Comments on: Mysterium-X Quotes http://camerarentalz.com/mysterium-x-quotes/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin O'Neill http://camerarentalz.com/mysterium-x-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Justin O'Neill Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:43:30 +0000 http://camerarentalz.com/?p=2192#comment-1130 I don't think this first batch of Scarlets and Epics are really aimed at professional photographers. The 2/3" Scarlet will be great for web stills but not nearly high enough res for print. Even the S35 Epic and Scarlet fall a bit short resolution wise for photography. S35 is close to APS-C and I don't know any pros shooting on that. It is with the 3rd generation Mysterium-Monstro sensor for the <a href="http://camerarentalz.com/epic-ff35/" rel="nofollow">FF35</a>, <a href="http://camerarentalz.com/epic-645/" rel="nofollow">645</a> and <a href="http://camerarentalz.com/epic-617/" rel="nofollow">617</a> DSMCs that RED is really going after the pro photographers in my opinion. Jim has stated that the Mysterium-X that will be in the 2/3" and S35 DSMC cameras will be natively rated around ISO 800. That is a huge jump over the ISO 320 that RED rated the original Mysterium sensor at. I expect the Mysterium-Monstro sensor will take another large jump in sensitivity and will be able to compete with the high end offerings from Canon and Nikon. The quote regarding clean blacks at ISO 500 was referring to the S35 Mysterium-X sensor and I expect that sensitivity will be improved greatly on the sensors that reach into the resolutions that pro photographers desire. Here's to hoping anyways! I don’t think this first batch of Scarlets and Epics are really aimed at professional photographers. The 2/3″ Scarlet will be great for web stills but not nearly high enough res for print. Even the S35 Epic and Scarlet fall a bit short resolution wise for photography. S35 is close to APS-C and I don’t know any pros shooting on that. It is with the 3rd generation Mysterium-Monstro sensor for the FF35, 645 and 617 DSMCs that RED is really going after the pro photographers in my opinion. Jim has stated that the Mysterium-X that will be in the 2/3″ and S35 DSMC cameras will be natively rated around ISO 800. That is a huge jump over the ISO 320 that RED rated the original Mysterium sensor at. I expect the Mysterium-Monstro sensor will take another large jump in sensitivity and will be able to compete with the high end offerings from Canon and Nikon.

The quote regarding clean blacks at ISO 500 was referring to the S35 Mysterium-X sensor and I expect that sensitivity will be improved greatly on the sensors that reach into the resolutions that pro photographers desire. Here’s to hoping anyways!

]]> By: J. Scriba http://camerarentalz.com/mysterium-x-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 J. Scriba Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:14:38 +0000 http://camerarentalz.com/?p=2192#comment-1119 I have been abusing DSLRs for quite a while shooting 10.000 pictures a day to compose large stills or even assemble videos from single frames, so I've been salivating for designs like Scarlet/Epic right from the beginning. I seriously thought about renting a Red One for a project I did in February but the people familiar with the camera told me that they wouldn't use ISOs of 800 and higher for "looks" at best. I knew I needed 2000 to 2500 ASA so I stayed with my Nikon D3. And this seems to be the catch, here: Still photographers today are offered useable ultra-high sensitivities by the Canons and Nikons and while I'd really, really love to have a full frame full resolution camera with video frame rates and no mechanical mirror and shutter flapping around in front of the sensor I won't compromize on the low-light image quality I've come to expect. If "Super clean images at ISO 500" was meant to be an enthusiastic endorsment it felt like a bucket of cold water to me. I know it's great at movie shutter times but even in bright daylight a still photographer needs something like ISO 2000 when shooting moving people with a telephoto lens at 1/4000s. So high sensitivity might be the real battle ground for the convergence of still and moving picture. Let's hope the RED people have some more tricks up theirs sleeves. I have been abusing DSLRs for quite a while shooting 10.000 pictures a day to compose large stills or even assemble videos from single frames, so I’ve been salivating for designs like Scarlet/Epic right from the beginning. I seriously thought about renting a Red One for a project I did in February but the people familiar with the camera told me that they wouldn’t use ISOs of 800 and higher for “looks” at best. I knew I needed 2000 to 2500 ASA so I stayed with my Nikon D3. And this seems to be the catch, here: Still photographers today are offered useable ultra-high sensitivities by the Canons and Nikons and while I’d really, really love to have a full frame full resolution camera with video frame rates and no mechanical mirror and shutter flapping around in front of the sensor I won’t compromize on the low-light image quality I’ve come to expect. If “Super clean images at ISO 500″ was meant to be an enthusiastic endorsment it felt like a bucket of cold water to me. I know it’s great at movie shutter times but even in bright daylight a still photographer needs something like ISO 2000 when shooting moving people with a telephoto lens at 1/4000s. So high sensitivity might be the real battle ground for the convergence of still and moving picture. Let’s hope the RED people have some more tricks up theirs sleeves.

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