Early Morning Arizona Suburban Stills...

[michael zaletel]

Took my RED out this morning for some early morning tests. Using 50mm Kowa Cine at 100ASA, 120ss and F 4-5.6. Still don't have an EVF or portable LCD so just winging it like I imagine they used to have to back in the early days of film. Used my DSLR as my light meter and exposures came out really well. I know everyone recommends 320ASA but I still don't fully understand why and felt that 100ASA seemed appropriate. I can upload H.264 clips if anyone interested.

-shooter

ADDED: 1/8 size RedAlert JPG at default settings (100 ASA) for comparison to my RedCine graded images. Requested an account from RedRelay so I can upload the clips tomorrow. What's so amazing about this camera is what you can do with the raw images. You would never have this much latitude with video footage.

[Cal Brunker]

Yeehaw, those look awesome!

Next time you're up early, shoot some more and post it :) (love to see some moving shots at that time of morning)

p.s. I'd watch some 2.64's

[hunterrichards]

Shootin' blind. Love it.

[jimhare]

Love it! Well done, especially blind!

Would shooting 320 with ND have increased the DR and maybe it wouldn't be quite so crunchy? Or maybe this was a grading decision?

I'm slowly starting to get the whole ISO conversation.

[Daniel Gourley]

Holy Crap! This is right near my Studio.Shooter, you a phoenix local?

Would love to come and take a peek next time you are out shooting.

[michael zaletel]

Love it! Well done, especially blind!

Would shooting 320 with ND have increased the DR and maybe it wouldn't be quite so crunchy? Or maybe this was a grading decision?

I'm slowly starting to get the whole ISO conversation.

Hi Jim:

Forgot my ND filter or I would have tried both but I think ASA 100 was the right choice. That's what speed I'd shoot on my DSLR but I'm still trying to understand why I can't just use my DSLR intuition with this camera. What I don't know significantly exceeds the little I do. :)

Please don't blame the ASA or the RED for the "crunchiness", that's just my experimenting in RedCine. There is a TON of detail in shadows AND highlights that I clipped to increase contrast and saturation.

-shooter

[michael zaletel]

Holy Crap! This is right near my Studio.Shooter, you a phoenix local?

Would love to come and take a peek next time you are out shooting.

Daniel...just sent you a PM.

-shooter

[jimhare]

Hi Jim:

Forgot my ND filter or I would have tried both but I think ASA 100 was the right choice. That's what speed I'd shoot on my DSLR but I'm still trying to understand why I can't just use my DSLR intuition with this camera. What I don't know significantly exceeds the little I do. :)

Please don't blame the ASA or the RED for the "crunchiness", that's just my experimenting in RedCine. There is a TON of detail in shadows AND highlights that I clipped to increase contrast and saturation.

-shooter

Hey shooter,

That's cool, I thought grading might be the culprit. Can't wait to start playing myself!

[michael zaletel]

Hey shooter,

That's cool, I thought grading might be the culprit.

Hey Jim...

Here's a 100% size crop (1024 x 512) from the middle of the 4096 x 2048 4k 2:1 image exported from RedAlert with all default settings, completely ungraded and untouched. Hard to believe this is only 1/8 of the image and that there are 24 of these babies per second.

-shooter

[Tony Lorentzen]

Man - I gotta go back there soon. Looks awesome.