Red #83- Day 1 [Archive]

Greg M

10-22-2007, 08:20 PM

Red #83 arrived friday, I have attached a couple of stills from footage I shot this weekend in the backyard. As soon as I get up to speed I'll post some real footage.

The camera is amazing, it has exceeded my expectations. I'll post a full review of the camera as soon as I can

Rick Darge

10-22-2007, 08:24 PM

Holy crap thats some clean looking footage man!

I have to ask a question though, the image on the right, is that a Photo-shopped lens flare? It looks too good to be true! Love the natural light too

Greg M

10-22-2007, 08:32 PM

yes, a friend color corrected these in Photoshop. I am still learning how to extract the best images...its slow going.
The footage was literally shot after taking the camera out of the box, so I will need a bit more time with it.

Greg M

10-22-2007, 08:36 PM

Here is the raw tiff files, give it your best shot:

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/A005_C001_071022_00598.tiff

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/A001_C006_071021_00442.tiff

T. Glen Phelps

10-22-2007, 08:40 PM

Great Stuff!

I like the bouquet of the lens in the first picture. I really like the back lighting in the second.

Greg M

10-22-2007, 08:50 PM

btw here is a pic of our new baby shortly after Fedex dropped it off. I posted this earlier, before the great purge of '07

jimhare

10-22-2007, 09:04 PM

That shot in the grass is to die for! Did you do much grading?

Jim

Scott Tanner

10-22-2007, 09:06 PM

Wow.!! looks amazing, such clean images what lens did you use for these shots?

Greg M

10-22-2007, 09:10 PM

Ultraprime 32mm
camera at default settings

Scott Tanner

10-22-2007, 09:19 PM

Would love to hear what you think about the RED lenses and the quality they produce.

jimhare

10-22-2007, 09:21 PM

Working with those raw TIFFs is simply amazing. You can pull and pull in any direction and the image just refuses to break down. That's impressive.

Again digitalfx, great job.

Jim

Greg M

10-22-2007, 09:24 PM

Thanks, post some jpegs.

I have not had a chance to use the Red lenses yet.

Mike Prevette

10-22-2007, 09:38 PM

AB battery?!?!?!? are you using a vmount>AB adapter plate?

Greg M

10-22-2007, 09:39 PM

AB battery?!?!?!? are you using a vmount>AB adapter plate?

yes, I have 16 ab batteries...why would I want another system?

Mike Prevette

10-22-2007, 09:42 PM

I couldn't agree with you more. I sure hope they offer an AB version of their mounts. I dislike the Vmount options a lot.

_mike

Greg M

10-22-2007, 10:42 PM

another image.

here is the original tiff:
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/A005_C006_071022_01445.tiff

Rick Darge

10-22-2007, 10:53 PM

good god man.. these stills are like honey to my mind. I really like your eye!

Álex Montoya

10-23-2007, 12:14 AM

Going for a natural look. Watch it in Photoshop for profile management.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/1434_1193123875.jpg

TheWickerMan

10-23-2007, 01:49 AM

Coming from a Stills RAW background, this is the stuff I have been waiting for.

My order is in!!!!

Matt Wicker

dalemccready

10-23-2007, 03:04 AM

um... bouquet? or Bokeh? ;)

Tyson Perkins

10-23-2007, 03:06 AM

Concrete, that looks simply amazing - I still am baffled by just how good RED can pick up the small details - unfrickenbelievable

Hrvoje Simic

10-23-2007, 06:19 AM

Great shots, man. Thank you for posting.

Going for a natural look. Watch it in Photoshop for profile management.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/1434_1193123875.jpg

Very nice!

C.H.Haskell

10-23-2007, 08:42 AM

woah...keep it coming, nice work!

Greg M

10-23-2007, 09:34 AM

um... bouquet? or Bokeh? ;)

depends on if you had a glass of wine or not.

wshultz

10-23-2007, 10:27 AM

That bandaid on the knee tells a story. Cool shots.

Drew Mylrea

10-23-2007, 11:03 AM

but wait those highlights are blown out!!!! See guys, overexposing to bring the focus to your perfectly exposed subject works great! Everyone seems exited by these images cause digitalfx has taken some risks and let the camera go where he saw fit. These good looking natural images arent hard to come by, but they are if you're more concerned with protecting your digital signal than the actual aesthetic! Congrats dfx, looks like 83 is in good hands.

Greg M

10-23-2007, 11:04 AM

yea, she always has a bandaid on...here is another version of that shot.

edit-
this looks very different on my computer???

jbeale

10-23-2007, 11:31 AM

Are you editing in Photoshop? Pictures always look a bit different to me in photoshop vs. in firefox web browser. Photoshop may be applying some different screen corrections somehow (?) Are you set to sRGB color space?

Cüneyt Kaya

10-23-2007, 11:41 AM

can you expalin how you exatly solved the vmount issue?

Greg M

10-23-2007, 11:43 AM

here is footage of the birth:
http://digitalfx.tv/redarrives

Greg M

10-23-2007, 11:44 AM

can you expalin how you exatly solved the vmount issue?

I have a v-mount to ab plate...it sucks but works.

I am waiting on a wiring diagram so I can hardwire the ab plate directly.

Greg M

10-23-2007, 11:46 AM

jbeale

10-23-2007, 12:00 PM

here is footage of the birth:
http://digitalfx.tv/redarrives

Wow! Thanks for posting that... the dream finally made real.

