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Donavan Sell

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After being on the list for quite sometime now and talking to the guys at the red booth at nab.
I am seriously doubting the epic will make it to market any time soon.
I really wanted to hear good news from the guys at nab but all I got was a bunch of " I can't say" or " I don't know's"
So cmon Red get your act together and start making what you have been promising for the price you promised.
I am not paying extra $ to get a M, I just want what was promised a year ago to come to market already.
 
Donavan Sell said:
After being on the list for quite sometime now and talking to the guys at the red booth at nab.
I am seriously doubting the epic will make it to market any time soon.
I really wanted to hear good news from the guys at nab but all I got was a bunch of " I can't say" or " I don't know's"
So cmon Red get your act together and start making what you have been promising for the price you promised.
I am not paying extra $ to get a M, I just want what was promised a year ago to come to market already.
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I am sure you are frustrated, and justifiably so, but have you not been reading the news lately?
 
Jim, Jarred and the gang have no upside to delaying Epic. They would love it they could ship 1000 Epic-X's tomorrow. Circumstances way beyond anyone imagination causes that to be impossible.

Having shot with 7 Epics for the past 5 months I can tell you to be patient and wait. It is an amazing product.

If you cannot wait, sell your house and order a Sony F65. good camera....

Cheers,

Peter
 
Donavan Sell said:
I just want what was promised a year ago to come to market already.
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Maybe I missed something, but I'm pretty sure Red has never promised anything. Canon, Sony, Panasonic all go through these same delays as Red when delivering a product. The difference is that you usually never know about it. If Apple had announced the iPhone when they drew up their first prototypes, we would have been "waiting around" for the iPhone to be released for almost a decade.

That said, I'm just as frustrated as you about the delays, simply because it's an AMAZING camera that I really want, as do many of us here. The time will come, we just have to be patient...
 
I was at NAB too, and the guys at RED told me there was nothing more they wanted than to be able to deliver all EPIC's as soon as possible, and that the production line was ready to start, but that all that was missing were some parts that come from Japan, and as we all know, Japan just can not deliver at the moment. But they did say they were trying to source those parts from other suppliers, and as soon as they did have them in stock, they would start producing EPIC's and at a fast rate. So, even though I am one of the last on the stage 2 line, I should get mine by the end of summer or sooner.
 
the great thing about epic M is that you get 4 ssd cards and a Bomb evf in that bundle.
dont know if japan has any effect on bomb evfs and ssd cards. does somebody know?
edit: i have ssd cards on order but doesnt want them now, i want them along with Epic :)
 
Jannard said:
The situation in Japan has affected us, along with the rest of the industry. We are like ants looking for an alternate route to the sugar. It is affecting EPIC-X and Scarlet 8X the most. We can't give specific dates because we are in line for parts from alternate suppliers along with everyone else. We do know that we are sitting here with a ton of inventory of parts and pieces ready to roll and the latest it could possibly be to get EPIC-X in production is June. We are trying for sooner. Even if we begin production in June, we think we can clear all orders by end of summer.
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Subject to change of course, but this is a little more reassuring.
 
Donavan Sell said:
After being on the list for quite sometime now and talking to the guys at the red booth at nab.
I am seriously doubting the epic will make it to market any time soon.
I really wanted to hear good news from the guys at nab but all I got was a bunch of " I can't say" or " I don't know's"
So cmon Red get your act together and start making what you have been promising for the price you promised.
I am not paying extra $ to get a M, I just want what was promised a year ago to come to market already.
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I have a strong feeling that this post is exactly what was needed to solve the production delays.

:sarcasm:
 
My personal issue is that I have someone who wants to buy my RED - and I told them I would sell it not long after NAB when I get my Epic-X. I'm not too far down the list. Now it's delayed due to uncontrollable circumstances. But they still want the camera now, but I'm not "allowed" to sell it to them, or I lose the Stage 2 reservation that I have. Great.
 
Hi Donovan,

Good to see you on here.
Try to think of missed delivery dates as part of the fun.
Want some delicious Kool-aid ?

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com
 
For a quick summary of how the disaster in Japan is impacting tech production here's a link to a commentary by Thom Hogan (of Nikon fame/infamy ;~)) . Scroll down to the April 16 "Camera World Still Shaking" article. http://www.bythom.com/index.htm

RED (I think wisely) will not be releasing any specifics, promises or projections regarding production, but you can easily infer that ALL tech production (including those 18 parts) in Japan is impacted by the lack of reliable power. What's encouraging is that even competitors like Honda and Toyota realize they will need to cooperate in the power rationing - they are placing long term needs of the nation's economy above corporate competition for petty short-term advantage. In fact, I will not be surprised at all if this summer hundreds of millions of Japanese decide to turn off the AC and sweat out the summer so that the factories have the power needed to keep running.
 
Peter Lyons Collister said:
Jim, Jarred and the gang have no upside to delaying Epic. They would love it they could ship 1000 Epic-X's tomorrow. Circumstances way beyond anyone imagination causes that to be impossible.

Having shot with 7 Epics for the past 5 months I can tell you to be patient and wait. It is an amazing product.

If you cannot wait, sell your house and order a Sony F65. good camera....

Cheers,

Peter
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How much is Sony F65?
 
The Sony price point for the F65 wil be announced closedr to fall with full specs. Have seen it and it is a nice bit of kit but will not be priced anywhere near the Epic X ......

In my humble opinion the Epic is perfect for someone like me. Small, rugged, and modular. Yesterday I was shooting VFX plates for Spiderman in 2D. So easy and could simply turn on HDRx when I needed a little help with a sky.

Believe me I wish I had my Stage 3 Epic X. But it will be worth the wait.

Peter
 
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