http://nofilmschool.com/2009/11/red-ray-and-red-scarlet-updates/ NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://nofilmschool.com/2009/11/red-ray-and-red-scarlet-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-63330 DSLR aliasing: not seeing the forest for the trees - The Real Spice of Entertainment - Pak Spice Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:38:17 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/?p=989#comment-63330 [...] Basically what I (and thousands of others) are doing is using the secondary purpose of our DSLR as its primary function. That cameras with such clear shortcomings in the video department are selling like hotcakes — because of their video mode — must infuriate Jim Jannard et. al over at RED, who had some of their DSMC (Direct Simulation Monte Carlo — no, wait, “Digital Still and Motion Camera”) thunder stolen by Canon and Nikon. But RED’s forthcoming offerings have a one clear advantage over the DSLR: on RED, both still and motion images are the same resolution, so they can develop an Optical Low Pass Filter perfectly tuned for both. And considering RED cameras are built first for moving images and then for stills, instead of the other way around as with the current crop of DSLRs, filmmakers should be in for a treat in the coming year. [...] [...] Basically what I (and thousands of others) are doing is using the secondary purpose of our DSLR as its primary function. That cameras with such clear shortcomings in the video department are selling like hotcakes — because of their video mode — must infuriate Jim Jannard et. al over at RED, who had some of their DSMC (Direct Simulation Monte Carlo — no, wait, “Digital Still and Motion Camera”) thunder stolen by Canon and Nikon. But RED’s forthcoming offerings have a one clear advantage over the DSLR: on RED, both still and motion images are the same resolution, so they can develop an Optical Low Pass Filter perfectly tuned for both. And considering RED cameras are built first for moving images and then for stills, instead of the other way around as with the current crop of DSLRs, filmmakers should be in for a treat in the coming year. [...]

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