I just wrapped up a short interview with Ted Schilowitz from RED, in which he told us (and all our live stream viewers) all about the new RED Scarlet digital cinema camera. I got to hold the thing and revel in its 3K glory; and while RED devices are notoriously never “final,” this felt about as final as it gets.
I don’t want to repeat what’s already out there regarding the resolution, accessories, dates, and so on, which are all googleable (and some not final), so I’ll stick to general impressions and you can watch the video as soon as it’s live for specifics. In the meantime, here are a couple new pics to tide you over.
What I took away was that this is indeed a professional camera for filming real big-boy movies, packed into an extremely compact body. It’s heavy: six pounds according to Ted, and it felt like more to me. And of course, with an extra battery pack, storage, and (if you choose) a larger lens on the front, it’s definitely not something you want to one-hand. Make no mistake, this is a professional camera for people who have limited space (or money), or need to do on-the-run stuff. I’ve watched people do moving handheld with full-size cameras and it’s hard on both the camera and the cameraman. The Scarlet is small enough that many of those problems are alleviated, and I suspect they’ll be used in a lot of cars, chase and action scenes, and on-location stuff.
Update: video!
Woooooooooooooooooow… definately my choose for my failed dream of becoming a filmaker (I´ll just keep writting big boys stuff)
How could you not have asked him when the release date for this thing will be?!!!
Come one Devin,
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Lose the ummmms or lose the mic dude.
Devin, Can you go back and ask him when it will come out?
Yes! I love it. I shot a commercial on the RED ONE a couple of years back and it was great fun. Looking forward to this and EPIC.
I want that camera for my next movie! when’s it coming out???
I just read on Yahoo news that the scarlet has been renamed the Epic-S, they are scrapping the scarlet body and moving it to an epic body, will shoot 5k but the price has gone up from 6k to 12k. This is sad news, because a lot of people who would have loved to by the Scarlet at the lower price will now not be able to. Sad indeed. I think Red is being stupid about this. They could have cornered the market with an awesome camera but now ill be limited. I would have bought the Scarlet, even if it was priced at 8k. But now it’s out of my range.
Lee: Your info is only partially correct. RED is changing one of three scarlet models to Epic-S. There will still be the fixed lens RED Scarlet model at the 6K price point.
With the fixed lens it’s really limiting itself. I was also a bit concerned in the video when he wouldn’t let you touch any buttons because something would break. We’ll have to wait and see it could be years before it’s released!
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