The cinema madness continues today – after Lomography and Canon, RED also announced their “new” Scarlet X camera. Red’s website is now back online apparently under attack, so TechCrunch made the announcement for them few minutes ago:
- completely redone design and capabilities
- will sell for $9750 and will be shipping as early as November 17th
- 4k video: 4096×2160, at up to 25FPS, or quad HD at 30
- 3K at 48fps
- 2K at 60fps
- 1K at 120fp
Specs:
| SENSOR | 14 MEGAPIXEL MYSTERIUM-X™ |
|---|---|
| PIXEL ARRAY | 5120 (h) x 2700 (v) |
| DYNAMIC RANGE | 13.5 stops, up to 18 stops with HDRx™ 6 fps with 5K FF and HDRx On 12 fps with 4K HD and HDRx™ On |
| MAX IMAGE AREA | 5120 (h) x 2700 (v) |
| LENS COVERAGE | 27.7mm (h) x 14.6mm (v) = 31.4 mm (d) |
| LENS MOUNT | Al Canon EF (PL mount optional) |
| MAX DEPTH OF FIELD | Equivalent to S35mm (Motion) / APS-H (Still) lenses |
| ACQUISITION FORMATS | 5K FF REDCODE RAW (Full Frame) 4K HD REDCODE RAW 3K HD REDCODE RAW 1080p REDCODE RAW 1K REDCODE RAW |
| PROJECT FRAME RATES | 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 47.96, 48, 50, 59.97 |
| MONITOR/PROGRAM OUTPUT | HD-SDI and HDMI with Frame Guides and Look Around or Clean Feed 1080p 4:2:2, 720p 4:2:2 SMPTE Timecode, HANC Metadata, 24-bit 48Khz Audio |
| DIGITAL MEDIA | REDMAG (SSD) Module : (64, 128, 256GB Media) |
| REDCODE™ | 16-bit RAW Processing : Compression choices of 18:1 to 3:1 1-12 fps 5K FF 1-30 fps 4K HD 1-48 fps 3K HD 1-60 fps 1080p HD 1-120 fps 1K |
| AUDIO | 2 channel, uncompressed, 24 bit, 48KHz. Optional 4 channel, and AES / EBU digital audio. |
| MONITORING OPTIONS | RED LCD 5″ Touchscreen Display BOMB EVF™ High Definition Viewfinder |
| REMOTE CONTROL | REDLINK Wireless, Ethernet, RS232, GPI Trigger |
| WEIGHT | 5lbs. Body only |
| CONSTRUCTION | Aluminum Alloy |
| COLOR | Battleship Gray Brain Body, Black Canon Mount and Side SSD, All DSMC Modules Black |
| TEMPERATURE RANGES | Operating Range: 0˚C to +40˚C (32˚F to 104˚F) Storage Range: -20˚C to +50˚C (-4˚F to 122˚F) |
