Monitors and RED Camera Info

As I mentioned before I was at the FTX west trade show and found some interesting things. I was able to visit the Sony display and have a look at their new BVM-L230 backlit LCD monitor. I had seen it at NAB this year in a darken room beside 2 other monitors but this was my first chance to really have a look at the unit and I have to say the images on that monitor are really, really nice. This is Sony’s grade A replacement for the BVM CRT and it’s definitely worth having a look at. The 23”model I was looking at was $25,000 approx CDN. Hopefully, they will be coming out with larger versions to fit into telecine bays and could be useful in grading.

Now it may not be 100% right for your application but it’s still a monitor you should check out. Another product I saw at the show and want to touch on is the Red Camera. As I’ve mentioned before I’m teaching a class on Apple’s Color on FXPHD.com, (blatant plug) and they are doing a Red course, which I’m about 8 classes into. Although I’ll never be a Cinematographer, being a Colourist goes hand in hand and it’s really important for me to learn what’s happening on set. A Colourist needs to understand how cameras work and what the crews are going through to create the images that we are going to enhance. So, feeling that my pockets were half full I went up to the Red camera booth to get more information so that I can understand what the technicians say. With technology changing so quickly now, we in the industry need to keep up by constantly training. However, that’s a whole other topic, which I’ll get into next week.