Epic / Scarlet Firmware 3.3.4

[Jon Chema]

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS BUILD V3.3.3:

• Fix startup brightness level for 5.6" and 7" LCDs
• Fix playback keyboard focus using Side Handle
• Fix metric/imperial focus distance setting to take affect
• Fix key mapping of next/previous clips when not in playback
• Fix right audio volume out
• Fix PL mount FD display
• Fix FD when Canon lens is in MF mode
• Fix VU meter with Digital audio input
• Fix ABSOLUTE frame guide and USER guide calculations
• Fix REDmote bottom clip bar to match camera
• Fix playback with hot plug of media
• Fix limiting AES A to Ch1/2 and AES B to Ch3/4
• Fix initialization of audio channels in PROIO
• AF Improvements

OPERATIONAL NOTES SPECIFIC TO BUILD V3.3.4:

• Use camera brain sync port for 3D work
• Do not 3D sync when GEN ICON is yellow
• Camera powered by RED BRICK may display voltage instead of battery capacity on some cameras.
• EVF black level raised in some cases. Use Shadow adjustment as required.
• Image Magnify is available during preview only
• HD-SDI is True Progressive and does not support 1080i or 1080 PsF signal formats.

EPIC 3.3.4: https://www.red.com/downloads/4f8c3cf72f74a94ac20003f3

SCARLET 3.3.4: https://www.red.com/downloads/4f8c3e5f2f74a94ac2000419

REDMOTE 4.0.6: https://www.red.com/downloads/4ff5d4c526465a1e4600316d

Question for ya Jarred...wondering why there hasn't been an "Image flip" feature in any of the firmware updates yet. Would make running Low-Mo on steadicam/dolly so much easier. Is it a fairly complicated feature to write in to the software??

[Werner Jauch]

Shooting yesterday, suddenly got a horrible green cast, like I'd lost most of blue and red channels. I had walked down the stairs with Scarlet on and perhaps my finger was on a preset key changing color temp. However LCD touchscreen/sidehandle would not let me change back to 3200K. Powered down and back up, still green, still wouldn't let me adjust color temp. I reinstalled firmware, problem fixed. The problematic shot shows 2300K in RedCine-X, adjusting color temp changes image a little, but it remains very green. I'm attempting to attach still examples. Already reported to Red support, is this a known problem? Anything else I should have done?

[Trent Lillehaugen]

Shooting yesterday, suddenly got a horrible green cast, like I'd lost most of blue and red channels. I had walked down the stairs with Scarlet on and perhaps my finger was on a preset key changing color temp. However LCD touchscreen/sidehandle would not let me change back to 3200K. Powered down and back up, still green, still wouldn't let me adjust color temp. I reinstalled firmware, problem fixed. The problematic shot shows 2300K in RedCine-X, adjusting color temp changes image a little, but it remains very green. I'm attempting to attach still examples. Already reported to Red support, is this a known problem? Anything else I should have done?

You probably accidentally hit the auto white balance button which will change the color temperature and tint. To reset the tint to 0 go to the advanced color temperature dialog.

You can open the advanced color temperature dialog using one of the following methods:
- Press UP with the color temp active
- Press and hold or double tap the color temp in the top bar
- Select '...' from the color temp list (newer firmware only)

[Werner Jauch]

Thank you, Trent. Is there some way of telling from the R3D in RedCine-X whether this is what happened?

[Trent Lillehaugen]

Thank you, Trent. Is there some way of telling from the R3D in RedCine-X whether this is what happened?

Yes, the Tint value should be shown in the "Look: Image" pane directly below the Kelvin. Normally this will be 0 unless you manually change it or run the auto white balance. You can use the little "M" button to make sure you are seeing the META data reflected rather than your current setting in REDcine X

[Werner Jauch]

Thank you. When I checked thi,s Tint was all the way at 100, I slid it to 0, adjusted K to 3200 and image looks perfect, thank you RedRaw.

[Les C.]

Would it be possible when viewing 'clean' on an HDMI monitor, to have the HDMI image in the 'magnify' mode match the image on the 5.6" LCD?

It's not as magnified on the HDMI, and it would help to be able to focus, for those of use with less than perfect vision.

So as not to cause any grief for those who like it like it is, maybe an assignable hotkey for how it is now, and one for a magnify that matches the LCD?

[Adam Clark]

don't want to be a bother, but is there an eta on a beta with timelapse? i have a project coming up relatively soon that i would prefer not to have to purchase a 5D for. thanks.

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Would it be possible when viewing 'clean' on an HDMI monitor, to have the HDMI image in the 'magnify' mode match the image on the 5.6" LCD?

It's not as magnified on the HDMI, and it would help to be able to focus, for those of use with less than perfect vision.

So as not to cause any grief for those who like it like it is, maybe an assignable hotkey for how it is now, and one for a magnify that matches the LCD?

AFAIK the magnify feature gives you a pixel for pixel view which means the number of pixels in the display device you are looking at determines the amount of the image you are seeing. IE, if the SDI monitor is 1080 by 1920 then you are seeing a larger portion of the full frame than a 720 by 1280 monitor.

FWIW I think that is the best choice as any scaling could make judging focus less accurate since you couldn't be sure whether the slight softness was from missing the focal plane or the scaling engine in your monitor.

Cheers - #19

[Stivan Widick]

Would love to see timelapse and manual frame advance at the soonest opportunity.