I'm not the expert on color spaces but I think Photoshop will look different set to Adobe RGB vs. sRGB (web standard).

Obin Olson

10-23-2007, 12:39 PM

Tom Lowe

10-23-2007, 01:29 PM

haha, i love that Red delivery video... .talk about kids on christmas morning.

can you please post the girl lying in the grass video footage? that is an amazing shot, IMO.

Rudi Herbert

10-23-2007, 02:10 PM

Here's a LUT I call "Kiddie Magazine", all photoshop. There are a couple of straight lines in the mask to separate foregorund from background, but I just didn't feel like going back to fix it. Also, I did it all at 8 bits to save time and still the image wouldn't "break"....very nice!

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/2969_1193173592.jpg

Greg M

10-23-2007, 05:52 PM

here is a very very short 2K clip, compressed to H264:

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/2kh264.mov

EDIT:
higher quality version:
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/2kh264b.mov

SalaTar

10-23-2007, 06:12 PM

Digitalfx,
I ask , once again, could you contact me

Mike Prevette

10-23-2007, 06:54 PM

Thats great!

Miltos Pilalitos

10-23-2007, 06:56 PM

here is a very very short 2K clip, compressed to H264:

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/2kh264.mov

It's strange but although i am sure the focus should be in the middle of the girl the shot looks as if it is slightly out of focus... or i am just too tired right now :-)

chuck colburn

10-23-2007, 06:59 PM

How did you get the RED cart before you got the camera?

Greg M

10-23-2007, 07:01 PM

Ive had the cart for over a year...its a Yeager and Sons cart.

Kevin Lang

10-23-2007, 07:33 PM

Digital EFX you guys are doin something right your demo stuff is very impressive!

Greg M

10-23-2007, 07:34 PM

It's strange but although i am sure the focus should be in the middle of the girl the shot looks as if it is slightly out of focus... or i am just too tired right now :-)

her face looks in focus to me. I just uploaded a higger quality version, check original post for link

Keith Alan Morris

10-23-2007, 07:58 PM

balls! beee yooo tee fullll!

Keith Alan Morris

10-23-2007, 08:04 PM

anyone who has any problems with the camera after seeing the girl in the grass is a crackhead.

David Mullen ASC

10-23-2007, 08:24 PM

anyone who has any problems with the camera after seeing the girl in the grass is a crackhead.

How can you tell she's a crackhead?

Miltos Pilalitos

10-23-2007, 08:46 PM

her face looks in focus to me. I just uploaded a higger quality version, check original post for link

I guess you are right. I shouldn't doubt the Ultraprime! :-)

Greg M

10-23-2007, 08:58 PM

I guess you are right. I shouldn't doubt the Ultraprime! :-)

Its not the Ultraprime that would be the issue...its the old mans eyes looking thru it.

Keith Alan Morris

10-23-2007, 10:28 PM

How can you tell she's a crackhead?

lol its good to see mr. mullen has a sense of humor. i thought he was going to pull a can of whoopass out on the film haters in the ongoing/neverending film vs digital debate.

wshultz

10-23-2007, 11:26 PM

lol its good to see mr. mullen has a sense of humor. i thought he was going to pull a can of whoopass out on the film haters in the ongoing/neverending film vs digital debate.

Ha! I aspire to be as even tempered as David seems to be.

Greg M

10-24-2007, 08:38 AM

new shot posted below

Álex Montoya

10-24-2007, 09:28 AM

Wow, that's soft.

:D

Greg M

10-24-2007, 09:32 AM

as I said, dont look at the focus... I was testing latitude.

Álex Montoya

10-24-2007, 09:51 AM

And how did you find it?

Karl H

10-24-2007, 09:54 AM

was there any fill on the kids or all natural?

did you have to turn the overexposure sun protection thingy off?

Greg M

10-24-2007, 10:05 AM

I think the shot speaks for itself. I shot this by myself handheld (30+ lb rig w/ no handles attached) so it was a bit awkward.

No fill, just me and the sun which was setting behind the kids who are in the shadows.

We are seeing a good bit of grain in the 4K footage in the shadow areas as we color correct.

footage shot at 320 ASA, 24fps, 1/48th shutter

stats79

10-24-2007, 03:59 PM

Any chance you could post a short clip of the close-up of the young girl's face. Curious about how the camera is capturing the texture and color of her face. Thanks.

David Cubbage

10-24-2007, 04:47 PM

IMO, that clip speaks for itself considering the conditions. The leaves on the branch between the girl and the boy are still definable. The other thing I noticed, which I would expect, was hardly any serious colour fringing around the faces against the bright sunlight; at least viewing on my small PC monitor. Out of interest, what ND's and lens were you using?

I am impressed; taking the camera to extreems speak volumes about the latitude of this amazing sensor, thanks for posting digitalfx.

David

Greg M

10-24-2007, 05:02 PM

The lens was a 32mm Ultra Prime, the only filter was a Polarizer.

I will post a new clip in a few minutes...same stuff so dont get too excited.
I do have a close up.

I should have some commercial stuff soon, this was all shot on the first day in my backyard with my kids.

Greg M

10-24-2007, 05:21 PM

here are a few more quick shots...just a simple camera test nothing great:

www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/dfx/A003_C001_071021_1kh264.mov

32mm and 135mm Ultraprimes. polarizer. no fill, just natural light. again, I took the camera out of th box and went outside.

jbeale

10-24-2007, 06:47 PM

Thanks for the additional footage! This is very exciting stuff to see. Some of those colors are kind of surprising.