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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Incredible...

I think the red gunner serves several purposes IMHO.

1. it's mainly a handle for your left hand when shooting or taking stills so you don't hold the lens.

2. Those could have been power and control cables for the lenses and/or follow focus, or possibly control future zooms. But I think not.

3. What I really think it is, it's a combination shoulder pad, handle with a microphone in it and or XLR inputs at the back of the shouldr pad. If you think about the fixed lens version supposed to be a complete camera ready to shoot, then you need a microphone. Who says it can't be bellow the lens??

4. it's also extendable in a forward direction too, that is what numbers I think reefer to. May have a pistol grip or something at the front as well but too early to tell.
 
Is there any information out there on bitrates and storage media for the Epic-X? I imagine CF cards and current RED Drives won't be fast enough to handle the new REDCODE at full Epic-X resolution? I haven't been able to find any info on this yet.
 
Michael Hastings said:
HeHe - I cringe when I look at my wall full of Betacam/DV etc. SD footage.

My grandson liked Nature as much as most of the other Disney fare.

As easy as it is to sit them down in front of a DVD, it is still nice to take the kids on an outing and an hour and 45 minute movie is a great way to do it. Interesting nature stuff is a no brainer - it's nice not to worry about the content and (even though I can enjoy Toy story/Monster's Inc, etc.) if it is good it is more interesting for the adult. An Imax size screen at the multiplex with 8K or so resolution and good content could make this kind of program viable again on a regular basis. Unlike Imax with that high priced film to ship around - it could just be a hard drive (or REDRAY). The major expense would be the 8K projector but that is a capital expense that can be amortized rather than the ongoing film and shipping expense.

If I were RED I would think about skipping a generation (like they did with RED1 skipping 2K to go to 4K) and go for an 8K projector.

Of course if Jim wanted to really spend some of that 2.8 billion he could create a chain of 8K imax sized theaters so we would all have an outlet for that super high res content we are going to create with Epic 645!:biggrin:
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What about the 617? If you really want to preserve your footage, I don't think the industry will go past 28K for a long, LONG time.
 
Wow, amazing render. The Red is an amazing camera. I just hope I can get my order in before the announcement. My loan was approved by the bank, now it's off to the SBA for approval.
 
Dave Gray said:
Red Gunner looks like it could be a servo system to me. Allowing fly by wire with all lenses (which would fit the gunner).

Follow focus hasn't popped up in renders before either I don' think.
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:emote_head_explode: :emote_head_explode: :emote_head_explode:
If it communicated to the camera via those curious connections in the front... ohh man!
 
Jerrod Cordell said:
What about the 617? If you really want to preserve your footage, I don't think the industry will go past 28K for a long, LONG time.
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I realize this is a bit tongue in cheek and I agree that the industry won't go past 28K for a while.

But seriously, I'm not talking what you can do with unlimited funds - I'm going for a sweet spot that can be done on a reasonable budget.

Excellent lenses are available for reasonable prices for 645. I particularly need wide angle - I can get a 35mm (equivalent to a 14mm on RED1) Zeiss Contax 645 lens for about $1400. And there are many great lenses from Zeiss, Hasselblad, Mamiya, Pentax, etc. and since FFD for all of those is well past PL it will be easy to make other mounts.

I don't think there is much in the way of lenses for 617.
 
Jerrod Cordell said:
What about the 617? If you really want to preserve your footage, I don't think the industry will go past 28K for a long, LONG time.
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We'll probably see interactive holographic entertainment before we get to 28K industry distribution.

Not that a 28K hologram wouldn't be cool!
 
Want some wild speculation?
Red Gunner is a LIDAR device. It works for project-natal-esque shape recognition for next-gen autofocusing AND it saves the z-depth data into the R3D for shot geometry capture and reprojection, single camera 3D production and integrated matchmoving among endless other possibilities.

:drool::cornut:
 
Daniel García said:
Red Gunner […] saves the z-depth data into the R3D for shot geometry capture
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Which would also mean that they didn't give away that Red One for nothing. :historybuff:

That would revolutionize (sorry for using one of those hated words, but it befits in this case) production.

But then again, we are only speculating, and - for all those that keep asking for specifics: you just have to wait till the end of this month, just like the rest of us. Use the time to shoot some RAW stills, and the knowledge you get from that will help you with whatever RED camera you get, whenever it comes out.
 
Martin Weiss said:
and - for all those that keep asking for specifics: you just have to wait till the end of this month, just like the rest of us. Use the time to shoot some RAW stills, and the knowledge you get from that will help you with whatever RED camera you get, whenever it comes out.
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took the words right outta my mouth
 
Aha! Told you!! A projector was far fetched, but I did first thought it might be a lens motor thingie.

(would have preferred a blender though...) :emote_headwall:
 
Has anybody noticed yet how the prices for the 'brains' are now missing from the main page descriptions? Should I be encouraged that prices might come down a bit? Now the bigger issue for me, I have poor vision in my right eye. I need the EVF placed so my left eye can look through it. Is this possible?
 
Daniel Meador said:
Has anybody noticed yet how the prices for the 'brains' are now missing from the main page descriptions? Should I be encouraged that prices might come down a bit? Now the bigger issue for me, I have poor vision in my right eye. I need the EVF placed so my left eye can look through it. Is this possible?
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If you encourage prices to go down, you will be put to the back of the line...

And yes, you can put the EVF anywhere you want.

Jim
 
I think the end price on the equipment is really a mute point as far as I'm concerned. If there's a few hundred or even a couple thousand dollar hike in the price(of brains), it doesn't put it in the realm of the unattainable (which is where most professional quality motion picture camera equipment is in terms of personal purchase). I know a guy who laid down nearly a quarter of a million dollars on an arri 35BL a few years back... so... you get the idea.
 
Jannard said:
You have a surprise coming... soon.

Jim
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HAHHAHAA.
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*CC's a copy of this quote to Canon*
 
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