Brook Willard
09-14-2006, 02:13 PM
My question here is specifically regarding the camera's potential ability to handle dramatic changes in air pressure. Namely skydiving.
As long as people have been jumping out of airplanes, they've been strapping cameras to their heads. Nowadays there are many freefall cinematographers, ranging from the low-end [those who wear a camera while jumping with your buddies] to the extreme high-end [those who make their living shooting for television commercials, feature films, etc.].
Now, I'm on the low-end of this spectrum. I won't be strapping a RED to my head any time soon. Regardless, the camera has been raising a few eyebrows in the freefall cinematography circle. A camera this small, light and devoid of potential snag points [snaggy cameras = bad] that can shoot 4K? Lets just say you won't see many people strapping a D-20 to their head.
From a purely speculative perspective, the camera seems perfect. As previously mentioned, it's small and light. It doesn't have any big hooks to snag lines and cause problems during deployment. It can use internal flash-based storage [disc-based storage cannot handle rapid altitude changes] which is a big plus. It's fast [320 ASA is the estimate, yes?] and won't need an 85 [matte boxes are a pain in freefall]. One should theoretically be able to shoot with the body, a prime and a small battery.
As it stands, no 4K camera is suitable for freefall. HD cameras are generally unsuitable as well. When 35mm is shot, small cameras [often wind-up] are utilized with extremely small loads.
RED has always seemed to have some subtle connection to skydiving that only skydiving dorks like myself would notice. You know those little "D rings" that are all over the RED booth/tent? Those are actually little pieces of skydiving equipment [elements of the cutaway system]... or at least Oakley replicas of the same part. Yee haw.
I've gone on a tangent. Basically, to those that know, will the camera be able to handle dramatic air-pressure/altitude changes? Will 170mph wind rip anything off? I know it's in a pre-prototype stage right now... so maybe this is more of a feature request than anything else.
For those curious, I've attached a picture of one of the best freefall cinematographers in the world doing what he does best. Just look at all that headgear. Hell, if the folks at RED are still looking for more cinematographers to demonstrate the camera and its abilities... I can get you connected to folks that do this for a living.
As long as people have been jumping out of airplanes, they've been strapping cameras to their heads. Nowadays there are many freefall cinematographers, ranging from the low-end [those who wear a camera while jumping with your buddies] to the extreme high-end [those who make their living shooting for television commercials, feature films, etc.].
Now, I'm on the low-end of this spectrum. I won't be strapping a RED to my head any time soon. Regardless, the camera has been raising a few eyebrows in the freefall cinematography circle. A camera this small, light and devoid of potential snag points [snaggy cameras = bad] that can shoot 4K? Lets just say you won't see many people strapping a D-20 to their head.
From a purely speculative perspective, the camera seems perfect. As previously mentioned, it's small and light. It doesn't have any big hooks to snag lines and cause problems during deployment. It can use internal flash-based storage [disc-based storage cannot handle rapid altitude changes] which is a big plus. It's fast [320 ASA is the estimate, yes?] and won't need an 85 [matte boxes are a pain in freefall]. One should theoretically be able to shoot with the body, a prime and a small battery.
As it stands, no 4K camera is suitable for freefall. HD cameras are generally unsuitable as well. When 35mm is shot, small cameras [often wind-up] are utilized with extremely small loads.
RED has always seemed to have some subtle connection to skydiving that only skydiving dorks like myself would notice. You know those little "D rings" that are all over the RED booth/tent? Those are actually little pieces of skydiving equipment [elements of the cutaway system]... or at least Oakley replicas of the same part. Yee haw.
I've gone on a tangent. Basically, to those that know, will the camera be able to handle dramatic air-pressure/altitude changes? Will 170mph wind rip anything off? I know it's in a pre-prototype stage right now... so maybe this is more of a feature request than anything else.
For those curious, I've attached a picture of one of the best freefall cinematographers in the world doing what he does best. Just look at all that headgear. Hell, if the folks at RED are still looking for more cinematographers to demonstrate the camera and its abilities... I can get you connected to folks that do this for a living.