Red has just released the beta firmware version 4.0, and they say it’s a game changer. We’re not running it in our cameras yet (we never send out our cameras with a beta build), but it looks like it’s going to make a lot of people happy:
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS BUILD V3.3.14:
- Added Pre-Record
- Added Time Lapse
- Added Record Ramp
- Added Vertical Monitor Flip
- Added Vertical and Horizontal UI Flip/Mirror
- Added Custom Overlay
- Added Power Save Modes
- Added User selectable 1:1 zoom
- Added Selectable LCD Frequency
- Added Import/Export user cal maps
- Added Calibration warnings for exposure and temperature
- Added Luma Ramp Test Pattern
- Added Pro IO and Monitor Audio Mixer
- Added internal frame summing for long exposures
- Added internal frame averaging capability (noise reduction)
- Added REDmote Auto Pairing
- Added +1 Support
- Added pluge pattern to SMPTE bars
- Updated UI control look/feel
- Separate Audio Channel Setup
- Calibration capture speed-up
- Improved RAW metering
- Target exposure time support (behaves like redcode now)
- Enhanced AF
We’ll let you know as soon as it becomes a release build, and will have it installed ASAP.