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Best use of Varicam or F900 after you buy a RED?

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They really wouldn't even be good for behind the scenes docs, because they are too bulky. You could get a Canon HV20 for a grand, and it's like ten times lighter and easier to use. Plus the HV20 has higher resolution than the Varicam. :)
 
If you own at least one, write them off to charitable organizations. Depreciation will bring a Varicam package down quite a ways, and its value often pushes former owners to the limit (as a side example, I was offered $500 the other day for my GY-HD100; ~160 drum hours plus Anton Bauer kit). You can probably get some type of value for the write-off, which can certainly go to your Red investment. Just a thought.

Have you tried Green Sheet in Minneapolis?
 
"there's a sucker born every minute"

"there's a sucker born every minute"

Make it an exhibit at the Smithsonian... under "it seemed like a good idea at the time..."

Or maybe the PT Barnum Museum under "there's a sucker born every minute"

Or in the RED Museum - "R.I.P - Like fish in a barrel" exhibit.

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I was thinking use it as a club for the whack-a-mole game. But it might be too heavy for that...

It sucks because theres no bottle opener on an F900. They weren't thinking ahead.
 
Yeah I think they should have built more features into the F900 to make sure it would never be totally obsolete. Like let's say you stuck a toilet paper holder on the side of the camera and right next to that you had a bottle opener feature, when the heck are those two things going to be obsolete?! Not for a long freakin' time!

Maybe on the other side it could have a compass, those can always be useful, and perhaps a little compartment you can open and close to fit your keys or loose change. With all of these little features, not only would the F900 have made a great camera when it came out, it would have had a solid retirement plan, too.

Look at the picture Tom posted. See this is what happens when you don't plan for retirement. ;)
 
So what exactly are we pissed out about the F900? I actually wanted to buy one when I saw the DVD but I just couldn't afford it..

Oh now I know..I think we all hate Sony and co. for selling us overpriced cameras..or?
 
Our Varicam will replace our rear view camera we use when backing up the Grip truck to the generator. A DVCPRO HD rear view mirror, if you will.
 
Give the camera to a good person who has a good story to tell, who has the skills to tell it?

After that person's first movie is a hit, then they can use Red for their second one?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
They don't put old DPs in the dumpster do they? No they have a very nice retirement facility in Woodland Hills. I'm willing to provide a nice place here in semi rural Oregon for all the F900s out there. There is also plenty of room for 65mm, 35mm, VistaVision and other archaic forms of media recorders. Lets not forget early (no older then mdl. 3As) Steadicams. Also any related support equipment (gearheads, 10x Cooke, Angenieux etc. zooms and pre T1.3 Zeiss primes) These elder statesmen of the industry deserve this and they will be lovingly cared for.
 
You could try the ASC clubhouse... then again they might not want it.
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I like this idea, it could be fashioned into a trophy with a plaque that reads; In recognition of your visionary and extraordinary nay saying of the Red camera project in its early stages of development.
 
jlaurili, if you are in the market for a high-end doorstop, i can sell you a really fancy looking brick for $1.50 :)
 
Bruce Allen said:
Give the camera to a good person who has a good story to tell, who has the skills to tell it?

After that person's first movie is a hit, then they can use Red for their second one?
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I second that. Why are we bashing good cameras?
 
I don't think anyone here is bashing the F900 in seriousness, come on, lighten up! Some people really cannot see a joke if it runs up and bites them in the butt.
 
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