28k...

[Petr Dvorak]

Red isn't the only one making 6x17 sized cameras (or digital backs). http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm, and they use theirs for landscape shots (at least that's what they're showing). And since Red's 617 has more resolution, those landscapes could (potentially) be all the more sharper.

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I think that Seitz is only scan back camera (just portable scanner with lens), with linear sensor which has only 7500 pixels and you have to wait 1 secon to cover whole picture. Red 28K has one huge sensor with matrix of zillions pixels. That's It.

 

[Cory Mitchell]

Yeah, the Red 617 has a 'few' advantages (like 30fps, 276+ MP (correct me if I'm wrong), etc...), but either way, the Seitz 617 pictures are pretty amazing.

 

[Casey Green]

The 28K RED will also be great for use as a still Camera for huge print ads (think sides of buildings).

Also, it will be great for generating extremely high-res Translight prints for use as TV and Film backdrops.

With HD viewing now common place, how many times have you watched a show and caught yourself thinking, "Wow, that background looks fake".

28K could help suspend disbelief.

 

[Tanner Stauss]

Red isn't the only one making 6x17 sized cameras (or digital backs). http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm, and they use theirs for landscape shots (at least that's what they're showing). And since Red's 617 has more resolution, those landscapes could (potentially) be all the more sharper.

Also, if Adobe could adapt this lens for the 617, it would be awesome (since it has so much real estate):
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/10/adobe-shows-off/
(Check out the video link).

I, personally, would like to use it for panoramic landscapes and VFX, and if they had an Adobe lens, then I may not even have to use a green screen (assuming software could auto-roto out the background).

That's some pretty interesting stuff. It's amazing that even a scanner back 617 camera like that can get it's image from such a small lens. I guess it's just the design of the mechanics and glass that makes that possible, yeah? What would some of the other lenses for a 28K/617 camera be like/look like. Zoom lenses?