Weapon wish

[Antony Newman]

I would speculate that the ASIC processing developed for ProRes has been designed for the FF input for the 'next Bigger sensor'.

As this is computationally 'less heavy' -> I would expect that it will be able to process FF at a higher rate that the Existing Dragon Wavelet compressing algorithm in R3D.

Hardware downsampling from 6k (or 8k) to 4k (just like Arri .. but the other direction ;-) is also not computationally expensive.

If the 1TB card are Raided doubling write speed ... It wouldn't surprise me if from this moment forward ... the max FF ProRes 4K Weapon framerate limitation moves to write speed (or RAM Buffered write speed).

AJ

 

[Brian Merlen]

Hey AJ come on man I'm dropping 1k for my German uprez firmware! Don't make it sound lame as it really is! :frown2: Lol

 

[Antony Newman]

Brian,

I am in the camp that believes that concept, story, direction, acting, sound and editing are king ... I just get distracted by technology as its understanding catalyses my endless optimism.

AJ

 

[sam karr]

Hey AJ come on man I'm dropping 1k for my German uprez firmware! Don't make it sound lame as it really is! :frown2: Lol

UHD license is only 1000$?

 

[Elan Gunos]

I wish you can swap out the sensor like you would with the OLPFs. Same with the electronics.

 

[Charles Bergquist]

Other cameras, Sony / Arri are doing full sensor grabs at a consistent bitrate between 180-200 fps, drawback being they're downsampling to get to those frame rates. I just really hope that we get Prores or R3D 2K high framerate WITHOUT windowing.

 

[Brian Merlen]

UHD license is only 1000$?

533 euros actually, i think the difference is the audio board upgrade? or maybe the view finder upgrade? i am doing all of the above..

 

[Nick Morrison]

I would appreciate if red could confirm that the weapon will have similar start time as the epic and that will do 120 fps atleast in 5k hd.
These things is bugging me when looking at the dragon. I dont like to crop down to much to get 120fps.

Im guessing Weapon does 120fps 5KHD for sure.

 

[Mattia Palombi]

Pro res files

 

[Elsie N]

Brian,

I am in the camp that believes that concept, story, direction, acting, sound and editing are king ... I just get distracted by technology as its understanding catalyses my endless optimism.

AJ

Agree whole-heartedly... but also believe technology can give me an edge.To make a movie capable of rising above the mass of movies being made yearly, I think one must utilize every advantage.

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

I like to se more physical buttons and audio knobs. Perhaps a new sidehandle coming with more buttons on.

 

[Sean Rawls]

I like to se more physical buttons and audio knobs. Perhaps a new sidehandle coming with more buttons on.

+1 for more buttons and audio knobs!. Although I really like the look of the screen and buttons on the "dumb" side of the Weapon. Looks like you can operate all menus without a touch monitor attached, which is (sometimes) necessary.

+1 for internal NDs. Might be blasphemous for high-end narrative work, but it's becoming standard on most cameras and RED might as well close the gap. The motion mount is of course an option, but it's expensive and has drawbacks. The finer incremented internal NDs the Canon C300 MKII offers look interesting.

Overall, from what I've seen and heard about Weapon it sounds like RED has addressed many if not all of the issues that have been exploited by Arri and other companies that have taken some market share recently. Can't wait to see what else the Weapon program has up its sleeve at NAB!