2 responses to "CES 2011 – My brief hands on with Red Scarlet and Sony 3D cameras"

1. JD90 Says:
   January 10th, 2011 at 7:02 am
   

   Is Scarlet really a motion picture camera if it has a non-interchangeable lens?

   The wireless controller is interesting, but is that control relevant if you still have to have a cable between the camera and a monitor? The 60ft jib example is one that stuck out, the operator on the other end still needs to see the image.

2. Michael Morlan Says:
   January 18th, 2011 at 10:35 am
   

   To answer JD90′s question:

   Yes, cameras are video-cabled back down the crane/jib to the operator’s and director’s monitors. The challenge, then, is controlling the camera from below as the camera is flying high overhead. Present-day solutions include cabled or wireless FIZ (Focus/Iris/Zoom) controllers and motors that engage the gears of the lens. A simple contact-closure switch can start/stop most cameras. The Scarlet/Epic REDMote goes a step further by allowing the camera 1st AC/Operator/DIT/DP to change any setting in the camera including sensitivity, color balance – anything – without having to lower the crane back down to the ground.

   I noted one set where the DP had his own wireless iris controller. He would take a meter reading and adjust the iris without having to bother the camera assistants engaged in placing and securing the camera.

   Michael

   http://michael-morlan.net