The Scarlet Speculation Thread!

[Chris Nuzzaco]

Ok, somebody had to start this thing! I know there has been lots of talk before about the potential specs, but now that there is an official forum for this little gem, why not put all of that stuff here and keep things neat and orderly?

I'll start...

If Scarlett has a fixed lens on it... PLEASE make it a decent lens with minimal CA issues (both longitudinal and lateral). If the camera doesn't have a 35mm size sensor, please make the camera body 35mm adapter friendly. Built in image flipping would also be great for those who don't want to loose light using these "flip modules".

RAW recording is the new standard so thats a must. Dare I say it... If you could match what Hydra from Reel Stream would have been... :) That would be very killer (for those who don't know, Hydra was going to offer RAW 14 bit linear 4:4:4 2k plus variable frame rates up to 60fps). If Reel Stream was able to mod an existing camera like that being the tiny company they were, imagine what RED could do with is bigger resources? Seriously. I own an Andromeda camera and almost everything is really done inside a small mac mini, if I were crazy enough to try and rip out the DVX's parts not being used (ie. DSP, tape mechanism, etc..) I bet I could fit most of the mac mini into the empty space left behind!

CF card media is also on my wish list...

Anyone else?

[Erik Greensmith]

OK, I say we begin by figuring out what we WANT it to be and then can relish/lament our rightness/unrealism. But it'll be FUN.

This is what I would cause me to explode if it turned out to be real:


-Ergonomical, palm-fitting form factor with compensation for second-hand support

- 4K! If that's too nuts, 2K from a mini-Mysterium flat sensor and RAW as hell, baby

- Interchangeable lens mount with a customizable locking ring for various brands of SLR glass and s4/i and all that PLUS a rock-solid Red lens (as usual) that should be a one-size-fits for most people

- 64 - 128GB solid-state flash pack for recording, hot-swappable and with CF option

- 5" or greater LCD, 1080p, no EVF as it's a waste of space on a non-shoulder cam

- It's a run-and-gun deal so maybe forgo monitor output in favor of more audio IO (on the bottom please) and LEMO power for lights and other stuff

That's all for now. This is just the primer, of course, we can now delve into all the extrenuous and likely impossible specifics of a roxor back-pocket camera.

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

Scarlet=ex-Hydra?

(You put "speculation" in the title, not me!)

:)

[Chris Nuzzaco]

Here's a thought...

Red one is 35mm...

Perhaps Scarlet is meant to be 16mm 2k single chip? I'd take 16mm any day over these little 1/3 inch 3 chip cameras.

[Chris Nuzzaco]

Scarlet=ex-Hydra?

(You put "speculation" in the title, not me!)

:)

Who knows.... Juan hasn't said who bought the Hydra/Andromeda technologies.

BUT, it does make you wonder. Juan proved you could make very low cost RAW cinema cameras. When I shoot, I record files that are just RAW sensor data. I have to render to see anything (even low res previews), but given the price, its hard to complain man. Maybe RED is taking the same approach, but building the same type of thing from the ground up, and making it record compressed low res proxies at the same time for quicker editing, etc...

[Erik Greensmith]

I made a Bolex analogy earlier was proud of myself a little. A digital Bolex would be EXACTLY what our uber-tech industry needs, a run-and-gun, dead simple camera that you can trust to hold your pictures safely without huddling 'round a monitor and with only the controls you need.

[JustMe]

Who knows.... Juan hasn't said who bought the Hydra/Andromeda technologies.

BUT, it does make you wonder. Juan proved you could make very low cost RAW cinema cameras. When I shoot, I record files that are just RAW sensor data. I have to render to see anything (even low res previews), but given the price, its hard to complain man. Maybe RED is taking the same approach, but building the same type of thing from the ground up, and making it record compressed low res proxies at the same time for quicker editing, etc...

Or Red is just using us to build the features we want via threads like this, and they really dont know what they will build?

[Brent J. Craig]

I don't think a high-end prosumer camera would be very successful outputting RAW.

Is Scarlet a B-camera/documentary camera or a wedding shooter special?

[Brent J. Craig]

Or Red is just using us to build the features we want via threads like this.

We can only hope so!

[Erik Greensmith]

It'd be a huge bummer if you couldn't use both the Red and Scarlet on the same show, with the same workflow. That means RAW.