• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Starring: Marion Cotillard
• Starring: Matt Damon
• Starring: Kate Winslet
• Starring: Jude Law
• Starring: Laurence Fishburne
• Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow

Jannard also announced that they have run up against a tough bug in the DSMC “Tattoo” firmware that may delay all of the cameras until it has been worked out. RED has hired 20 new “SWAT” coders to find the bug and solidify the firmware. It is notoriously difficult to predict how long it will take to squash a firmware bug so RED has not posted an updated release schedule. more…

The Canon 7D was used in this shoot for National Geographic. You can read about the project here: www.dslrnewsshooter.com/johnnie-behiri

NG Earth Explorer Desert Adventure from Johnnie Behiri on Vimeo.

• Cinematographer: Arthur Albert
• Data Manager/2nd Unit Photographer: Evin Grant

Check out the season 7 teaser below. At 1:22 the Epic makes a cameo.

Here is the frame from 1:22 showing the Epic being used in tight quarters:

Dariusz Wolski had this to say about using the RED MX cameras:

We tested ALL the digital camera’s available and against film and we chose the RED MX for Pirates of the Caribbean 4. We have had no camera problems with the RED ONEs and we have had the kind of support that is above and beyond the call. We didn’t know what to expect when we started with 13 RED ONE MX cameras (supplied from Panavision), but the cameras are performing flawlessly under extreme conditions and we could not be happier. Thank you to the people and the incredible support from both Panavision and RED. If we had to make the decision again we wouldn’t change a thing. more…

• Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
• Director: Rob Marshall
• Starring: Johnny Depp
• Starring: Penélope Cruz

Plot: After Jack Sparrow meets Barbossa in the newly found New Orleans, they sail to find the fountain of youth together only to find that Blackbeard is after it too.

• Scarlet fixed zoom focal length: about 7.5mm-58mm or FF35 Equivalent of 28mm-224mm.
• Mysterious item #21: It is still far enough out that you need not worry about it right now. It is however worth the recognition that it mysteriously has received
• RED ONE owner priority: RED ONE owners who have not executed their cameras for Stages 1-3 of the EPIC program will have a short window of priority on Scarlet packages.
• Scarlet brain weight: Current weight of Fixed Scarlet is just over 4.5 pounds.
• First Scarlet to ship: Scarlet 8x is first to be brought up in the lab. It is still in engineering form, not “run around and take pictures form”. Think of a mini-Franky. There is alot of effort is going into the autofocus algorithms and lens optimization, and alot of waiting for bits of code to come down from it’s big brother. ASIC, Sensor and Lens work have been complete ( the hard parts ), but there is still alot of firmware work to be done and some minor mechanical changes waiting on tooling.
• 2/3″ image quality: The images coming off of it are incredible…remember, the 2/3rds sensor is part of the Mysterium-X family, and you all know what that looks like.
• 120fps is working on the CF-Module with 64GB cards at a reduced REDCODE rate. The highest REDCODE number you can use with the CF cards are still being determined as optimization work is progressing.
• Scarlet sensor read/reset: The read/reset  will be on par to the read/reset times of EPIC S35.
• Dynamic range: Compared to the EPIC S35 they will be close. The actual delta changes every day, as both systems continue to independently improve.
• Delivery dates: Scarlet Fixed 2/3″ is currently behind EPIC and likely will be for the forseable future. Some things are caught up, but as a whole it is a step or two behind it as it inherits a good portion of EPIC’s development efforts.
• Biggest change: The autofocus is actually the most impressive work going on right now… Nobody has seen autofocus on a video camera work like this before, and it is pretty impressive to actually see it work. Of course #21 is pretty incredible. And the (optional) Titanium Lens mount is pretty cool.
• Custom colors: Kind of… the side”cosmetic” pieces on Scarlet are removable.. and you can get different finishes. I can’t remember if we officially mentioned that before for the 2/3″…… but you can. But please… No pink.

Here are a couple other details Jarred mentions in the thread:

• The motors are in the lens, both autofocus, iris and zoom. That 8x lens all by itself is a technical achievement all by itself. This is a cinema lens: with custom actuators and lens group movements designed for both motion and still.

The interpenetration of the indoors and outdoors was used extensively throughout his projects. Large glass surfaces, interior courtyards, and surprising entry sequences were used throughout his residential work in efforts to blur the boundary between the interior and exterior. In many of the homes he designed a solid large-scale door appears from the street as the entrance, but the door will lead instead to a protected courtyard. more…

This style is evident in the above aerial image of the house.  Here is the original article in the Wall Street Journal: www.online.wsj.com/article/410-trousdale-place Our only question: does buying a Scarlet score you an invite??

The house sits on the edge of a hill high above Beverly Hills and looks out over Hollywood and the greater LA area.  We don’t have any pictures from the house itself but these are views from streets nearby:

Jannard has also recently purchased this Fiji island.  No word on when RED fans are invited.

You can view 2 minutes of the “House” episode shot on the Canon 5D Mark II here: www.ausiellofiles.ew.com/house-season-finale-spoilers/

“House” DP Greg Tattersale gives an interview on their experience using the 5D mk2 and the new Redrock microRemote: www.videography.com/article/95134

04.28.2010 “House” Director Answering Questions via Twitter

“House” director Greg Yaitanes will be taking questions via Twitter about their experience shooting with the 5D Mark II this Friday at 10am.  Friday, April 30th at 10am PST.  Follow Greg here: www.twitter.com/GregYaitanes

04.20.2010 HDSLs Are Starting to be Used on Television Shows

HDSLs are beginning to make their way onto major television shows. The Canon 7D and 5D Mark II were used to shoot the 2010 title sequence for NBC’s Saturday Night Live and was also used on some of the digital shorts. You can view some behind the scenes shots here: www.philipbloom.co.uk/2009/09/29/saturday-night-live-use-canon-7d-and-5d

The biggest test of all will come on May 17th when the season finale of “House” which was entirely shot on the 5D Mark II airs. Actually they got in some 5D Mark II test footage in the first 30 seconds of episode 17 “Lockdown”. “House” Director Greg Yaitanes says they mainly decided to go with the 5D Mark II because the finale takes place in a collapsed building and it was just much easier to get the cameras in cramped spaces. He also mentions that he likes how the shallow depth of field really makes the actors “pop” against the background. You can listen to an interview Philip Bloom does with Greg Yaitanes here: www.soundcloud.com/philipbloom/