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12-01-2007, 05:15 AM
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Dropped Frame Meter
what is the Dropped Frame Meter for?
Why would the camera drop frames? Surely thats not a good thing... (I understand why drop frames happen due to lack of data record playback speed, but its a worry that this can happen with RED)
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12-01-2007, 05:21 AM
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12-01-2007, 09:28 AM
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Dropped Frames Meter
Well its just there to alert you to any dropped frames (of course) ....
Why could that happen? - There could be excessive shock to certain types of media, and if anyone has to use an available CF card which has lower data throughput than the RED CF cards, it would be good to know if a frame got dropped. e.g. you might be able to get away in an emergency with using a non-RED CF card for 2K 23.98 fps but not in varispeed record at 72 fps.
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12-01-2007, 09:41 AM
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so using RED media guarantees no drop frames?
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12-01-2007, 09:52 AM
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RED CF would be immune to such stress and would not drop frames.
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12-01-2007, 10:33 AM
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12-01-2007, 11:19 AM
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drop frames on a camera are bad news.
either the camera can record at the selected frame rate or it can't.
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12-01-2007, 12:06 PM
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Well, for years we've recorded to tape, and it's only when we got to the edit suite did we find out if we had drop outs, etc. I think it's great that RED the camera, like RED the company tells you the honest truth....
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12-01-2007, 12:17 PM
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The dropped frame meter warns you if grips or lighting have rigged a 4X4 or similar nearby that could fall and damage the camera. Can anyone from Red confirm what range this meter has and what the smallest and largest frame sizes it can detect are?
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12-01-2007, 02:37 PM
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