We are living in the course of an unprecedented time of alternatives in the globe of amateur and specialist filmmaking. Costs, availability, selections, and Attributes have been escalating at an unprecedented price. There are a lot of causes for this but I consider 2 major contributors are RED Digital Cinema and the emergence of DSLR's. There are lots of detractors of each but in terms of making awesome technological abilities readily available to the masses they have been instrumental. To actually be able to devote $1000 on a Canon, Nikon or Panasonic DSLR video production camera and have a viable film making machine is anything that was not possible even three years ago.
RED began in 2005 with a uncomplicated notion, to bring cheap, higher excellent cinema video cameras to the masses. With their second generation camera, the EPIC, they have by a lot of critic's conclusions ultimately arrived at a camera that can literally rival 35mm film. With resolution exceeding that of S35, long Dynamic Variety offered by HDR-X and sensitivity that brings around shooting choices under no circumstances reached by film, the EPIC has ushered in a complete new generation of filmmaking.
On the decrease end, Canon with its 5DMkII camera and its complete frame 35mm sensor has changed all the guidelines of what it requires to produce a film. Basically it has even been made use of on the Oscar nominated film 127 Hours. In spite of their challenges, these cameras have place the significant guys in the sector on the hot-seat and produced it extremely clear what they require to do to maintain up in this democratized production atmosphere.
SO... ON November 3rd 2011 there was a significant announcement from each Canon and RED around their respective goods. They might not have been game-changers for principal Hollywood studios but they definitely had an influence on almost each indie filmmaker on Earth. I know that sounds appreciate hyperbole but the point is that if Scarlet or the new Canon camera is not the 1 you personal it will nonetheless develop waves in the rest of the business and additional push the rate vs. overall performance envelope. It is a excellent time to be a filmmaker and It really is a good time to be in video production.
RED Epic-X
Epic-X Functions are as follows: (with my comments thrown in)
RED DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera)
New MYSTERIUM-X 5K sensor
5K (two:1, two.four:1, Anamorphic two:1) at 1-120fps
four.5k RAW (two.four:1) at 1-120fps
4K (16:9, HD, two:1, Anamorphic two:1) at 1-150fps (far more than is at present obtainable in the RED 1 at 2k)
3K (16:9, two:1, Anamorphic two:1) at 1-200fps
2K (16:9, two:1, Anamorphic two:1) at 1-300fps (hopefully it will be a sharper 2k than on the RED One particular which is not terrific.)
1080P (16:9) (one particular of the most fascinating ones for me provided so substantially documentary variety shooting may be quickly handled with a pristine 1080p master)
720P (16:9)
Enhanced Dynamic Variety - 13.5 Stops, but ability to do 18 stops
Time Lapse, Frame Ramping (in all probability basically an Enhanced version of what is on the RED One particular)
REDCODE 12 and 16-bit RAW (Incredible for some points but that is several information, I will stick to a decrease quantity most of the time)
ISO 200-8000 (I would like to see some somewhat clean stuff at 2000 at least)
Absolutely Modular Technique, both Module individually upgradeable
Independent Stills and Motion Modes (each record complete resolution REDCODE RAW)
5 Axis Adjustable Sensor Plate (sounds cool but I am not confident how really hard it will be to quickly set back concentrate.)
Various Recording Media Choices (Compact Flash, RED MAG SSD, RED Drives, RED RAM) They're supposedly getting two compact flash slots which will be extremely helpful and lastly catching up with the occasions.
Wireless REDMOTE manage (A really good thought and a thing that should've been about lengthy ago.)
Touchscreen LCD manage choice (cool but not indispensable)
Bomb-EVF, RED-EVF and RED-LCD compatible (I'm Quite pleased around this one particular)
Many User Manage Buttons
LDS and /i Information enabled PL Mount (A Requirement far more than a improvement)
Monitor Ports assistance each LCD and EVF (YAY two LCD's at a time)
720P, 1080P and 2K monitoring help
Gigagbit Network interface and 802.11 Wireless interface (Lastly my iPhone will not have a lot more energy than my 30k camera.)
three Axis internal motion sensor, constructed in GPS receiver (Very slick, oh the alternatives)
Increased Metadata
Complete size connectors on Pro I/O Module. AES Digital Audio input, single and dual hyperlink HD-SDI
Help for RED, most Arri 19mm, Studio 15mm, 15mm Lite, Panavision and NATO accessories. Sector Common IS Market Regular. I am glad they are realizing this far more and extra.
Dimensions- Approx. four'four,'5.5'
Weight (Brain only)- Approx. 5 lbs (two.27kg)
Blake Barnett
BLARE Media
San Francisco Video Production
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