Red: New Scarlet Camera Coming

Scarlet, being titled as the "Pocket Professional Digital Cinema Camera" has been announced on the Red site. Details are extremely slim at the moment, with only a promise that the camera, or at the very least some details of the camera, will be released at the NAB convention in Las Vegas in April.

What is assumed is that the camera will use the same sensor as the Red One camera, and is hoped to include 4K image aquisition. The new camera is thought to be released to directly compete with the new Sony HDCAM EX1, so should fall in a similar price range and will probably include a fixed or included zoom lens.

This is very good news, because although the Red One camera is much cheaper than all other comparable cameras, the $17.5K price tag becomes a lot steeper once you factor in all the accessories and components needed to run the camera to a desirable level, for instance lenses, batteries, media, viewfinder/lcd screen and tripod mount. The Scarlet camera would fit the assumably large gap of people interested in the Red One camera that simply cannot afford its ~$30K inclusive price.

Guess we will wait to see what happens, but if a relatively cheap quality 4K camera is released by the Red company, it has the possibility of entirely changing the film world.