4k live... ( 4k Still from Red One is up )

Steve Shovlar said:
Very impressive. Thought she was blowing smoke till I looked at her lips and saw it was bubble gum. That's a very narrow depth of field there.
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And that's at f4! Imagine what f2.8 or a closer zoom range would yield.

I honestly think that that anyone who hasn't worked a decent amount of time with pulling focus before is going to be in for quite a shock when they realize just how much skill it takes to retain crisp focus in a 35mm setting. This ain't your mama's 1/3" chip camera!

The nice thing is that since this camera has such wonderful low light capability, you won't have to shoot WFO the entire time (which is often the case with my HVX+M2 workflow).

I can't say enough nice things about the RED imagery - it truly is the quality of a 12MP DSLR at 60fps and beyond. Anyone who's still bashing at this point is either a troll or simply insane.
 
Ranger said:
Whoa!

I have a 30in Cinema Display and it's still not big enough.
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You would need four of them to see the entire image at one time. Crazy.

Jim, wanna build a monitor after this? :)
 
Good God. That image is AMAZING!!! Now, i'm trying to figure out how to degrade the image some so that I don't blow all my money on makeup and setdec. :) All my movies will have to be out in the open desert with 19 year-old girls with perfect skin. OK, that doesn't sound too bad.

Thanks Jim et al.
 
I think everyone should start budgeting follow focus systems into their Red package plans...Haakon hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head
 
acoreasc said:
I think everyone should start budgeting follow focus systems into their Red package plans...Haakon hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head
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Just like the old-film days, but with video...crazy stuff. It will be so nice to have the need for a good focus puller.

It will also be nice to NOT be able to cut any corners or rush things without paying the price. I think some people are hoping that this will make digital filmmaking easier and in some ways it will, but I think RED is raising the bar on so many levels that you will have to know what you're doing more than ever.

Ultimately, it will be a camera that will only reward those that handle it properly. Just like most exotic sportscars....anybody can drive one, but only the experienced or those that pay attention can drive one well without ending up in the ditch.

Long live the REDvolution!!!!
 
Mr Jannard,

that looks very nice and i imagine that this is an early prototype, but there are red and blue "dead pixels" in the blacks. look in the upper left side of the black background. i imagine this is just cause the chip is proably in its infacny, or because of jpeg comprression. Its not really a big deal, its the kind of thing you notice when you examine a still. when its moving im sure it spectacular.

But interms of resolution and clarity its excellent. Amazing work Sir.
 
We did a remedial dead pixel correction (not precision) as stated on the website. It didn't get them all. This week lots of things get addressed, including DPC. You are also looking at an 8-bit jpeg, which does NOT look as good as the 16-bit tiff.

Jim
 
I downloaded the 2K image and the 4K image and compared the two in photoshop. When zoomed in, I don't see a terrible difference between the two. That said, I think the 2K image looks amazing as is and will probably be the resolution I shoot at when I get the camera. Is there any reason a low-budget guy like myself would have to go 4K?
 
Weird - I just noticed that Red.com briefly posted the two shot of the girls smoking as a 4K file, but now it's gone (back to the bubble girl). I didn't manage to downlaod in time. Was that a tease?

BTW - I've been playing with these images in Inferno - just incredible. The low noise allows you to pull excellent keys and perform crazy color corrects without the images falling apart. In my experience the resolution is superior to 35mm film. People say film requires 6K to do it justice, but that is crap. Most film (even high light, low ASA, prime lens) becomes noticeably grainy at HD and 2K (even NTSC). The grain issue, resolution issue and dynamic range issue are all cousins, and Red is kicking major ass! The only question now is how much you'll have to degrade the Red image (add grain, film weave, etc.) to make it look identical to 35mm film. Based on these early tests, they should WELCOME a shootout.
 
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