RED ONE article by Daniel Frankel in Winter DGA Quarterly

[Joel J. Feigenbaum]

Great article on pages 17-19 in the Winter issue of DGA Quarterly.
"...Fincher is effusive in his praise of RED, noting that when his crew needed to reduce the size and weight of the ONE for a scene in The Social Network, within a three-day span the company delivered not one, but two lighter, smaller versions made out of carbon fiber."

Other great stuff about RED ONE and Jim Jannard's company.

Way to go Jim, Jarred et. al.

 

[Robert Frank]

Carbon fiber RED One's!? I want to know more about this!

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

www.dgaquarterly.org>>>Lights, Action, Camera>>>

 

[Robert Frank]

www.dgaquarterly.org>>>Lights, Action, Camera>>>

I already read the article, but thanks for the link so others can find it.

I was want to know more about the CF R1's... anyone hear about this? :thumbup1:

 

[Jarred Land]

Carbon fiber RED One's!? I want to know more about this!

heh heh heh...

 

[Martin Weiss]

heh heh heh...

Hey -- that's crossposting

 

[Jaime Vallés]

heh heh heh...

What are you guys up to in that bunker?!

 

[Nook Kim]

How do I purchase one? :coolgleamA:

 

[Stephen Gentle]

Pretty good apart from the bit where it says the RED ONE has a CCD sensor...

 

[Andrew clemson]

So when does the Carbon Fiber body for old style body trade in scheme begin? :biggrin:

 

[Nook Kim]

Pretty good apart from the bit where it says the RED ONE has a CCD sensor...

Guess they came up with a special CCD module to lose some extra weight..

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

Carbon fiber RED One's!? I want to know more about this!

Same here. I wonder how much they would weigh?

 

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Uh... what? Carbon Fiber? I wonder if they'll be employing that tech in the Epics and Scarlets too? Holy crap that's cool...

 

[J. Eric Camp]

The article is okay. Carbon fiber bodies.... neat. Nicely done boys.

 

[Dave Archer]

Carbon fiber is a great material for a camera body.

The coefficient of thermal expansion is near zero...no warpage or movement.

I hope that Scarlet fixed lens/sensor housing uses short fiber carbon and like an Ultem plastic base material. Same mechanicals as metal with rock solid temp stability.

 

[Wolfgang Woehl]

Not for the fainthearted: The very same issue of DGA has an interview with Werner Herzog (in my humble opinion one of the all-time greats) talking about his way of writing, editing, how he organizes sets, chases sounds and about a /very/ different RED experience.

http://www.dgaquarterly.org/BACKISSUES/Winter2010/DGAInterviewWernerHerzog.aspx

 

[Martin Weiss]

W. Herzog:

It's an immature camera created by computer people who do not have a sensibility or understanding for the value of high-precision mechanics, which has a 200-year history. It's terrible: Whenever you have to reboot the camera, it takes 4½ minutes or so. It drove me insane, because sometimes something is happening and you can't just push the button and record it. An assistant cameraman said this camera would be ideal if we were filming the National Library in Paris, which has been sitting there for centuries. But everything that moves faster than a library is a problem for the RED. Super 35 mm celluloid is still better.

The first part is crap, while the booting time is exaggerated. It's less than half of this, and will be a fraction of a fraction of then in the next generation cameras. I find it unfair to blame the booting time for anything - after all they had chosen their tool and should have learned very early on that it is not the kind of camera that you just switch on and shoot.
Heck, they could have gotten a double battery system.
He doesn't give any details about the lack of understanding for mechanincs.
I love his work, but criticism should be better substantiated than this almost-FUD.