Big news...

[Fergus Meiklejohn]

I would double-up on that bet :)

I haven't read this person's negative post, and I'm not sure I want to really, since it's doubtless a lot of nonsense.. ;-) But I did think that RED the camera company and REDUSER are and should be separate things. But heyho, it's your gig :-)

[Maik Müller Menendez]

I'll make it short.

I'll miss the looks into the future, but hey, i totally understand the new policy. I always wondered how long RED is willing to talk about that kind of stuff, knowing about the woken-up competition (and of course the impatient users who always ask "when can i get it"). It will help RED, so i'm happy about it.

And hey, the NAB-announcements you've made are pretty amazing, especially RED Dragon was a big surprise for me. I never saw a sensor-upgrade-program coming after the introduction of the whole modular design. I see this as a generous gift to all EPIC-owners. That makes a few more points on the list why i love this company.

And Jim, there is no need to feel sorry about "missing" announcements or not fulfilling everyones expectations, we all know what happened and why there will be additional delays and changed plans. Of course it doesn't change my plans to buy a red...

I just know you do your best, i know it's worth waiting.

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

I hope too, it will be an insanely happy day. I can see 22,000 un-boxing videos on Youtube.

Ok Mike, is you RED officially called Eyjafjallajökull? If so can my future scarlets be Krakatau and Lengai?

Dunno how I missed this... call them what you like, so long as I get first dibs on Icelandic volcano names!

(I'm considering giving the laser engravers a real challenge by naming my EPIC, as and when, 'Þeistareykjarbunga'... )

As for Ol Doinyo Lengai, the most stunning volcano image I've ever seen is from there:




Next time that erupts I'm on the first plane to Tanzania!

Mike

[Robert Frank]

I love the openness of Red, but when it comes to this Sun Tzu art of war business shit, I trust Jim's instincts. Jim has to use whatever strategy works best. It looks like some of the other guys have taken the gloves off and declared war.

I think you are right on the money with this, pun intended.

[Wayne Morellini]

and my money is on you waiting even longer than everyone else with negative posts like this. Do you really think taking a shit in their forum is going to help the cause dude?

its just plain rude and as Jim would say... "feel free to start your own digital cinema company delivering this kind of innovation and lets see how you do"

Sounds fine, not particularly rude, but what he must realise is they might have started dragon years ago and intended to release it at last years nab, in which case it might be out in time for next years nab ;) .

Announce intentions but wait until the end is in sight before annoucing schedule. might be a good moto/sig.

Actually, a better announcement style might be saying things like "Not this year". That should palate some people in the community, to concentrate on present products. Saying this year or next only creates expectation.

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Communicating and giving out critical competitive info prematurely are two different things.

Jim

Indeed. I'm sure we'll have advanced warning when new stuff is coming out and how and when to get it. Would suck to be the guy that slept in on the morning of the Scarlet announcement only to find they are all sold out by the afternoon! LOL!