Lauri Kettunen
Well-known member
Of course, we all know why there is no Scarlet 4K. ... But, let's take a closer look;
If one interpolates between Scarlet 3K and 5K, Scarlet 4K with Mysterium X sensor and Redcode 42 would cost around $4.500-$5.000. And if I got it right, many of the existing accessories do function with the new products. So,
1) ... if there were a Scarlet 4K, how much would you pay for the upgrade of the current Red One sensor?
2) If there were a Scarlet 4K, would you give away Red One body and pay $10.500 to upgrade to EPIC 5K?
3) Or, would you rather keep the existing Red One as a second camera and take a 12% discount and buy a new Scarlet 4K package (that will have better options for changing parts in the future)?
4) Would you like to see quite a lot lighter 4K camera. DO you find Red One heavy?
If you don't see a place for a Scarlet 4K and you are going to upgrade the existing Red One sensor, how long you think it will take before you will have a need to swap to the new products?
When thinking of this sort of question, do understand why the question of whether Red One is rendered obsolete was born. Guess, it's right to say, Red One is not yet rendered obsolete, but technically it will be the day the new Scarlets are available. It's another matter of fact if Jim and Red want to preserve us from commercially facing this reality.
There's no way around the fact that Red One is a couple year old design. Scarlet is the up-to-date design and rather than artificial respiration I would prefer to accept the fact, get to the new products and keep the existing body as a wonderful second 4K camera to which I had a lot of use.
Edit: Thinking more precisely, can't see a big need for Scarlet 3K with interchangable lenses if there was a Scarlet 4K available. I think behind the past Scarlet discussion was a preassumption that the cost of the 4K body is $17.500 and workable camera package around $25.000 which many found too high. Thus, it may well be people did not really ask for a 3K camera with interchangable lenses, but rather a high resolution camera package around $10.000-$12.000 and they thought this is possible only with a 3K camera.
Summing up, why would anybody buy a 3K Scarlet with B4 and C-mount, if you could have a 4K camera with the B4 mount, Canon, Nikon and PL-mount paying just about $2.000 more?!?
If one interpolates between Scarlet 3K and 5K, Scarlet 4K with Mysterium X sensor and Redcode 42 would cost around $4.500-$5.000. And if I got it right, many of the existing accessories do function with the new products. So,
1) ... if there were a Scarlet 4K, how much would you pay for the upgrade of the current Red One sensor?
2) If there were a Scarlet 4K, would you give away Red One body and pay $10.500 to upgrade to EPIC 5K?
3) Or, would you rather keep the existing Red One as a second camera and take a 12% discount and buy a new Scarlet 4K package (that will have better options for changing parts in the future)?
4) Would you like to see quite a lot lighter 4K camera. DO you find Red One heavy?
If you don't see a place for a Scarlet 4K and you are going to upgrade the existing Red One sensor, how long you think it will take before you will have a need to swap to the new products?
When thinking of this sort of question, do understand why the question of whether Red One is rendered obsolete was born. Guess, it's right to say, Red One is not yet rendered obsolete, but technically it will be the day the new Scarlets are available. It's another matter of fact if Jim and Red want to preserve us from commercially facing this reality.
There's no way around the fact that Red One is a couple year old design. Scarlet is the up-to-date design and rather than artificial respiration I would prefer to accept the fact, get to the new products and keep the existing body as a wonderful second 4K camera to which I had a lot of use.
Edit: Thinking more precisely, can't see a big need for Scarlet 3K with interchangable lenses if there was a Scarlet 4K available. I think behind the past Scarlet discussion was a preassumption that the cost of the 4K body is $17.500 and workable camera package around $25.000 which many found too high. Thus, it may well be people did not really ask for a 3K camera with interchangable lenses, but rather a high resolution camera package around $10.000-$12.000 and they thought this is possible only with a 3K camera.
Summing up, why would anybody buy a 3K Scarlet with B4 and C-mount, if you could have a 4K camera with the B4 mount, Canon, Nikon and PL-mount paying just about $2.000 more?!?
