I hope in 2008 manufacturers will finally offer high quality movie recording in large sensor photo cameras. If not, there's hope. RED has promised a killer Still/Movie camera called Scarlet for early 2009. Yes, if the quality is as expected I will shell out $2900 for it. A still photo from this camera will print at a size of about 260 x 140 mm or 10 x 6 inches at a resolution of 300 dpi. The pixel count is also right for the relative small sensor.
Here are RED Scarlets preliminary specs:
- 2/3" SENSOR
- 5.3 MP (3072 x 1735) 16:9 MOVIE AND STILL RECORDING
- 1-120 FPS (180FPS BURST)
- UP TO 100 MB/SEC RAW AND RGB RECORDING TO DUAL COMPACT FLASH
- TWO CHANNEL AUDIO, BUILT IN MICROPHONES
- 4.8" FOLDOUT LCD
- 8X T2.8 ZOOM LENS
- FULL AUTO OR FULL MANUAL SHOOTING MODES
- HDMI and HD-SDI
- FIREWIRE 800 and USB2
- WI-FI CONTROL
- ALUMINUM BODY
