Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The near future?



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