My wish list...

[bongobongo]

Here is what I want

Here is what I want

One large sensor preferably 24 * 36 mm
The whole sensor area to be used for Stills as well as full width of the sensor for video 24P, 25P, 30P, 60p ... in 1080, 3K, 4k and eventually 120p in burst mode.

Now in order to make it support ONE NEW REMOVABLE ULTRAFAST, ULTRACOMPACT, "LIGHTWEIGHT" GUERILLA RED ZOOM LENS, as well as some fixed RED lenses, more DOF (yes more), why not make it so it uses some smaller part of the 24mm * 36mm sensor ... how much of the sensor... well it would be nice not needing a truck when you move this tool around... why not use an area equal to super35mm, same size as the RED ONE.
I would like to see the RED ultrafast zoomlens for this puppy to be more wide than tele. If compared to 35mm photo, then I would rather have
a 20mm - 150mm lens than a 30 - 200mm lens. For those wanting more tele, then make another zoom or some fixed lenses.

Then we have the best of both worlds....
Full 24 * 36mm sensor size for photography as well as for some 1080, 3k and 4k video and shallow DOF.
Super35mm with support for RED zoom and fixed lenses, not so shallow DOF, RED RAW, ultrafast, compact video beast.
All in one compact unit, with support for different DOF...... then buy RED lenses and/or Canon lenses depending on what you want to shoot.

When in video mode one should be able to choose between RED RAW and another more compact format.

I want it to come with a small sized battery for photography and some video shooting.
For more heavy video then it should be possible to hook up some optional batteries.

To compete with the small big (Nikon, Canon, not the big big guys like Hasselblad, Phase One) guys in stills mode it has to be 24 * 36... period.
It should produce as good stills as the 5D Mark II will, at least in the 50 6400 ISO range.

If the above for stills then they should also support canon EF lenses as well and if possible both Canon and Nikon lenses. If it supported EF lenses... then many of these lenses has IS (image stabilizer) built in...

AF and MF has to work flawlessly in both stills and video mode.

For stills it need X-sync for those mega studio flashes as well as a flash shoe on top of it.

One high res display where you can zoom in to check focus.
And absolutely mandatory, this display should be flippable so you can actually use it in different shooting situations where your eyes do not have to be right behind the camera (canon wake up). Please let this be an OLED display with antiflare surface so we can use it outside in all weather....

For stills it has to shoot RAW (why not Adobe DNG format), and if possible be able to shoot JPG in parallel.

Full weather sealing..

Less than one kilogram.. (body only)

A lightweight handle so you can hold it in your hands when shooting below your hips, standing still, walking or running (canon do you read this).
Please make this smart, so when not needed I can push it into the body, and when I want it I just pull out the handle.

Of course support for XLR mics in one way or another, maybe default the small way... and optionally a RED breakout full size XLR box (premade tracks for this breakout box please so I do not have to use tape)
Headphone terminal.

Keep up the heat RED team

 

[Jonas Hed]

People want to use existing glass...but if the sensor was 36mm x 36mm square, we could use all existing nikon, canon, leica, whatever glass and get a larger image out of it. Just a thought. (Id buy)

@PerfectOptics: Right! Or 1.33:1 but thats almost square. The great thing about 1.33:1/square is you get more options. Lets say 4K sensor on the red one would be 1.33:1, the same width but more height. You could shoot anamorphic, 4:3 without cropping and less res then marginal to pan-scan it if you like. I think DSLR lenses are covering the 1.33:1 area too, correct me if Im wrong.

 

[Thorsten Overgaard]

This is my first post and I haven't read all the exiting things here yet. But I have two wishes for the camera.

1) Compatible with existing lens mounts (I use Leica R) which would make it very easy to buy into the system. It wouldn't take more than a look at the price and the specs and a split-second to decide to get one.

2) Preview in the viewfinder. I've suggested this before elsewhere. An optical viewfinder is key, and then a digital screen in the viewfinder next to it where once can preview the last shot taken. You would never have to look at a screen or remove the eye from the viewfinder. The Leica Digilux 2 has (only) and digital viewfinder. In practical terms, apart from the above mentioned, you can stay silent and quiet shooting without having to move your hands, camera or body.

My 5 cents so far.

 

[Chris Gustafson]

After reading every post in this thread... I think most of what I could ever wish for has been mentioned in one way or another... However I would like to second, several requests that were clipping the treetops though the thread.

I am totally confident whatever Jim/Red produces, It will surely have jaw droping tech specs, and capability and actually deliver it in the field, as Red 1 has.

I do not think I would say "naaah" to pretty much any of the features/ben list I have read thus far... However... I really do like the idea of having a "system" that you could make as simple or as complicated/robust as you desire... given whatever situation you are heading out to shoot, and what I need to accomplish in the field for a given client. The idea of totally silent operation for shooting on motion picture sets, and weddings etc... would indeed render "blimps" totally obsolete... That would be really cool !

One thing with the totally Modular design as well... would perhaps make diagnosing and service issues, much more "isolatable" if that makes any since ? If... and I mean If.. the thing ever breaks right ? perhaps unpluging a mod here or there... the camera "still works"... and you could limp through a situation without a lesser backup.. When a card in my PC goes out or needs upgrading... It is pretty nice to be able to slide a new component in myself. My shutter just went out on my trusty 10D... tiz gonna be in the shop 2 weeks... Perhaps "Modular" diagnostics at the consumer level would be a thought... Plug the mod.. into your pic, and the RED software tells you if its up to spec ? Being able to apply features on and off a Mod would be cool to.. so as the camera menu's wouldnt be showing me a ton of stuff that may not apply to me anyway... I hate surfing through a ton of features to finally find the one that I am looking for.... Kinda like Phone voice menu's at Ma Bell...
Please listen closely as our menu's have changed....

Next year won't come soon enough !

cheers

 

[Minisergium]

I also assume that the RAW capture will be uncompressed. REDCODE is great and all, but it's still compression. For stills work, there has to be an uncompressed option. I'm sure this is a given.

I hope, too. It would be definitely GREAT.