Scarlet X with LCD touchscreen viewfinder
Scarlet X as the new Red camera announced yesterday, will ship on Nov 17, 2011. Yes, for a camera company that's known for intricate shipping schedules, systems in Beta, slipping delivery times, this shipping on Nov 17 is also a big story.
And the price too. At $ 9,750 for the Canon mount version, and $ 11,250 for the PL mount version, it severely undercuts the F3 and the yet to be released Canon EOS C300. Alexa, Sony F65 will also feel the heat, but only somewhat.
As far as features go, the Scarlet X…
Has a HDRx mode to offer up to 18 stops of latitude.
Shoots at 5k resolution at 12 fps
4k at 1-24 fps
2k at 60 fps
1k at 120 fps
Widest variety of frame rates - 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 47.96, 48, 50, 59.97
The 47.96 is an interesting addition for 'dual rate NTSC 24fps'
It uses a Redcode RAW at 440 Mbps or about 50 MB/sec which is comparable to HDCamSR or SR lite in data rate. About 3:1
It shoots to SSD and has a Canon or PL mount. And supports Red's own LCD touchscreen of the Bomb EVF as viewfinders.
The full spec on the Scarlet is at Red's Scarlet page
http://www.red.com/products/scarlet
The Canon C300 won't ship till 2012. And the just announced 4k HD-DSLR even later. Canon has some breathing space to probably massage their pricing, and even add features. Maybe a 100 Mbps codec, more features through software etc.
It's going to be an interesting 2012 for cameras, and editing stuff from those cameras. At about this time next year, who knows what we would be making movies on.
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