Will CMOS work for me?

[Aric Mannion]

I mostly shoot fast action and green screen work. I've never shot with a CMOS camera before, and just started researching it. I'm now concerned that the fixed Scarlet (or any other CMOS camera) won't work for me at all.
If I have footage of a backflip should I expect a slanted/distorted figure? If I stabilize this footage, will it truly become a wiggling image? Or has CMOS come a long way since these articles?

http://www.dvxuser.com/jason/CMOS-CCD/
http://www.ptgrey.com/support/kb/index.asp?a=4&q=115

-I know we can't judge the Scarlet yet, but I am wondering if CMOS is not recommended for this imagery as a general rule.

[Graeme Nattress]

You'll probably be fine because the shutter in Scarlet is so very fast you'll probably never see it's effects.

Graeme

[J. Eric Camp]

Watch Gamer or Book of Eli. Tell me if in the action scene's you see any slanted figures: red CMOS in action.

Also most commercials you see these days that have slow-mo.... a different CMOS in action.

You seem to be combining attributes too. CMOS and rolling shutter are not synonymous. Additionally different sensors will have different read reset times.

[PatC]

Not all CMOS are created equal.

[Jeremy Kromberg]

I can't really imagine the MX not working for anyone but I am a Red fanboy.

[Noah Kadner]

Sort of like asking can I drive with unleaded gas. Get used to it- CMOS is in more camera models than it's not these days...

Noah

[Gavin Greenwalt]

With the much less noisy blue channel, decreased compression artifacts and faster reset time the Scarlet should be more than adequate for Greenscreen/Tracking. Certainly better than anything in its price range.

[brian hanson]

i've had the same thoughts, i shoot a majority of action sports. there is a skateboarding shot in the mx reel that looked great.

[Graeme Nattress]

So to summarize:

short answer - Yes.
long answer - most probably yes.

Graeme

[george manzanilla]

So to summarize:

short answer - Yes.
long answer - most probably yes.

Graeme

I'm new to the red product line, mostly because we have still been using 16mm and ccd based cameras, and quite frankly this is the only issue i was concerned about.

When you say the "shutter speed in Scarlett is so very fast", does this mean that if i shoot an image with a 1/120 speed as opposed to a 1/500 shutter speed we may see a varying amount of rolling shutter artifacts? if one shoots at a slower shutter speed, will there be more of the jello artifiacts that i've seen plague footage shot on Canon 7ds etc.

One of my concerns is stabilizing footage. I shoot a lot of handheld, i know there are filters to correct this type of cmos rolling shutter effect, but having to do that all the time may not be time efficient all the time. thanks for any knowledge you can share, much appreciated.