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A Bit of RED History

Takes me back to the DVXUser days, where I was: heavyG
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Underwater Giraffe Member.

- learned a lot there about the 'new' digital reality, and met a lot of great people that I still call friends today. Thanks to Jarred for putting that (and other things) together for us.
 
"After I received the camera, I realized pretty quick it wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. Since I had a day job and couldn’t afford the time to go to film school, I created a website dedicated to that camera and named it DVXuser. It was purely for selfish reasons—I just hoped it would be a quick outlet to speed up my learning process by being able to directly ask questions to other camera owners and operators that knew a heck of a lot more than me."

Smart, very smart.
 
Maybe it's time to edit and release the documentary of how the Red one was created? (One can hope right)
 
Jarred kind of hints at it during the interview, the amount of time and sacrifice put into getting this whole thing off the ground is incredible. With everything going on with Red, Reduser, DVXuser, and probably 50 other things he was balancing at the time, you have to admire the passion and dedication to seeing this thing through. All of those guys and girls who gave up a lot of hours to making Red a reality is just really inspiring looking back on it.

The reason I believe it worked because they were like us. They wanted a cool camera to shoot with that didn't have specs set by marketing departments. They wanted to push the limits, even if it meant making mistakes, missing deadlines, ruffling industry feathers, etc. To reach the top of the mountain, you're going to piss some people off. I think Jarred was built for those moments. He's not exactly someone you're going to bully easily. He'll tell you how he feels. I remember some of those early email exchanges he would give me a very blunt, short answer. if you want fluffy, long emails Jarred probably not the one to look to for that. He's had a million things on his plate for years and it's no surprise to see him have success.

What those early teams at Red did was put a lot of people on the map, myself included. I owe a portion of my career to Jim and Jarred. There's no two ways about it. It's why I can never sell my R1. It has a special place in my career trajectory. I got to meet a lot of people in those early days when I helped put together some of those Reduser events. To this day I have people come up to me and mention those events in Vegas. Seriously, as more time goes on and I look back at that time period the more thankful I become that through RED I have met so many people, some who have become great friends. I've worked on big movies through connections that were formed via connections to RED. So, I tip my cap to those guys for not only creating something for themselves but for creating opportunities for others. It was significant. Especially in those early days of 4K.
 
I like when Jarred said he "slept under his desk", seriously, not sure that is possible given our size, maybe a conference table!!!

this was a great article, learned a lot. did not know Jarred was present during the Gretzky era...

thanks for jumping on board and pushing the envelope. greatly appreciated.

dino
 
Great inspirational story.I salute you sir.......



Sunil Prem
 
dino g said:
I like when Jarred said he "slept under his desk", seriously, not sure that is possible given our size, maybe a conference table!!!

this was a great article, learned a lot. did not know Jarred was present during the Gretzky era...

thanks for jumping on board and pushing the envelope. greatly appreciated.

dino
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Gretzky as in the Great One?... Father-in-law of Dustin Johnson? More details please!
 
Good yarn. I always enjoy RED BTS bits....

2007 was when my first camera shipped. I remember pacing up and down the front room in my house, waiting for the delivery truck. So excited. First time I ever actually paced about anything. It was during the brief PL lens shortage, and the only PL lens I owned was an old Angeniuex 25-250 3.9. First test image off my camera was a butterfly. The flexibility of RAW blew me away.... I think I still have that butterfly on an old RAID somewhere.
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
Good yarn. I always enjoy RED BTS bits....

2007 was when my first camera shipped. I remember pacing up and down the front room in my house, waiting for the delivery truck. So excited. First time I ever actually paced about anything. It was during the brief PL lens shortage, and the only PL lens I owned was an old Angeniuex 25-250 3.9. First test image off my camera was a butterfly. The flexibility of RAW blew me away.... I think I still have that butterfly on an old RAID somewhere.
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Just occurred to me... RED history has spawned exponential histories for those of us who were more or less directly connected (through faith) to the goings on in that place of invention.
 
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Adam Rook said:
Thanks for posting that, Jarred. I read it from you Facebook post earlier today. I love histories of companies. I've said before that with all the talented DPs and productions guys on here there really should be a documentary made on the history of Red.
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Yes. Please!

Steve Sherrick said:
I can never sell my R1.
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It's almost 10 years old (give or take) and it still makes beautiful images (see the British TV mini series, Secret State, for those who are skeptical). Edit: Please tell me why I'd want an Alexa over an R1?

I admit to not liking the 2:1 aspect for a sensor. Most photos will be cropped to 3:2 or even 4:3 - wasted space (a lot of photographers would ideally prefer 4:3 sensors). Though 16:9 isn't that far off 2:1. Plus, anything much wider than 1.85:1 makes composition trickier in certain circumstances - Peter Weir made the point that close-ups are better done with 1:85:1 than with super wide aspects.

BTW I still reminisce about the 3K Scarlet - I was getting ready to buy one or two. And I'd still be using it today.
 
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