View Full Version : C300 and EPIC OLED VF Story
Justin Marx
06-04-2012, 12:50 PM
I was shooting some B-ROLL for an HGTV show yesterday afternoon on Miami Beach, and a guy comes up to me with his C300 and starts a conversation..
Anyway he starts bragging about his viewfinder and how bright it is.. I just got my new OLED viewfinder and was a bit hesitant to look through his for the fear that it by some feat would be better???
WHAT THE F*$K WAS I THINKING!!
The C300 viewfinder is a piece of SHIT, and I almost felt bad after all of his BRAGGING showing him the OLED BOMB EVF!!! It was like someone turned the lights. color and sharpness on..
Anyway, I was soooooo happy with the performance of the OLED yesterday.. It really was finally the "BOMB".. RED really needs to take the other one off of the website.. It's DUNG compared to the OLED.
Rick Darge
06-04-2012, 07:40 PM
How is it better exactly compared to the already awesome BOMB EVF? I just shot a 2 day festival in the heat and granted the blacks were a little milky, still an awesome piece of kit...
Justin Marx
06-04-2012, 08:16 PM
It's like going from SD to HD, colors, clarity and brightness are miles ahead..
Nick Gardner
06-04-2012, 08:24 PM
How does it compare to the Alexa finder?
Nick
ericyoung
06-05-2012, 05:22 AM
What did he say when he looked in your EVF?
Justin Marx
06-05-2012, 06:13 AM
What did he say when he looked in your EVF?
"WOW".. thats an official quote from him.. He even made his wife look!
Justin Marx
06-05-2012, 06:16 AM
How does it compare to the Alexa finder?
Nick
I used the Alexa once, and really don't remember.. I remember the viewing size being bigger then the Bomb though.. When RED decides to make another EVF they need to up the viewing size.. It's bordering being too SMALL for me personally.
Thomas Koba
06-05-2012, 06:23 AM
Anyone know anything about the EVF upgrade program? Are the parts backordered? Mine's been in for a month now, and I can't wait! :)
Bob Gundu
06-05-2012, 06:57 AM
Anyone know anything about the EVF upgrade program? Are the parts backordered? Mine's been in for a month now, and I can't wait! :)
Mine took a month. You should be getting yours soon.
Mark Toia
06-05-2012, 07:03 AM
I have a few in also... Taking for ever !!!!
Your though Justin, I had a look through one at NAB... and did not even know it existed. I shit myself when I put my eye to it, because I thought it was a LCD EVF and the 3 I had back at home were crap !... until they said, no no... its the new OLED model. I couldn't wait to get home to order them.
The image was amazing... and compare to the ARRI ALEXA view finder.. (which I looked through 2 minutes late at the ARRI booth... The RED OLED EVF is a lot sharper and richer.... oh and cheaper.
Nick Gardner
06-06-2012, 03:35 PM
and compare to the ARRI ALEXA view finder.. (which I looked through 2 minutes late at the ARRI booth... The RED OLED EVF is a lot sharper and richer...
Hmmm. I might have to get one then. My question is how come the bomb looked better on the Red one than on the epic? Are they ever going to fix the contrast issues?
Nick
Paul Ellington
06-06-2012, 03:39 PM
Hmmm. I might have to get one then. My question is how come the bomb looked better on the Red one than on the epic? Are they ever going to fix the contrast issues?
Nick
I don't know what issues you speak of. I have had nothing sharp well defined blacks, and wonderful clarity and color.
"... amazing piece of kit..." (tm RC Podcast)
Nick Gardner
06-06-2012, 04:10 PM
I may have to update my firmware. I haven't done it since I got my epics, so I am probably due ;-)
Nick
Shane Kelly
06-06-2012, 04:47 PM
I don't know what issues you speak of. I have had nothing sharp well defined blacks, and wonderful clarity and color.
"... amazing piece of kit..." (tm RC Podcast)
You must be the one person with a good viewfinder then.
Nick Gardner
06-06-2012, 05:38 PM
Well crap, there goes my hope of firmware fixing it.
Paul J Steinberg
06-07-2012, 01:12 AM
It's like going from SD to HD, colors, clarity and brightness are miles ahead..
This hasn't been my experience. The flicker I used to see on my LCD viewfinder are no longer there but the current release firmware doesn't allow the brightness controls to work. I've never had anyone put their eye to it and notice that it wasn't the original Bomb EVF. The chip chart that flashes during boot does look good though.
Justin Marx
06-07-2012, 04:11 AM
This hasn't been my experience. The flicker I used to see on my LCD viewfinder are no longer there but the current release firmware doesn't allow the brightness controls to work. I've never had anyone put their eye to it and notice that it wasn't the original Bomb EVF. The chip chart that flashes during boot does look good though.
You might want to have it checked out then.. If you can't tell the huge difference between the two, something is wrong.