More HDRx...

[Neil B Smith]

Now you can see why we want to put this in ALL our cameras!

Jim

Jim, you're a star!!! [Big hugs all round]

This is sooooo going to be worth spending an extra $1,000 for and suffering the excruciatingly long wait for my little peice of camera perfection.

Jim what is RED going to be giving us in 10 or 20 years time??????? Is there really much more you can do??

[Jeff Mustaman]

just amazing...

[Sanjin Jukic]

We have been thinking about everything! :-)

I have been on the phone with Graeme about all the possibilities. Both of us, plus Jarred and Deanan, know exactly how big a breakthrough this is. Graeme is working 24/7 to give us the best post tools possible. The Foundry is also involved. Big stuff.

Jim

I'm a bit late on this but it's a great shot.

Also happy that RED (Graeme Nattress) is working with The Foundry to give us the best tools.

[Pascal Scheffers]

Gavin... just so you know, the Chief Scientist of The Foundry, Simon Robinson, said... "Frankly, with results like this we were amazed that Jim was even looking at further options."

Heh - then he clearly hasn't had as much time as we had to lurk and post on these boards. There's always a need for more at RED :)

So far you've nailed resolution, RAW encoding, now DR and the Magick Motion stuff fits in there too.

What's up next... there are a bunch of other interesting tricks with light and sensors left. We have polarization; angle of incidence, which the FX guys would love; weird lenses; fixing the diffraction limit... pretty sure you'll surprise us.

[Roberto Lequeux]

A dense forest being a no-no would be a bummer, but it doesn't make sense to me Gavin. Are you also saying that it an extremely unlikely scenario? Was is compressed footage you were dealing with?

I'd like to know if the forest was compressed footage, and if there was a lot of motion blur on the trees.

The tracers can be added in post several times over with the money you saved on trying to get that kind of fill in the barn. :)

[RivaiC]

Oh yes, i feel it, i love the motion, i think you nailed it Jim, that's definitely filmic ! Well done...

What i love is not only about HDR-x but the fact you can manipulate those 2 independent stream. First thing comes to my mind, the dynamic range is greeeaatt !! But hey...i need to adjust a little contrast on outdoor and i dont want to do masking, i can do that and we have complete control over that !

Great Jim..my sincere congratulations for you, this is a must have camera !

Rivai

[Steven-Marc C.]

Gavin, which 18 stop sensor are you talking about?

Jim is showing us what can be achieved today. Even if it breaks down in 1% of situations (or more) it's still an fantastic new tool to have.

Well done, guys!

[Jannard]

Graeme is unbelievable. I am shocked every day at what he does. Simon at the Foundry is also a rock star. Between the two...

Jim

[Kris Anderson]

Perhaps Epic and Scarlet should ship with a defibrillator for all those DP's who are going to fall over dead?

With red paddles, of course.

Hey Mr EOSHD....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGcwQNwU498

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Gavin... while it is not possible for us to do ever test that someone suggests, I am quite sure that the tests will be done by owners of EPIC. The capability of HDRx™ will either stand the test of time... or not.

Jim

I still feel like you're being too black and white. I think HDRx will stand the tests of time. But I also am relatively certain there are going to be times when MNMB will flat out kick the can and be unusable.

It's not an either/or situation.

Part of selling professional tools is to know your tool's limits and work around them. It can stand the test of time and have limitations to be conscious of.