James Cameron bought 50 RED EPIC-Ms

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Haven't heard of that being a problem except with actual DSLRs, which have maximum video shoot times of 20 mins or so in many cases. There's just no room for a real heat sink on the sensor block in those things, so shooting video on a DSLR is a bit like overclocking a CPU without added cooling.

This I have experience of, when I was shooting holiday footage with mine earlier this year. It kept shutting down and felt all rather nice (not) and warm. Mine you it didn't help it being 35C at the time!

On my EX1 though, there is a gap between the camera body and recording 'block', obviously to keep the air flow past where the sensors are to keep them cool.

Originally Posted by Aaron

I definitely get that; the RED is not a run-n-gun thing yet. They seem to be trying to move in that direction, however, with the fixed zoom (which they may have scrapped--hopefully not), 2/3" sensor, and other little changes here and there, which ought to make it far more effective for this purpose than the average DSLR, anyway.

I took a look a look at the red website. Wondered why they had so many grills on them. Look more like lamps than cameras! Hehehe. I can see why the Epic and Scarlet are dinky things as it makes them ideal for 3D rigs as they are small.

It looks like you'll be fine on the lens front, as RED do three zooms, which tend to get used on 3D rigs more to save camera set up time for alignment. The also have quite a range of primes too.

Originally Posted by Aaron

Regardless, I'll be keeping the NX5.

I've downloaded many large sample shots in R3D format and played with running them through Premiere, AE, Magic Bullet, etc., and have been pleased with the performance. It's not like working with AVCHD--which used to suck but now rocks on my six-core Xeon--but it's perfectly tolerable. Then again, I'm a low-volume shop.

Yeah, I like my EX1 too. Didn't know you could download RED footage to try out. Do you have a link? Irayo. Think my PC might cough and splutter a bit though as it is 2008 vintage and quad core. Hehehe.

Interesting stuff this. I learning all the time. Irayo.

Alan