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Friday, July 04, 2008

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RED Build 16: A Camera Whose Time Has Come

Art Adams | 07/04

Ah, sweet 16. How I’ve waited for thee. Finally, a camera I can work with.

It’s not perfect yet. Not by a long shot. There’s an error in the software that causes crashes attributable to “Codec Faults” and “Codec Errors”—I’m told one has to do with errors reading data off the sensor and one has to do with writing the data to the drive or card. Supposedly a fix for this will be out any day now. (I’m told that three builds of Build 16 have been released over a one week period.) But the usability improvements are long overdo and worth the pain we’ve suffered through.

Today saw a meeting of minds at Chater Camera in Berkeley: Dane Brehm (DIT/DAS), Adam Wilt (guru of all things videographical), Tim Blackmore (factotum and Adam’s cohort in crime at film company “Meets the Eye”), and myself—your humble narrator. We sought to plumb the depths of the mythical (and Mysterical) latest software update for the RED ONE camera. This is the build from which there is no return: once you install it, you can never go back. Never.

But that’s okay. (Or it will be when the bugs are ironed out.) Dane showed us why, on the next page:

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Petrol Bags Shows off Their Latest Products at NAB 2012

Jeremiah Karpowicz | 05/11

Petrol Bags unveiled a wide variety of new camera and audio equipment bags at the show

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We talked to Sam Thomas from Petrol Bags about a number of their bags that were showcased at NAB 2012. He showed off the Deca Audio Bag (PS614), the Liteporter professional carrier…

Blackmagic: We’re ready to remove the Band-Aid!

Allan Tépper | 05/11

If you agree, please sign the online petition requesting the required updates.

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Despite years of diplomatic prodding on my part, both via articles in ProVideo Coalition magazine and private emails, Blackmagic has still avoided and postponed offering RGB on its HDMI…

Find Out What Panasonic Showed off at NAB 2012

Jeremiah Karpowicz | 04/26

Joe Facchini shares some important details about Panasonic’s new products with the PVC audience.

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At NAB 2012, Panasonic showcased how its professional video solutions deliver extraordinary performance for the real world. Joe Facchini, Vice President of Media and Production Services, took the time…

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Thanks once again for such useful info. I hear you on the Macbeth chart—but I also think we (actually, SMPTE or somebody like them) need to come up with some sort of electornically generated color pattern that helps us set up the new monitors. The SMPTE Split Field bars miss a lot, while addressing things that aren’t really that much of an issue for digital, namely phase. Understandable since they were designed decades ago for the transmission of composite NTSC color, and nothing else!

And congrats on you guys finally being able to go forward with the wedding! The best news of a turnaround of a turnaround I’ve heard in a long time!

Posted by Steven Bradford  on  07/04  at  01:27 PM


[That’s fine for a film stock, but I’ve not worked with many HD cameras that react to a meter the same way twice.]

that’s exactly how it is with a DALSA, which is why I try to work with camera that whenever possible

red’s build 16 is a mild improvement, complicated, and the camera is still a PITA. no thanks.

mXb

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Thanks for the info and mucho congrats on getting married. One piece of advice. Don’t take a serious camera on your honeymoon unless your wife’s a DP too.

Posted by davhud  on  07/07  at  08:25 AM


okay
has its time come?

is there anywhere i can go and see an actual movie done by this camera ( i saw zodiac, and it was sort of cool the way the viper did the digital look of the darkness)

any movies out i can see? even just on DVD….

Posted by billS  on  08/08  at  04:02 AM


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Petrol Bags Shows off Their Latest Products at NAB 2012

Jeremiah Karpowicz | 05/11

Petrol Bags unveiled a wide variety of new camera and audio equipment bags at the show

image

We talked to Sam Thomas from Petrol Bags about a number of their bags that were showcased at NAB 2012. He showed off the Deca Audio Bag (PS614), the Liteporter professional carrier…

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Allan Tépper | 05/11

If you agree, please sign the online petition requesting the required updates.

image

Despite years of diplomatic prodding on my part, both via articles in ProVideo Coalition magazine and private emails, Blackmagic has still avoided and postponed offering RGB on its HDMI…

Find Out What Panasonic Showed off at NAB 2012

Jeremiah Karpowicz | 04/26

Joe Facchini shares some important details about Panasonic’s new products with the PVC audience.

image

At NAB 2012, Panasonic showcased how its professional video solutions deliver extraordinary performance for the real world. Joe Facchini, Vice President of Media and Production Services, took the time…

NAB 2012:  Eizo 4K Monitor

Bruce A Johnson | 04/18

You are going to have to look at your 4K footage on *something.*

At NAB 2012, when you see a crowd of people clotted around a small booth, it’s a sign you should pay attention.  The Eizo full 4K monitor I found there was easily one of the most beautiful I saw all week, with a price tag to match.  Also:  A belated “Thanks!” to my colleague Erik Higgs for letting me edit on his laptop while in Vegas.

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