RED ONE History...

[Jannard]

"Bread Box"- March 2006

"Frankie"- Summer 2006

"Spike"- 1st working RED ONE, December 2006

2 Alpha cameras- April 2007

"Boris"- Used by Peter Jackson in "Crossing the Line"
"Natasha"- Used by Peter Jackson in "Crossing the Line"

8 Beta cameras- June 2007

"Penny"
"Bombay"- used on Ché (Guerilla)
"Mars"- used on Ché (Guerilla)
"Acapulco"
"Romeo"
"Juliet"
"Silk"
"Leo"

25 Pre-production cameras- August 2007

"Moscow"
"Shanghai"
"Beijing"- used on Ché (The Argentine)
"Paris"- used on Ché (The Argentine)
"Prague"

"London"
"Hollywood"
"Rome"
"Berlin"
"Tokyo"

"Sydney"
"Deadwood"
"Athens"
"Madrid"
"Chicago"

"Helsinki"
"Capetown"
"Dublin"
"New York"
"Seattle"

"Singapore"
"Casablanca"
"Montreal"
"Havana"
"Bangkok"

1st Production cameras delivered August 31, 2007

Serial #1-25

Jim

 

[PatrickW]

A visual evolution of the line would be fantastic. From Breadbox to precision cut aluminum...

 

[Elsie N]

When I ordered my cameras, they were referred to as "Spike". They weren't that early in line, so was wondering if cameras continue on that "chassis" or was a line name dropped after Spike? Just curious.

 

[Julio Quintana]

"RED ONE Collectors" and "RED ONE History"? Jim, are you setting us up for a big announcement or just taking a day to admire your growing empire?

 

[Jeremy_Sawatzky]

i agree with Noah, a photo history would be fantastic

 

[Sterling Wescott]

"RED ONE Collectors" and "RED ONE History"? Jim, are you setting us up for a big announcement or just taking a day to admire your growing empire?

Probably the latter, but thats fine with me. RED has a very interesting history.

 

[Andy Jarosz]

Any video documentation from way back when?

Also, where are all of the pre-production cameras now?

 

[Adrian T.]

Here are some photos.

I hope I'm allowed to post them here, otherwise please feel free to remove them.

Frankie:

Boris:

 

[Kenneth Elkington]

Any video documentation from way back when?

Also, where are all of the pre-production cameras now?

I second that, when do we get to see the documentary, or at least some BTS history.

 

[Andrew Rieger]

Jim, I imagine that the prototypes are also in your possession and priceless as well? Your seem to have a monopoly on early RED gear Mind sharing with other collectors?

 

[Chris Clogg]

Speaking of history... I wonder if Jim and co. had to pay for red.com... I would imagine someone would have had it before?

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

some picts

some picts

spike, breadbox, frankie...

 

[Jameson Jordan]

Ahhh... Classical cinema.

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

history...

 

[Andrew Rieger]

I was always bummed that frankie was not an optional case design for the One. That would have been the best.

 

[Anthony Rinaldi]

Speaking of history... I wonder if Jim and co. had to pay for red.com... I would imagine someone would have had it before?

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://red.com

 

[Sterling Wescott]

spike, breadbox, frankie...

Breadbox makes me realize just for far RED has come...

 

[Chris Clogg]

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://red.com

haha this is hilarious looking at old red web-pages.

 

[Adrian T.]

History...

 

[Anthony Rinaldi]

haha this is hilarious looking at old red web-pages.

Wow, I remember seeing the that old page from early '07, with only the clips of the milk ladies, bubble gum, and glasses torrent downloads. Even knowing so little back then, I had a feeling RED would be a gamechanger!

By the way, anyone notice this?

http://web.archive.org/web/20070103135036/red.com/gallery-still.htm
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