EPIC camera… er, more like a Scarlet camera
I’m a huge fan of Red Digital Cinema. These are the guys who are changing the video landscape forever by making insanely great cameras at a really low cost. Right now they only have one offering which is the Red One and while that’s a nice camera, it’s not what I need.
At NAB 2008 Red announced Scarlet, a 3k resolution camera for $3,000. Since I’ve been looking for a higher-resolution camera for SpaceVidcast, this seemed to be about perfect. My goal was to buy a MacPro, fill it with BlackMagic Intensity boards then get a couple of these cameras for $3,000 and plug them in to the Mac via HDMI (I could probably use HD-SDI boards too if I wanted).
Problem is… Red scrapped the Scarlet.
Well, not really scrapped it, more like they are changing it. November 13th is when we’re supposed to learn what the revised Scarlet will bring. The thing with Red cameras is that they are not really designed to work in a live video scenario. Each camera captures the RAW image which you then bring in to a computer and apply exact color specifications to the picture. This is great for anyone looking to make hollywood grade movies, but at SpaceVidcast we’re just looking to make awesome quality live video with community interaction. So here’s hoping that the additions to Scarlet make it a great live replacement to the DV camera we’re currently using (one of the reasons our show is not HD yet).
Red Scarlet Teaser
I have a few more behind-the-scenes SpaceVidcast updates I’ll be posting here in the coming days. I would give you a great excuse for not posting recently, but well, I don’t have one. My November resolution is to post more to Bencredible about the happenings at SVC.