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"RED serial number badges," or, "Will I get totally geeked-out for NAB2007?"

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"RED serial number badges," or, "Will I get totally geeked-out for NAB2007?"

How geeked out will I be if I wear a homemade badge with my RED serial number proudly displayed at this year's NAB? Nothing on the badge except a HUGE four-digit number (in red, of course). . . How do ya think that'll play with the ladies?

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"I'm going to get a Red...but tonight I want a pink"

That's your line man :-)
 
yeah, and to catch even more attention please wear red jumpsuit with your huge number on a back that will work for sure! :D ;)
 
Ralph you inspired me to wear a T-shirt with my number to NAB - I think that its a great idea
 
Good idea!
 
The T-shirt is somehow a lot less geeky than a homemade badge.
 
ericyoung said:
The T-shirt is somehow a lot less geeky than a homemade badge.
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That said the T-shirt does rank pretty high on the GEEK-O-METER, just the badge is off the charts in comparison.
 
Hmmm...a relativist (?) is in the room! :D
 
It seems the "Ladies" in Vegas don't care what you wear as long as the platinum American Express card is taped to your forehead.

I like the t-shirt idea but might make one unwelcomed in other manufacturers' booths, eh?
 
sharkguy said:
I like the t-shirt idea but might make one unwelcomed in other manufacturers' booths, eh?
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They won't even know what the number means. Everybody's in denial. And when RED does ship, and people start making great images that blow everyone away with it--they won't even know what bit them in the ass so hard. The nay-sayers won't have even have seen it coming. Heard another stupid story, told second-hand, from some film DP guy today:

Sound Recordist to Film DP Guy: "So what do you think about this new RED camera?"
Film DP Guy: "Well, RED just won't have the latitude of the Dalsa. The Dalsa has 12 stops of latitude; RED only has XX stops."

Well, golly gee f-----g whiz! Lemme see . . . I could RENT (never buy, 'cause they're not for sale) a Dalsa Origin with a single zoom lens for $18,000, and be able to shoot for FIVE WHOLE rental days, or I could OWN a RED ONE and shoot whatever I want, whenever I want, at whatever frame rate I want, with virtually ANY lens I want (including that huge PILE of Nikkors that I ALREADY OWN), for the rest of my life, all for just the price of renting a Dalsa for a few days. Hmmmm . . . Don't you just love it?
 
Ralph I know what you mean...

I mentioned to a DP that I was AC'ing for that I had a Red reservation and he just laughed at me.

He who laughs last...?
 
Yeah, I know! So, I go talk to this other DP on a some big TV show that's shooting with four F900s, and I go, "So what do you think of this new RED camera? He's a DP on an all-HDCAM set, so I thought he may have at least SOME awareness of RED. And he answers, "Well, I'm more excited about getting one of those Sony V1s!" Huh? HUH? WAKE THE F--K UP, HOLLYWOOD! READY OR NOT, HERE COMES RED!!!
 
Ralph Oshiro said:
They won't even know what the number means. Everybody's in denial. And when RED does ship, and people start making great images that blow everyone away with it--they won't even know what bit them in the ass so hard. The nay-sayers won't have even have seen it coming. Heard another stupid story, told second-hand, from some film DP guy today:

Sound Recordist to Film DP Guy: "So what do you think about this new RED camera?"
Film DP Guy: "Well, RED just won't have the latitude of the Dalsa. The Dalsa has 12 stops of latitude; RED only has XX stops."

Well, golly gee f-----g whiz! Lemme see . . . I could RENT (never buy, 'cause they're not for sale) a Dalsa Origin with a single zoom lens for $18,000, and be able to shoot for FIVE WHOLE rental days, or I could OWN a RED ONE and shoot whatever I want, whenever I want, at whatever frame rate I want, with virtually ANY lens I want (including that huge PILE of Nikkors that I ALREADY OWN), for the rest of my life, all for just the price of renting a Dalsa for a few days. Hmmmm . . . Don't you just love it?
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Kind of puts everything in perspective, doesn't it...
 
Blaine said:
Holy Shit!!! Ralph, have you got TWO RED reservations?!? OMG!!!
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No, I'm cheating! It's my friend and business partner's reservation number--the one I talked into reserving at the last minute. He never goes on the Internet, so I thought I could "claim" his number.
 
I think there should be a slogan for NAB, and people can put it on whatever they like; T-shirt, cap, flask - along with their number. It'd be fun to see people sending in images of others they spot displaying it somehow. Maybe even a prize for the most original use of the slogan. Reading this thread what about:

"XXXX the naysayers - #445"

Bring on the suggestions, I think it'd be fun.
 
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