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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Bad news...

Any word on the parts affecting the Scarlet? I know there will be a big update for Scarlet at NAB but any news or update is good. The Epic and Scarlet could come out 2 years from now and I have faith they will be the best cameras in their price range( and even higher than their price range). This is something RED couldn't avoid, just something RED will overcome. I liked the idea I read earlier about raising the price a bit on some items with some of the proceeds going to Japan.
 
Jannard said:
Life is short. Put yourself in a position doing what you were meant to do. Expect curveballs. They come. Do your best and take the consequences. I guess I am talking to myself...
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These could easily be my own words, and are more relevant to me than I would sometimes like them to be.


Jannard said:
Life is full of obstacles. They never end. The ones the get past them have the richest life.
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The bottom line is getting past the doubt when the challenges appear insurmountable.


Jannard said:
The balance in the world is much more delicate than we could ever imagine. A camera? A life?
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Indeed it is of the highest level of humanity to think of others more than yourself.

I am still in shock when I think of what is happening in Japan, and although many thousands of miles away, the human connection is undeniable. As is the economic system and ecosystem of planet earth.
 
Jannard said:
I have to say, quite candidly, that there are days when I wonder if this is all worth it. The pain of pushing the limits. Doing something that no others would attempt. Tonight was it for me.

Then I went and turned on my EPIC. I needed to. Therapy. I picked it up and held it. I set it to 5K 2.4:1 at 120fps. I looked closely at the Matte box. Then the quick release. And the touchscreen... then I was OK.

Life is full of obstacles. They never end. The ones the get past them have the richest life.

I consider myself lucky.

Jim
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Jim, you deseve so much... Don't worry, be happy, we all will be happy when ever our EPIC's arrive.
Take care, and see you at NAB
 
thanks for caring so much Jim. We are all nothing without our health. Please take a chill pill and thank the universe for the delays.

She wants you to remember your vacation after NAB ;)

This nuclear situation in Japan is far worse than they are letting on... 100,000 times normal radiation at times = instant hemorraghing and death
no time to die from Thyroid cancer. All about PERSPECTIVE.

I'd love an "M" now... but right now Im more worried about your health. This company doesn't work with you in the hospital.
 
Shit Happens!


I do have one question though. Why make more Epic-M instead of getting every Epic-X you can out the door and into customers hands. Why divert parts that could be used for Epic-X? Use your current inventory to get as many Epic-Xs out as you can and then have a delay until you get more parts from Japan. That way everyone is happy.


Dusty
 
Hey Jim, I hope you get a good night's sleep and wake up fresh and ready for a new day today. Life throws us curveballs all the time, and this one was one of the curviest, so to speak. In the grand scheme of things, having to wait for an Epic or Scarlet a little longer is nothing compared to the massive loss of life and total destruction that has already occurred in Japan. The scale of the devastation is truly mind boggling, and, really, overwhelming.

As a company, your baby RED has jumped through some high hurdles to get to this point. What's another obstacle, this close to the finish line? I'm sure you all fee like you're running on fumes there at RED, with NAB being what you hoped to be the finish line. All you can do is keep innovating and keep going over, under, or around those obstacles. What would life be without challenges? Empty.

I admire the openness that you have nurtured here, Jim. I feel blessed that my own employer is a very open and progressive firm. Stodgy, unresponsive, stuck in their ways corporations (and governments, as we're seeing in the Middle East and North Africa) are going to find it hard to compete in a world where information is everywhere, competition is unavoidable, and innovation is king. Whether you intended to be or not, you're in the vanguard of this worldwide revolution with what you've done with RED. It's an exciting time to be alive. (Isn't it always, though?)
 
Thanks for the candid update Jim.
Take care of your health, you need it ;-)

We've waited this long and have an amazing REDONE to work with which still blows anything else out there.

My prayers are with Japan and it's people.
 
Dustin Cross said:
Shit Happens!


I do have one question though. Why make more Epic-M instead of getting every Epic-X you can out the door and into customers hands. Why divert parts that could be used for Epic-X? Use your current inventory to get as many Epic-Xs out as you can and then have a delay until you get more parts from Japan. That way everyone is happy.


Dusty
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Maybe it's best to just sit back and let the captain drive the ship; there's ample evidence he knows how to run a business...

The fact that RED are considering filling -X orders by shipping -M cameras (which seems to be what Jim said) leads me to guess that the components affected must be the -X castings; AFAIK (and I know bugger all) the cameras are otherwise identical. Think about it: they can make -Ms, but they have a problem making -Xs. What's the difference? Machined vs. cast...

I could be talking BS of course, and maybe there are other undisclosed difference between the cameras - prototype vs. production boards, or different sources for bulk vs. small run ASICs etc. - very relevant to manufacture but nothing the customer needs to know - which would explain it.

