Denouement – Final Thoughts on the Red Scarlet There are many other bits of info I would like to pass along but as this is a blog and I think I have overstepped those boundaries, I will bring this tome to a conclusion. I genuinely have fun with this Scarlet; something I can’t say for about half the cameras I’ve worked with. It’s better than I expected, better than that “3K camera for 3K” I waited so long for. While [...]
Act III – Shooting with the Red Scarlet Lately I’ve been disappointed with act threes. I don’t know if it’s endemic to our times where concept tends to overshadow good storytelling, or that it’s not important anymore to wrap up everything nicely… read “sequelitis.” But fear not, this is a true act three where I do wrap up everything and pay you off for patiently reading this far. First and foremost, the picture quality of the Red Scarlet… it’s there. Putting [...]
Act II – Getting Ready to Shoot with the Red Scarlet At last, the Red Scarlet arrived, on the last day of February 2012, leap year. I didn’t even bother placing the camera on my support gear, I just grabbed a lens plugged in my on-board monitor and powered up… nothing. The camera definitely came to life, but there was no image on the monitor. I quickly thought it must be a setting I wasn’t seeing because in my haste I hadn’t [...]
Act I – Diving Headfirst into the Red Scarlet First let me state, I have never been a fanboy. Back in the day the question wasn’t too far removed from “Scarlet or C300″? It just sounded more like “Panavision or Arri”? Although today that question really means whose camp do you pledge your allegiance to; it really should be about what tool is most appropriate. For me, it has always been about what makes sense for the job. With that [...]
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