Real frame rates...

[Albert Armes]

Simon, that really does put things in perspective.

[Jannard]

Simon... where have you been? I need you to explain this to EVERYONE.

Thanks,

Jim

[ETCFILMS]

I remember a book publisher's website where they published a VERY long list of story ideas they don't want to see any more of! (But that endless wannabe writers thought were cool and original ideas).

This is off topic :) can you post a link to this article? I am really interested.

[Josiah Spencer]

Red is a steal.
People be real.

[J. Eric Camp]

Oh yeah.

I remember when we bought the HDFW-900's for 72k each. Thats just the back, same as the 17.5k price for the R1. Again, 1080, 4:2:2 nothing over 30p, no open shutter.

The price versus specs on all the RED camera, existing and proposed, is insane and unheard of.

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

The price versus specs on all the RED camera, existing and proposed, is insane and unheard of.

True. :watsup:

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

The price versus specs on all the RED camera, existing and proposed, is insane and unheard of.

I couldnt agree more.
I never thought or even dreamed of buying something like this. Now that I have, I feel confident of my investment. The sole fact that you can discuss things on this forum with everyone from red makes the community something out of the ordinary. :love:
Jim might get frustrated that people start lobbying for their own sake, unfortunately I dont see how thats going to stop over time, this community is gonna get bigger and bigger as sales improve and probably that stuff will happen more often. I dont want to spoil the party, I just want to be prepared on how to read the board and get the best of it.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

When I bought a DigiBetaEquipment years ago, that costs me around 200'000 $ with HybridRecorder to put an image on the screen and around 4 years to pay the money back. My two REDs wins already money after some month, with pictures I have 30 years dreamed of. THIS IS A REAL REVOLUTION indead. And by the way: don't think, that the clients don't recognize the better quality of the image... and the easier workflow compared to 35mm film.

[REDneck]

When I bought a DigiBetaEquipment years ago, that costs me around 200'000 $ with HybridRecorder to put an image on the screen and around 4 years to pay the money back. My two REDs wins already money after some month, with pictures I have 30 years dreamed of. THIS IS A REAL REVOLUTION indead. And by the way: don't think, that the clients don't recognize the better quality of the image... and the easier workflow compared to 35mm film.

woah woah... you went too far... i agreed with you up until 'the easier workflow' part. the film workflow is easy, it's just expensive.

[Mark Pugh]

Some people need perspective. In the UK a Sony HDW-F900R is around £43,000 - yes that's GBP! No high frame rates, only HD res. No upgrade possible, ever. Timelapse optional, slow shutter optional.
If you make any money in video at all I think there's a camera to suit in the RED range. If you're a stills person ONLY that's not quite the same, but if you do stills as well as video then you're laughing.

You're missing something - Red imagery is far far superior to an F900.