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All the bad news...

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All the bad news that I can think of…

1. Supply chain issues. This continues to drive us crazy. We have just gotten word of more delays with several key components from Japan for EPIC-X. We are now looking at late July to receive parts and for the production line to ramp up. We can make a lot of cameras… just need some critical parts.

2. Lens issues with Fixed Scarlet. We have lens production issues that need to be resolved before we can begin production. My bet is September.

3. Features. We continue to enable features in both EPIC and Scarlet… but every feature is not enabled at this point. We are enabling new features every week. Expect us to continue that trend and improve the features of the cameras steadily. EPIC and Scarlet share an unified code base so what gets enabled in EPIC gets enabled in Scarlet.

Engineering cameras that are as complicated and spec-intensive as these is not easy. We have set time targets and missed them. However, we have not missed any spec targets. To the contrary, we have exceeded them. Both EPIC and Scarlet produce images that are much better then we ever anticipated.

We are transparent. For better or for worse. We acknowledge that we are in uncharted territory. We have never done this. Neither has anyone else. While we hope that you can appreciate pushing everything to the Nth degree, we also know you need to make plans. No one wants to finish development and begin shipping more than I do. No one. Truly. But there is a reality that we bump up against. Our commitment to our customers mandates that we tell the bad news right along side the good news. So there you have it.

Now… if you want some good news… EPIC-M continues to go out in measured numbers and the images from these cameras are unparalleled.

There are far fewer people posting about missing EVFs because we are shipping regular amounts each month.

REDmags and R1 SSD Modules are shipping in reasonable quantities.

EPIC continues to be the choice for the highest budget features… because the images this camera makes are legendary. "This is the best looking footage I have ever shot... these are the best images I have ever seen!" John Schwartzman, Cinematographer of "The Amazing Spiderman".

We have just enabled an EPIC anamorphic mode with more pixels than 4.5K as well as 2K at 300fps (an example of beating specs) in the latest EPIC-M firmware build (for free).

Greame's Magic Motion HDRx is soon to be enabled in free REDCINE-X application...

We have a complete assembly line in California ready and waiting… just need parts.

The extra development time has been well spent. What we are fixing now helps every future customer.

I wish we had some traits of the big guys… but I wouldn't trade our program for anyone's.

God love us all…

Jim
 
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That's OK. More time to save money. :)

I hope to be able to shoot the 0G movie with a Scarlet anyway.
 
2. Scarlet being late-er sucks. but this is bound to be the single most pragmatically revolutionary camera ever released, yet... it isn't late, it was never supposed to be made!! Some CEOs might have physically harmed you (or had a heart attack) if you said they had to put out something like that at this price

Glad to hear about 300fps 2k being enabled already! and 4.5k+ ana mode!

Let's see who is the first to post 300fps, or some panavision/Hawk ana goodness
 
We wish we only had good news... but then we would be perfect. We are far from it. What we are is a company that is working 24/7 to change the industry. That is not an easy task...

Jim
 
As long as we get EPIC for the next summer :) i am happy. Keep up the good work. In red we trust
 
Hi!

No one else will be as happy with the endresults as all the red users. truly.
that's the main reason why i think that a small delay like this should not matter.
without RED we all would still go to chiropractics to treat our backs from
carrying bulky devices that deliver allmost 2k...

Martin, 267
 
September is fine with me. Rather have a Scarlet you are happy with then some beta-type camera that needs constant babysitting. I have full faith I'll have a Scarlet in hand by end of 2011. Looking forward to all the development over the summer. Also, get some sleep!
 
None of us will sleep until both EPIC-X and Scarlet are finished and in full production.

Jim
 
Thanks for the infos. But for a really long time, nobody mentioned the scarlet interc. If she has no fixed lens, she is not affected by the supply chain. Or am i wrong?

Best wishes guys! ;)
 
"The extra development time has been well spent. What we are fixing now helps every future customer."

This is why I love you guys.
 
Well at least its late july and september for scarlet...it's all in 2011...who can complain...
Plus beating specs is always awesome news! 2K @ 300FPS is damn epic in that small package...

If say...in theory, everything started in July, the entire X shipments would be completed by October then right? (Cause September would be a bit too insane to bet on)
And the same goes if things move to August that it'd shift to November...?

Are the items holding up X also inside Scarlet? or is Scarlet a totally different beast inside aside from the sensor?
 
I so appreciate your continued transparency Jim. It's both easy and hard to be patient when you know what you are waiting for will be beyond anything we've experienced before. I look forward to later this year when the supply issues are behind you, nobody deserves the continually growing success of Red Cameras more than you and the rest of the Red Team. Thanks for the update and I know it will be worth the wait!
 
i seriously expected to be really let down when i read the title of the thread, and saw who posted it. but i don't really feel like this is bad news...

so that's cool jim. really appreciate the straightforward communication. thanks for all your hard work and (i'm sure) redusers-induced-stress. can't wait to get a camera soon and make some beautiful images.
 
Some of the same parts are holding up both EPIC-X and Scarlet... plus there are a few lens supply issues with 8X Scarlet. I wish we had control over everything but that is just not reasonable. We can't make every part. Yet.

Jim

Imran Farouk said:
Well at least its late july and september for scarlet...it's all in 2011...who can complain...
Plus beating specs is always awesome news! 2K @ 300FPS is damn epic in that small package...

If say...in theory, everything started in July, the entire X shipments would be completed by October then right? (Cause September would be a bit too insane to bet on)
And the same goes if things move to August that it'd shift to November...?

Are the items holding up X also inside Scarlet? or is Scarlet a totally different beast inside aside from the sensor?
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Thanks for the update =)

Patiently waiting...
 
This is history - What matters is the end - the rougher the journey the more glorious the achievement.. Though we all wish it was easy and can place orders but that will come too :) SO keep up the amazing job guys.. We are at your back..
 
Jannard said:
Some of the same parts are holding up both EPIC-X and Scarlet... plus there are a few lens supply issues with 8X Scarlet. I wish we had control over everything but that is just not reasonable. We can't make every part. Yet.

Jim
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Are there still parts that can be compiled and built/prepped while you wait for those additional parts so that once the missing components come in production can ramp up faster, or does that just not make sense logistically?
 
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