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New Wired magazine has a hot article about RED and JJ

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While waiting in a very slow pharmacy(1.5 hours of my life gone in Tom Thumb), I picked up the latest Wired magazine to find a full length article on our favorite camera and founder. It's a multi-page article with photos and a most positive viewpoint.

Much of it, I already knew from this site over the past 2 years, but there was some new information as well.

Check it out, you won't be disappointed.
 
Is it a good article?

Jim
 
A very good article. Implies that the Red could be the first camera to replace (analog) film. That and the following quote may open the flood gates. "Director Doug Liman used a Red on Jumper" But all in all, quite a write up.

Interesting times,

bob
 
Baab said:
That and the following quote may open the flood gates. "Director Doug Liman used a Red on Jumper"
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well, it's true :) does the article imply that footage made it into the final cut?
 
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll pick up a copy and see. I hope the article makes it onto their website soon too.

Graeme
 
Baab said:
A very good article. Implies that the Red could be the first camera to replace (analog) film.

I love my Red camera but the first camera to replace film was the Panavision Genesis. It's expensive and big and only 1080p but many Hollywood films have shot with the Genesis.

Red didn't start but will accelerate the move to digital.
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I'll check out the Wired issue for sure, but I still want to plug the August Issue of HDVideoPro, too. They have a great, 'progressive' article by Mike Goedecke in it on the RED ONE from pre to post, along with IR filter questions and answers specific to the RED ONE in another article.

As a relative newcomer, waiting in line, I learned more than I could have asked for, and it put many puzzle pieces into place for me. RED's on cover!
 
estebanred said:
The Genesis wouldnt replace film at all my friend. Its a TV camera not a cinema camera. Wonder what the difference is?
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everyone (including many of us here) seem to have different definition of "replacing film". for me, film was replaced practically by dv cams 10 years ago because studios began funding scripts, projecting digitally and distributing "films" that were shot digitally on dv. of course there are film hold-outs that will never agree that film will ever be replaced by anything digital. god love 'em.
 
Digital isn't replacing film, it's displacing film. Film will always be. Just as I still listen to vinyl records on tube amps, film will always be, although vastly displaced in number.

Graeme
 
I'm lovin' it, just like a lot of far-from-perfect 16mm films from the '60's! And as for today, perfect polish has it's flaws, too....
 
estebanred said:
The Genesis wouldnt replace film at all my friend. Its a TV camera not a cinema camera. Wonder what the difference is?
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So I guess Superman Returns, Flyboys, Click, Déjà Vu, Apocalypto, Reign O’er Me, Grind House, Lookout, Next, The Ferryman, Balls of Fury, Condemned, Slipstream, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, I Know Who Killed Me, 21, Walk Hard, Get Smart, The Other Boleyn Girl,... are TV and not movies.
 
Sergei said:
So I guess Superman Returns, Flyboys, Click, Déjà Vu, Apocalypto, Reign O’er Me, Grind House, Lookout, Next, The Ferryman, Balls of Fury, Condemned, Slipstream, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, I Know Who Killed Me, 21, Walk Hard, Get Smart, The Other Boleyn Girl,... are TV and not movies.
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Of course, didn't you know????

:)

G
 
Sergei said:
So I guess Superman Returns, Flyboys, Click, Déjà Vu, Apocalypto, Reign O’er Me, Grind House, Lookout, Next, The Ferryman, Balls of Fury, Condemned, Slipstream, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, I Know Who Killed Me, 21, Walk Hard, Get Smart, The Other Boleyn Girl,... are TV and not movies.
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Cameras are tools not the ends. I love my Red but I also love my Movicam Compact and my SRIII. The Genesis is a fantastic camera as well and the images from it are very film like. These cameras are all paint brushes, we as cinematographers provide the paint. Panavision will continue to provide equipment for many years and I am sure they will adjust as the did when the ARRI III and eventually the 435 showed up the Panastar. Their support and lenses are second to none and if the front end of the system is a RED or a GENESIS (SONY) or the latest from Panasonic I am sure they will find a way to make the rest of the system work as well as they have done in the past with film. Concentrate on the final image - not on the equipment to get there. The red is an amazing camera but I have found many faults with it as well - It doesn't underexpose well, The post process is very complicated without a clear work flow, The support system and the myrid of owners don't have a standard - in LA I have constantly run into the 19mm vs 15mm issue when renting a second and third camera for shoots. The PL mount has caused owners to buy inferior lenses and a run up of prices on Lenses with PL mounts (Most prices on lenses have doubled in the last year) The amount of cameras have driven the rental prices into the ground and production companies are hiring inexperienced people because the own a red. But despite this the camera system does bring a new level of quality to digital imaging and I am forever glad for that. I always look forward to a new challenge.

www.redcinematographer.com
 
Jannard said:
Is it a good article?

Jim
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I would say it's a home run for RED. It does a nice job covering the early development history and motivations for your decision to create the Camera in the first place and also does a pretty good job describing the advantages compared to existing Film and HD Cameras.

Also, there are some great quotes from big-time DPs and Directors.

There is, of course, a lot left out since RED makes more than just the RED ONE... no mention of SCARLET or RED RAY, Workflow software, or many of the lenses or accessories (but they did mention EPIC). And certain details are not as technical as we are used to getting in cinema magazines.

All in all, a very well organized article which enlightens new comers and paints a very positive picture.
 
ProVideo Coalation doesn't seem to like the article....

link

I'd still like to pick up this issue and read it for myself, though...
 
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