I have a hunch that the one thing that really held the Scarlet development back was autofocus. The original Scarlet was 2/3rd's sensor, fixed lens w/ autofocus for $3.5K.

This camera is still on the brochure, but it's not going to be their first Scarlet release. I have to think that autofocus is very complicated, esp for moving subjects. It's also constantly being tweaked, improved, rethought. I think it may be a technology that just proved too much for Red at this time. Just a guess.

I think Red is a long way from releasing a fixed lens Scarlet. They would need to support the unwashed masses in post production. They would be nuts to do that at this point.

Jarred (sp?) said a couple days ago that the Epic for current Red owners is first. It seems to me they would take care of all the big screen DP demand first. That would be epics, and that would seem to take a long time.

If I'm right about inexpensive scarlet, those users will have more choices from other companies next years.

Smple Red Footage
 

Any suggestion where I can download some Raw Red footage to try with Vegas 9. Thanks