roxics
01-02-2006, 04:37 PM
I mean it is a Digital Cinema Camera right. We're not talking about an ENG camera here. This isn't a camera for weddings but for shooting motion pictures. Right?
If that's the case a lot of motion picture productions record sound externally anyway. To free the cinematographer and sound recorder to do their jobs independently without tripping over wires.
The Arri D20 doesn't record sound and neither does the Panavision Genesis. They focus on what's important for the camera. A great picture.
If Red does record sound lets hope it's not just an afterthought. Perhaps a nice limiter/compressor built in. Since we won't be able to have a sound guy over the cinematographers shoulder every second adjusting levels.
A couple headphone outputs (for the sound recorder and boom op) because they both need to hear the sound off the device it's being recorded to.
Maybe the sound deck can be moduler?
You could have a sound deck that accepts 2 XLR mics and two balanced 1/4 inch jacks that encodes and records 4 channels at 24bit.
Or if you're recording sound externally you could have a digital receiver deck that recieves a digital signal (wireless) in MP3 format from and external sound recorder and is strictly used as just a guide track for sycning sound later.
These two different decks would just snap right into the side of the camera. You just pick the one you want to use depending on how you are recording sound. Or don't use one at all.
Just an idea
If that's the case a lot of motion picture productions record sound externally anyway. To free the cinematographer and sound recorder to do their jobs independently without tripping over wires.
The Arri D20 doesn't record sound and neither does the Panavision Genesis. They focus on what's important for the camera. A great picture.
If Red does record sound lets hope it's not just an afterthought. Perhaps a nice limiter/compressor built in. Since we won't be able to have a sound guy over the cinematographers shoulder every second adjusting levels.
A couple headphone outputs (for the sound recorder and boom op) because they both need to hear the sound off the device it's being recorded to.
Maybe the sound deck can be moduler?
You could have a sound deck that accepts 2 XLR mics and two balanced 1/4 inch jacks that encodes and records 4 channels at 24bit.
Or if you're recording sound externally you could have a digital receiver deck that recieves a digital signal (wireless) in MP3 format from and external sound recorder and is strictly used as just a guide track for sycning sound later.
These two different decks would just snap right into the side of the camera. You just pick the one you want to use depending on how you are recording sound. Or don't use one at all.
Just an idea