Can you afford to shoot a day of 4K Footage on a RED Scarlet?
Firstly is is a bargain compared to the Canon C300, right?
Well not exactly.
As Phil points out for $9k you just get a box, you have to spend $14k to get a package that you can just about shoot with.
Then the batteries...oh my word, why more people are not talking about this is beyond me.
They last a pitifully short period of time, 35mins in standby according to Phil.
Yes, thats right folks 35 wonderful minutes
At least you get 2 of them I suppose in the $14k kit.
But if you want to shoot for more than an hour you will need more.
Phil needs 12 to get him through a days shooting
That is $2350.
A BP975 battery lasts 305 mins in a Canon C300.
Storage.
Oh my word this is where it gets really eye watering.
To quote Phil again
'To be honest on all my Epic shoots I have come close to filling up all 4 of my 128gb SSD cards, never running out, but close. If I shot a feature doc on them for sure I would run out, unless I compressed the redcode to the max. Each one of those cards costs $1800. Yes, you don’t need that many for some shoots, but unless you have someone on hand to offload for you during the shoot, you are playing with fire not having enough cards. It will grind your production to a halt and cost you time!'
4 of those cards is almost $8000!!! That has bumped the price up rather!!
You have to be pretty set to shoot at 4K to follow this through.
I don't doubt that some people DO need 4k and this could be the camera for you, but I think it would be wise to not fall in love with a spec sheet and go into the purchase with your eyes wide open.