Steve Gibby
Red Savant
My RED #8 received the full upgrades from RED in October...thanks RED! Very, very much appreciated...
My other RED cameras will also be upgraded shortly.
After a 30-year career in TV, film, video, and still photography, and using nearly every brand of equipment there is, I have to say that RED has far and away the highest level of customer service, customer input in the development process, most progressive company attitude, and loyalty to their customers that I have ever experienced. All of this is great - but then there is the true bottom line - the camera system is very capable of generating stunning images that can be used across a broad range of motion media industries and genres.
RED as a company has been a game-changer from the very beginning, and in my own sphere their products have radically changed both my business plan and production plans. Going back to the pre-RED motion media business for me would be like going back to hamburger when I've acquired a taste for choice steak..hamburger just wouldn't taste the same... and with Epic, Scarlet, DSMC, and RED Ray on the horizon, the feast has just begun!
Thanks to RED, IMO its a fantastic time to be working in the motion (and stills) media business. Those of you who are veterans of the pre-RED era (and have experienced using RED One) will probably agree with me. Those of you who are new to the industries impacted by RED, enjoy the ride knowing that you have been super fortunate to start your careers with such versatile, flexible, scalable, and capable equipment.
The entire RED Team has busted their rears over the past three years to make Jim Jannard’s vision a reality. They hardly ever sleep, they work together as a team, and they have overcome gigantic obstacles one after the other. I know all of RED Team personally and I have known Jim Jannard for decades. Collectively these guys are the epitome of a “If you can dream it, you can achieve it” mantra, and a “There are no problems – only solutions” paradigm.
If you want to know the secret to Jim’s business success, with Oakley and now RED, IMO it is centered around two key attributes: he has stellar creative vision in an ever-changing environment, and he is an excellent team builder. As he builds his team he lets them use their talents and experience to function as a cohesive group – macro managing rather than micro managing. Its not rocket science, but you’d have to have excellent creative foresight and be a great team builder to replicate it – and there are not very many of those people in existence.
Thanks again RED…
My other RED cameras will also be upgraded shortly.
After a 30-year career in TV, film, video, and still photography, and using nearly every brand of equipment there is, I have to say that RED has far and away the highest level of customer service, customer input in the development process, most progressive company attitude, and loyalty to their customers that I have ever experienced. All of this is great - but then there is the true bottom line - the camera system is very capable of generating stunning images that can be used across a broad range of motion media industries and genres.
RED as a company has been a game-changer from the very beginning, and in my own sphere their products have radically changed both my business plan and production plans. Going back to the pre-RED motion media business for me would be like going back to hamburger when I've acquired a taste for choice steak..hamburger just wouldn't taste the same... and with Epic, Scarlet, DSMC, and RED Ray on the horizon, the feast has just begun!
Thanks to RED, IMO its a fantastic time to be working in the motion (and stills) media business. Those of you who are veterans of the pre-RED era (and have experienced using RED One) will probably agree with me. Those of you who are new to the industries impacted by RED, enjoy the ride knowing that you have been super fortunate to start your careers with such versatile, flexible, scalable, and capable equipment.
The entire RED Team has busted their rears over the past three years to make Jim Jannard’s vision a reality. They hardly ever sleep, they work together as a team, and they have overcome gigantic obstacles one after the other. I know all of RED Team personally and I have known Jim Jannard for decades. Collectively these guys are the epitome of a “If you can dream it, you can achieve it” mantra, and a “There are no problems – only solutions” paradigm.
If you want to know the secret to Jim’s business success, with Oakley and now RED, IMO it is centered around two key attributes: he has stellar creative vision in an ever-changing environment, and he is an excellent team builder. As he builds his team he lets them use their talents and experience to function as a cohesive group – macro managing rather than micro managing. Its not rocket science, but you’d have to have excellent creative foresight and be a great team builder to replicate it – and there are not very many of those people in existence.
Thanks again RED…
it was very hard to let go of this peace of History once in my hands!!!
