Comments on: [Gear] The “Epic” RED Scarlet-X

By: Chad Westover

Chad Westover — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:33:00 +0000

I spent last summer at an internship where I got to put my grubby little hands on an EPIC-M for a couple months. People talk about a difficult workflow for RED and I’m just confused. What is so difficult about it? It won’t edit in iMovie?

A camera like this is obviously not for everyone and expensive is a relative term.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:38:00 +0000

wow it’s only 7 thousand more dollars then what they were originally projected this year. as see at ces 3:35.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/video/2011/jan/08/ces-2011-red-scarlet-camera

Also no fixed lens option, and put more into the sensor, if you need to shoot 4k footage get the red one or epic it makes no sense to buy this since most indie and prosumer people have to get a loan out you might as well just spend a little bit more and get the better version. Originally it was to only shoot 3 and 2k footage and raw stills but made to compete with cameras like the 5d and such.

I was excited about 3 years ago when i heard of this camera that was going to be under $7k and shoot at 2k and now after seeing all prices jump extremely I will wait to see what the competition has to offer next year.

And yes I’m kicking my self in the a#$ for not getting the red one when it was $17k and waiting for the scarlet to come.

By: Joe Horvath

Joe Horvath — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:34:00 +0000

C300 will probably win this contest. The RED suffers from the most expensive line of add ons in it’s class. On paper it looks like a clear cut above the Canon for the money, but once you build up both cameras they end up costing about the same. Not to mention the RED uses really expensive batteries, shoots big expensive footage (to expensive SSDs), and requires a really expensive post production pipeline. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is awesome that these cameras exist at this price point, but for people who are thinking about stepping up to one of these cameras from a dSLR, it will be a rude awakening. For the record, I haven’t shot on either of these cams, but I have shot on a ton of different prosumer cams like the F3, AF-100, dSLRs, XH-A1, etc. and I think it is important to stop thinking of these cameras as giant killers, but part of slow movement towards better, cheaper tools for indie film makers.

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:01:00 +0000

uhm… what exactly should I look for in these videos?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:26:00 +0000

well thats obviously California girls will win, unless its 90+ degrees out then Carolina girls win cause Cali girls melt.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:10:00 +0000

My vote is a waterbaloon fight…maybe California vs Carolina volleyball girls?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Very true, alot of the stuff I see now days is all skateboarding, no BMX / Inline. We need to change that! :)

By: Alberto Oscarelli

Alberto Oscarelli — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:54:00 +0000

nice camera and footage, but enough of skateboarders! bring back inline skating – Brian Aragon 4 president!

By: James Karinejad

James Karinejad — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:31:00 +0000

Exciting stuff!