is similar to Leica as they both have red dots. :tongue:
I just hope Red doesn't follow Leica in making premium priced low volume products.
 
You just need to say tuned on Nov. 13th.

Jim
 
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