November 30th Announcement Feedback

[Hrvoje Simic]

Originally Posted by David Cherniack

If I understand your touchpad idea it's basically the same principle as a joystick. Either way, I think a cursor to ID the focus point is necessary on the LCD/VF...and then a button to engage the mechanism.

David

Maybe I was not clear enough. The touchpad idea depends on the cursor you mentioned, which would have to be more like a few points around an empty space - for example that Predator movie three dot thing might work. It also depends on another button for activating focusing which would have to be also on the handle but under pointing finger. This seems like the most natural, and most intuitive solution to me.

What I tried to explain is that with touchpad you'd have a non linear realtime control over monitor surface and reaction speed dependent only on your thumb speed (no digital path lag) which in the case of a joystick you'd miss, or it would be unnatural - digitally controlled by strength or angle of pressure, hence limiting. One example which might be close enough is computer gaming world where there is absolutely no chance you can be as fast and precise with a joystick or controller as with a mouse, because mouse is as fast as your hand is. You can also imagine controlling your computer cursor with a joystick.

[Jesper Sichlau]

Hi any info on prices for battery bricks and chargers?

[Kenneth Elkington]

What about the ND filter wheel on the 8x? Can we get the specs on what levels are included? Are they IR/ND filters(is that even an issue anymore?)?

[Jarred Land]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Elkington

What about the ND filter wheel on the 8x? Can we get the specs on what levels are included? Are they IR/ND filters(is that even an issue anymore?)?

3 Positions.. OFF, .9ND and 1.8ND.

[Lawrence Bansbach]

Does 2/3-inch Scarlet still have HDMI out?

[Miklos Konczol]

Originally Posted by Lawrence Bansbach

Does 2/3-inch Scarlet still have HDMI out?

yes, first look than ask

[zak forrest]

What is the difference between the two body types?

What does Magnesium offer ?

[Richardvclark]

The UI looks very slick. I can't wait to be shooting in Pittsburgh with my S35 this summer. I am sure it will beat the hell out of the beach.

[Steven Hilder]

Originally Posted by Stuart English

Yes, frame guide choices are independent per monitor output. Lots of flexibility here.

So just as one example - the camera's default operational setup - a 5" touchscreen LCD may be showing full camera menus plus Look Around and Frame Guide graphics, the HDMI output may be providing a 720p Preview Output with Safe Action and Safe Title, and the HD-SDI output (on EPIC bodies, or either I/O module) may be providing a clean feed (no graphics) 1080p Program Output.

Monitor output resolutions are also very flexible, so for each output we can scale the monitor path information to support 720p or 1080p or 800 x 480 etc....

Great to hear, thanks Stuart.

[Radim Schreiber]

Even though these products are not fully out yet, it would be nice to have comparison chart to compare different products and their versions, especially Scarlet and Epic.