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Sounds like these two cameras are probably the reason that Red went back to the drawing board with Scarlet. Any day now, Red will release the specs for the new Scarlet. Fresh DV has fun and informs with Red Announces Announce Date of Announcement.
Update: A review of the D90s video capability (suprisingly, for all the hype, it doesn’t exactly pass with flying colors).
11/14/08 Update: Red reveals specs!
For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking — and it’s largely thanks to advances in the semiconductor technology used to make the image sensors inside these cameras.
From Wired magazine. Interesting.
Sounds like it is back to the drawing board. From Red founder Jim Jannard:
We have changed everything about Scarlet because the market has changed and we have discovered a lot of things in the process. We have a new vision. Wipe you minds of the past announced Scarlet. Forget the design and forget the price. It is all different now. We think you will be surprised. Glad we didn’t take any deposits…
more here.
11/14/08 Update: Red reveals specs!
from Videomaker
From August. In the comments, some people point out some of the errors in the article, but nonetheless a good article. The article talks about the development of the Red One, about Peter Jackson shooting Crossing the Line and Steven Soderbergh shooting his Che Guevara biopics with Red One prototypes, and shows some footage shot on the camera. For fun, see if you can find the errors without peeking. And I know, I know, if you don’t have a good story- it doesn’t matter what camera you are shooting on.
11/14/08 Update: Red reveals specs!