Calling Red's bluff

[M.Halsell]

Actually surprised this thread lasted thru the day without being closed. Reads pretty close to adolescence.

 

[Zeb B]

Sorry, I can't bring myself to read this entire thread -- far too pointless. o forgive me if this question has even been raised.

Why would there particularly be any issue at all with RED getting Scarlet out? They told everybody the origins of the camera -- it is a simplified version of the EPIC, essentially using mostly common parts and a few that were not capable of the EPIC spec but were fine for what they determined for Scarlet. I'm sure they did that determination based on what they were finding from the QC from the parts coming out of fab. So other than a couple of body panels, silkscreening and some firmware structuring, why would anyone think there is a conspiracy holding back the shipping of Scarlet cameras? They already know they have the parts. Do you really think the conspiracy is that they made up this story? It's a hell of a thing for a company to even state that they received parts not up to a spec but they found a different way to use them -- most lay-people would assume not to spec parts go in trash bins. Are you seriously accusing RED of concockting this tale and then delivering Tonaci an EPIC with some stuff switched off just so they could counter Canon? "Hey we have these EPICs we could sell right now to people on a list for three times more, but instead let's switch off a bunch of functions, call it Scarlet and sell it for much LESS money then we could be making!"

I know Jim Jannard knows a lot more about making money than I will ever pretend to, but somehow this doesn't strike me as the way he made his billions.

Hey Mitch,

Love your work and involvement in the industry. Thank you for all you do. AbleCine is a great company.

-Josh

 

[Mitch Gross]

Hey Mitch,

Love your work and involvement in the industry. Thank you for all you do. AbleCine is a great company.

-Josh

Thanks, now THERE'S a worthwhile post! :-D