Charles Stewart Jr
07-20-2009, 11:50 AM
I recently completed a low budget feature where we used the Red One. I have to say I LOVE the camera. The menus were definitely designed for camera operators and not engineers, which made easy to develop the looks I wanted. Plus, the image it puts out is insane. But, I'm sure we all know that or we wouldn't be on this thread. So my question is....
Would you recommend the RED ONE for live event recording?
I do DP alot of plays that are shot like sitcoms for DVD distribution. The plays are only done in one night so it is crucial to make sure you get it all in one shot. We have been using HVX200's, which have been doing fine, but the producer asked me after shooting with the RED if I thought we could use it for something live.
I was using build 17 on the film. We shot for 15 days and I would get an "Audio Fault" which locked up the camera and required a reboot. Some days it would only happen once and other days it would happen 10 times. This was not during playback either. It was while we were recording!
Since then I've used the red again on another project and it didn't happen at all (with build 20!). Both times they were rentals and they were both different cameras.
I would really love to use the RED ONE on the next play I do, but I can't have multiple cameras locking up and rebooting through out the play and losing coverage. Granted I've talked to alot of other Red users and they said that usually only happened to them during playback.
So I guess what I'm asking is, would you feel comfortable using it?
Would you recommend the RED ONE for live event recording?
I do DP alot of plays that are shot like sitcoms for DVD distribution. The plays are only done in one night so it is crucial to make sure you get it all in one shot. We have been using HVX200's, which have been doing fine, but the producer asked me after shooting with the RED if I thought we could use it for something live.
I was using build 17 on the film. We shot for 15 days and I would get an "Audio Fault" which locked up the camera and required a reboot. Some days it would only happen once and other days it would happen 10 times. This was not during playback either. It was while we were recording!
Since then I've used the red again on another project and it didn't happen at all (with build 20!). Both times they were rentals and they were both different cameras.
I would really love to use the RED ONE on the next play I do, but I can't have multiple cameras locking up and rebooting through out the play and losing coverage. Granted I've talked to alot of other Red users and they said that usually only happened to them during playback.
So I guess what I'm asking is, would you feel comfortable using it?