Comments on: Scarlet: first look http://www.indie4k.com/archives/85 A blog about the technical, financial and creative aspects of HD and Ultra-HD independant filmmaking. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Prune http://www.indie4k.com/archives/85#comment-2256 Prune Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:45:02 +0000 http://www.indie4k.com/?p=85#comment-2256 <p>Hi there, One question : Why do people compare the Scarlet to the HVX200 ? Why not comparing it with the Sony's EX1 or EX3 ? Will the Scarlet have a place considering that ? Will it have better image, sensibility, workflow and price ? Not sure... Time will tell, as usual :) I just hope RED will sell this camera finished, not as a Beta like the RedOne still is :)</p> Hi there,
One question : Why do people compare the Scarlet to the HVX200 ? Why not comparing it with the Sony’s EX1 or EX3 ?
Will the Scarlet have a place considering that ?
Will it have better image, sensibility, workflow and price ? Not sure… Time will tell, as usual :) I just hope RED will sell this camera finished, not as a Beta like the RedOne still is :)

]]> By: sky1walker http://www.indie4k.com/archives/85#comment-1491 sky1walker Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:37:58 +0000 http://www.indie4k.com/?p=85#comment-1491 <p>but it certainly good to have a OPTION. look at sony's EX3. it comes with the standard fujion lens, but you can put a 35mm lens if you want or have to.</p> but it certainly good to have a OPTION. look at sony’s EX3. it comes with the standard fujion lens, but you can put a 35mm lens if you want or have to.

]]> By: Chris Kenny http://www.indie4k.com/archives/85#comment-1490 Chris Kenny Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:36:40 +0000 http://www.indie4k.com/?p=85#comment-1490 <p>The issue with putting (probably) a PL mount on the Scarlet to let it work with Super 16 lenses is that such lenses are <i>not</i> cheap. Unless Red wanted to introduce its own line of cheap S16 lenses as well, there wouldn't have been any widely available glass options for a PL-mount Scarlet. Yes, there is some interesting used S16 glass circulating... but there just isn't enough of it out there compared with the volumes the Scarlet will probably sell in.</p> The issue with putting (probably) a PL mount on the Scarlet to let it work with Super 16 lenses is that such lenses are not cheap. Unless Red wanted to introduce its own line of cheap S16 lenses as well, there wouldn’t have been any widely available glass options for a PL-mount Scarlet. Yes, there is some interesting used S16 glass circulating… but there just isn’t enough of it out there compared with the volumes the Scarlet will probably sell in.

]]> By: Joakim Ziegler http://www.indie4k.com/archives/85#comment-1487 Joakim Ziegler Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:16:14 +0000 http://www.indie4k.com/?p=85#comment-1487 <p>I was kind of hoping for the Scarlet to have an approximately S16mm sized sensor and use S16 lenses, which would have been a great compromise. A 2/3" sensor is about 8.8x6.6 mm, while a full aperture S16 frame is about 10.25 x 7.5. That's 1.66 aspect, though, so a 16:9 sensor of the same width would be 10.25x5.75 or so. That's not a whole lot bigger than the 2/3" sensor they're promising now, and would probably make the camera worth another 1000-2000 dollars. Getting S16 glass is quite cheap, many documentary filmmakers own some, and it's cheap to rent.</p> <p>Personally, I think that would have been an awesome option, especially since it would fit the Red model so well, with the Red One/Epic being 35mm replacements, and the Scarlet being a S16 replacement.</p> I was kind of hoping for the Scarlet to have an approximately S16mm sized sensor and use S16 lenses, which would have been a great compromise. A 2/3″ sensor is about 8.8×6.6 mm, while a full aperture S16 frame is about 10.25 x 7.5. That’s 1.66 aspect, though, so a 16:9 sensor of the same width would be 10.25×5.75 or so. That’s not a whole lot bigger than the 2/3″ sensor they’re promising now, and would probably make the camera worth another 1000-2000 dollars. Getting S16 glass is quite cheap, many documentary filmmakers own some, and it’s cheap to rent.

Personally, I think that would have been an awesome option, especially since it would fit the Red model so well, with the Red One/Epic being 35mm replacements, and the Scarlet being a S16 replacement.

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