With the introduction of the RED V-Raptor [X] and the Global Vision enabled by the global shutter sensor, RED Digital Cinema might start a race for high-end cameras that are armed with global shutter sensors. Once again, RED revolutionizes filmmaking.
Although global shutter sensors are not new, it seems that cinema camera manufacturers have reduced their R&D on them, focusing on rolling shutter sensors to bring cinema-quality imagery. There was a thought/claim, that global shutter sensors suffer from impaired dynamic range, and thus offer limitations in picture quality. Filmmakers were eager for global shutter sensors when shooting their videos in DSLR bodies. Eliminating the awful and noticeable jello artifacts resulting from basic camera movements was defined as a wish. At that point, a global shutter camera would be like a life vest for action sports cinematography. But it was impossible (or too expensive) to develop a video camera that owns a global shutter sensor that produces great imagery like the rolling shutter. Hence, filmmakers (and audiences ) have developed a stamina for jello images, especially in fast camera movement. Those rolling shutter artifacts started to look like natural defects.