And, let me thank Jim for his words concerning the people attempting to mitigate the reactor accidents; I'm a hazmat tech as well as a fireman, I'm trained for such work myself, and my Japanese brothers have been much in my thoughts of late.

Mike
 
What if the event in Japan had happened to California?... to RED HQ specifically?

The one thing we have here in America is a can-do attitude. If RED, or any other corporation in the U.S. had been dealt the blow that happened in Japan, they would have searched for survivors, mourned the dead, and started figuring out ways to get supplies out to their customers.

I believe the Japanese business sector has adopted this same can-do mentality. Because of this, I hold out hope that the needed parts will soon be flying out of Japan and then helicoptered to the assembly plant in Irvine where a team of RED specialists will meet it and offload it with great urgency and will gurney the parts to the line where technicians will be standing alongside unfinished cameras, ready to complete the process of assembly. From there the cameras will be taken by armored cars with police... nay... with military escorts, sirens blaring, to the tarmac where Jim's private plane awaits. From that point on, it's just a matter of criss-crossing the globe, refueling in the air, and landing at airports worldwide, stopping only long enough to hand the cameras off to waiting couriers with handcuffed boxes.

I'm just sayin'... make sure you keep RED apprised of your whereabouts!
 
Mike 'Fireman' Ross said:
The fact that RED are considering filling -X orders by shipping -M cameras (which seems to be what Jim said)
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I didn't read it like that. If Jim is talking about shipping M cameras to people in line for stage 2 at stage 2 price, then I say hell yes. Ship cameras to the people who got onboard a few years ago when this was all vaporware and are still in line.
 
That does it for me. This has taken too long for sure. Surely I can find a better product... ;) Just kiddin' this is like a mariage: for better or worse.
 
that's not really a bad new, except for your health
you guys should use this delay, to rest a little...

epic is coming anyway, few weeks, or month,
won't kill potencial client, there nothing outhere that match your work
 
Jim,

Don't lose spirit. We have waited for this camera for a while, but we are loyal, and more than that, we can wait for such a great piece of equipment.

All your loyal clients in Japan will patiently wait, and so will the world.

I hope that someday in the near future I will be able to film Northern Japan with my Epic X, as I intend to go back up there again to film a documentary, but if I have to wait, I won't complain. And I don't think anybody with half a brain or heart would complain either.

Keep the faith. It will happen. We are with you Red.

Ivan
 
Dustin Cross said:
I didn't read it like that. If Jim is talking about shipping M cameras to people in line for stage 2 at stage 2 price, then I say hell yes. Ship cameras to the people who got onboard a few years ago when this was all vaporware and are still in line.
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It is more like Epic-M camera for Epic-M prices, for those early adaptors who need the features of the EPIC now. It is a service RED provides, but expecting them to pay the premium themselves is at best wishful thinking.
 
You're doing a great job RED, and try not to sweat it Jim. S**t happens, and when you're cooking bars of fried GOLD like you guys, sometimes it needs to stay in the oven for another ten minutes. Make it extra crispy!!! I'm hungry!
 
Jim, Jared, and red user members = A good reminder than this industry is about the people and not just business.

People who are only into the business will fail to understand and stay RED.
 
Elsie N said:
What if the event in Japan had happened to California?... to RED HQ specifically?

The one thing we have here in America is a can-do attitude. If RED, or any other corporation in the U.S. had been dealt the blow that happened in Japan, they would have searched for survivors, mourned the dead, and started figuring out ways to get supplies out to their customers.

I believe the Japanese business sector has adopted this same can-do mentality. Because of this, I hold out hope that the needed parts will soon be flying out of Japan and then helicoptered to the assembly plant in Irvine where a team of RED specialists will meet it and offload it with great urgency and will gurney the parts to the line where technicians will be standing alongside unfinished cameras, ready to complete the process of assembly. From there the cameras will be taken by armored cars with police... nay... with military escorts, sirens blaring, to the tarmac where Jim's private plane awaits. From that point on, it's just a matter of criss-crossing the globe, refueling in the air, and landing at airports worldwide, stopping only long enough to hand the cameras off to waiting couriers with handcuffed boxes.

I'm just sayin'... make sure you keep RED apprised of your whereabouts!
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What you are saying is not humourous and I find it offensive. People in Northen Japan are dead and dying every minute and parts for Red are not priority. We, meaning all members of this group from around the world should be doing whatever we can in our local communities to help. This severity of this disaster in Japan will take decades to recover from and could very well render areas inhabitable for tens of decades.
I could say more but I won't .
Brian
 
Well Jim I know that anything worth while comes with much effort... I know when ford was building the model-T they said it couldn't be done but he pressed on and look where we are today.

Two quotes that have HELPED ME:

"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."

and

"You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor."

It will happen Jim you haven't come this far by mere luck there's more to RED than this much more...
 
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