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Hey, Congrats John! I just got back from a feature shoot with the SI-2K and everything worked beautifully.
I have to chime in and say that I also think the SI is more film-like. I have a Red as well and we just shot a music video with it on Saturday. The image is nice on the Red, to be sure, and I wish I could articulate what it is that bothers me, but on my own stuff I use the SI, and if I had to shoot my own feature tomorrow, it would be with the SI.
I definitely think resolution isn't everything. Latitude and the amount and quality of the compression of the "RAW" image are more important, I think.
As far as DOF goes, whenever we wanted to blow out the background with the SI we simply threw on a 35mm. We had Zeiss primes and a Zeiss zoom, and we never had a problem obtaining a shallow DOF. On the Red shoot the other day, focus was more shallow, but practically speaking, it only made focus a chore. The super 16 DOF is just about perfect for me. Sometimes I think people are knee-jerking from their experience trying to get ANY shallow DOF on prosumer 1/3 inch cameras. --- my 2 cents.
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