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Purchasing a Digital Cinema Camera Package: a Complete Guide from Ryan E. Walters

12.20.12 @ 6:51AM Tags : blackmagic, bmcc, cinemacamera, red, redone, redscarlet, redscarletx, ryanewalters, scarlet, scarlet-x, scarletx

Things are moving fast in the world of digital cinema. Just a few years ago DSLRs were about the only affordable way to get a cinema quality image, but now we’ve got plenty of camera options under $20,000 that would have cost well over $100,000 just five years ago. We’ve already shared with you a rather comprehensive RED buying guide, and now we have a wonderful digital cinema buying guide from Ryan E. Walters. He covers everything you need to know about putting together a camera package, and gives personal experience about the package he is planning to put together.

This is a guest post by Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters. More »

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A Guide to Building a RED Camera Package: An Accessory List for Every Budget Level

12.10.12 @ 11:02AM Tags : accessories, cameras, cinematography, gear, red, redepic, redone, redscarlet

Despite the recently reduced price of RED cameras, each model still requires a lot of (pricey) accessories. We’ve pointed this out from the very beginning, but now we’ve gone further and compiled some realistic shooting packages at three different levels: a “cheapest possible ONE MX” list by Aaron Rich, an “owner/operator SCARLET” package by myself, and a “full professional EPIC” package by Timur Civan. Our overall goal with this post is not just to introduce (potential) RED shooters to some accessory options and needs for the RED ONE MX, SCARLET, and EPIC, but to hopefully create a post wherein users can share what has worked best for them. Let’s get started, this is going to be a long one! More »

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Are the Greg Williams RED EPIC 'Skyfall' MOTO Posters the Future of Advertising?

12.6.12 @ 11:14PM Tags : gregwilliams, red, redepic, redone, redscarlet, skyfall

Still photography has been around for well over 100 years now, and it’s been used in advertising for nearly that long. With the abundance of screens bombarding our everyday lives, video is beginning to complement, and at times take the place of, still photography — especially when that video is shot with something like the RED EPIC which can give you still photography and video at the same time. Greg Williams, who is no stranger to RED, has been shooting MOTOs (or motion and still photography) for a while now, and his first happened to be for Daniel Craig’s second Bond film Quantum of Solace — and now he’s returned to shoot some MOTOs for Skyfall. More »

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"From a color and noise perspective the RED ONE is finally a mature camera"

07.22.10 @ 11:23AM Tags : cinematography, red, redone

I’m by no means an authority on RED cameras, so I’ll leave it up to experts like ProVideo Coalition’s Art Adams to render judgement on RED’s recently released Color Science 30. RED is essentially a computer crammed into a camera body, so its firmware updates often pack more features than your typical camera updates (though the 5D has been a huge beneficiary of Canon’s firmware releases). With the release of the Mysterium-X sensor as well as recently updated colorimetry, what is the updated status of the RED ONE? More »