645 Myterium Monstro & 617 Myterium Monstro

[D Namir]

Just got the time to look at the web pages at www.red.com about the whole new line of cameras.
I noticed that the 645 Myterium Monstro is defined as 56x42mm
while the 617 Myterium Monstro is defined as 168x56mm.
I assume the 645 is exactly quarter the size of the 617 just in 90º rotate.
Meaning the height at the 617 (56mm) becomes the width at the 645 and the width of the 617 is cut to four (168:4=42) to get the height of the 645.
The sensor just come out of the line where Jim is waiting with scissors and cut it according to what we order...
Which lenses will go on them?
Pentax 645 and Pentax 67? or Hasslebald, Mamiya?

 

[Jason Murphy]

Well, Jim probably won't be cutting the sensors with scissors.

I'm pretty sure that will be Jarred with a blowtorch. Or a chainsaw.

 

[Alexander Christ]

Which lenses will go on them?
Pentax 645 and Pentax 67? or Hasslebald, Mamiya?

RED announced their own 645 and 617 lenses. In the RED brochure from November a Linhof Mount, Alpa Mount for 617 and Mamiya Mount for 645 were mentioned.

 

[Kenneth Elkington]

Well your metaphor is fairly apt. The sensors have the same architecture so the only substantial difference between the sensors would be the design of their output hardware.

 

[James Falco]

I've been anticipating a medium format motion sensor ever since I held my first medium format digital camera in my hands.
Curious if red well ever tackle this.
I've been shooting still photography for years with a digital medium format back and absolutely love the latitude of it.
I don't even care so much about the resolution as I do appreciate the sensor real-estate.
Personally I would be totally fine with a 4k 645 version.

 

[Dunkan Wolf]

I've been anticipating a medium format motion sensor ever since I held my first medium format digital camera in my hands. Curious if red well ever tackle this. I've been shooting still photography for years with a digital medium format back and absolutely love the latitude of it. I don't even care so much about the resolution as I do appreciate the sensor real-estate. Personally I would be totally fine with a 4k 645 version.

I think we'll see a preview @ NAB next year. Perhaps a release in 2016-2017. 8K is coming faster than most people think, since it's a significant upgrade from HD, unlike 4K. Japan is will start broadcasting 8K in 2016 and BBC mentioned they will skip 4k all together.

 

[Ivan McCullough]

I really don't think this a reality at the moment.

If the S part of DSMC was a lot more popular than it is then maybe.

Lets remember this was first posted nearly 5 years ago and at the rate of lateness RED display we could be looking at some time in the 2020's if we are still capturing with silicone at that stage.