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Once you’ve purchased your Red Digital Cinema camera, you’re eager to get out there and start shooting… Many simply insert the media, format the RedMag and roll!  This procedure does ‘work,’ and it may work well for a while.  However, we’ve established a much more solid framework and procedure set for your data security and field troubleshooting. You’ll immediately notice that you have a few distinct options when you go to format your media.  You’ll notice there are two boxes in the main Menu > Media > Device page:  “Format Media” and “Utilities.”  Selecting “format media” allows the operator to format...

The motion picture camera manufacturing business moves at a frenetic pace.  It’s extremely hard to keep up with the “latest and greatest cameras.”  2017 is destined to be the year of 8K.  That’s right, read it again, 8k.  I know what many are thinking:  “What do you mean 8K?  We’re still at 1080, and we’re just now thinking about moving to 4K?” Other phrases I hear often are:  “The human eye can’t see beyond 4K, so this is a waste!  When will it stop?” or “This race for resolution is ridiculous!” The truth of the matter is, this is not...

We've all been there... you have a beautiful "looking" shot, but the location is in a "noisy" environment. "Back in the day", this meant you had to move your location to something more suitable for cleaner audio. (I guess if we're being honest, this is still preferable, but sometimes you are stuck with your location, and you just have to roll with it...) So what are your options?  For starters, mic placement is always important.  You want to get your mic as close to your subject as you can, without being in the shot, if it’s a boom microphone.  If your client...