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Jim's gift

Jim's gift

Jim is indeed giving us a great gift. Sometime this year we will get the opportunity to make moving images at a level that only a tiny few have been able to come close to. Without Jim to create the RedOne I estimate it would have been another decade before we would have seen kit at this level and that the price would have been many times higher. As I drive around I find myself noticing things that I can't wait to shoot with the RedOne, my enthusiasm for the craft has ramped up just because of the tool.

thank you Red Leader

(I just read my own post for typos and realized I am a hopeless fanboy, well so be it!)
 
Blair S. Paulsen said:
(I just read my own post for typos and realized I am a hopeless fanboy, well so be it!)
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Nah... you're a hyper-amped shooter looking forward to a gnarly-cool tool!

Enjoy the stoke...
 
"Originally Posted by Jannard
Since the reservations are now closed, I will say that the believers will get a better package than those that place orders at NAB and beyond. Jim"

And fair enough, too !

Shit, I nearly hit the button with 3 hours to go last night - but I just can't stretch that far at the moment. There are other fish to fry for me first that have to take priority. Bummer - oh well - sometime in the next year or so for me.

For the rest of you guys - I look forward to seeing the results !

And hey it ain't so bad - hell, I can always rent !
 
free shwag

free shwag

Jannard said:
My bet is that there are still some surprises left in the bag that will bring joy to the hearts of the RED ONE reservation holders. Since the reservations are now closed, I will say that the believers will get a better package than those that place orders at NAB and beyond.
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I'm hoping for a Jim bobblehead, a set of master primes, and a rifle for keeping everybody else's greedy hands off my RED :)
 
Something special for believers?
How about a limited (same serial as the camera) set of Juliet glasses?
with RED polarized lens :D
Oh and how about them T-Shirts?
OR
they could bundle a red raid ;)
or maybe a cage
or a free laptop to work on your 4K footage while on the field.

Hey, I got an idea,
How about a limited Red One (product red) dyed red like the iPod nano :)
though 10$ sounds very little to go for aid to 3rd world countries so why not 5% of the retail price?
 
Blair S. Paulsen said:
(I just read my own post for typos and realized I am a hopeless fanboy, well so be it!)
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I just re-read MY post. I've turned into an even more hopeless fanboy! But I know why (as Gibby points out) . . . It's the idea of those pristine, silky smooth, "chocolat-ey" images that I'll be able to produce, with that razor-thin, S35-class, shallow depth-of-field . . . which will enable me to convert a world of distracting background elements into artistic, abstract bokehs of color and light. Just . . . can't . . . f'ing . . . wait!
 
Jannard said:
My bet is that there are still some surprises left in the bag that will bring joy to the hearts of the RED ONE reservation holders. Since the reservations are now closed, I will say that the believers will get a better package than those that place orders at NAB and beyond.

Jim
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What a tease...:D
 
This RED saga makes me feel like a child......and I see I'm not the only one...

thanx Jim. That is so cool.
 
omen said:
This RED saga makes me feel like a child......and I see I'm not the only one...

thanx Jim. That is so cool.
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Sorry pal, but you are!...



... just kidding, no seriously you are the only one... to have spelt it out like it truly is.
 
Voice of dissent

Voice of dissent

Jannard said:
My bet is that there are still some surprises left in the bag that will bring joy to the hearts of the RED ONE reservation holders. Since the reservations are now closed, I will say that the believers will get a better package than those that place orders at NAB and beyond.

Jim
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Believers will get a better package????????
Sorry Jim,
But this is a really silly attitude for you and your company to have.
Those people who hung out to purchase the Arri 35BL3-4,the Arri SR2-3
the AAton XLR, the Sony DVW 970 the Cinealta F900/3 and others
certainly got better equipment than models that preceeded them.
Sure they paid more money for the experience but they didn't have to
suffer the problems of early prototypes.
I am very interested in purchasing one maybe two Digital Film cameras
in the future but I refuse to do so untill I can test and asess this new technology in a variety of different shooting situations.
Sorry again but your marketing hype is really begining to wear.
Can we be honest here? There seems to be little concern for buyers
beyond the initial 1300 odd first orders.
What are you planning at that point? A major price rise?
Is the business to be sold off to a competitor?
I've been buying film cameras for many years and frankly the way
this camera is being presented for sale is very odd.
Believers and non believers ???
I know this has has been an enormous challange and everyone's
excited but I just want to buy or hire a good reliable camera that
works like my BL or SR and start shooting Digital Film ASAP.
Can you help me?
__________________________ Mezmo
 
mezmo -- wouldn't you expect that those that take risk should have more payoff? You cannot bet on a high odds horse and make alot of money. Some of us believed in the project before we "tested." I'm sure that Jim will be more than fair to any customer that buys into RED (likely moreso than any other camera company), but some of us that placed reservations months and months ago feel like we are a little bitty part of the company. Try not to be a hater.
 
Hi Mezmo

You make some interesting points but I don't think it's a fair to make the comparison between what the guys at RED are attempting to do and what the likes of Sony and Arri have done in the past.

In case you hadn't noticed RED is a massive quantum leap beyond anything that has gone before - either on performance or price. On top of that the folks at RED have decided to develop some aspects of their camera in public!!

Maybe you can remind me when you last spoke with Sony R&D about what features you'd like to see in various parts of their new camera?? Hmm I thought not?

You find it odd that the word believers is used. Well that's quite simple. I stumbled across RED via the Sundance web site and decided to take a look. I'd never heard of any of them until 2 weeks ago. I do what due dilligence I can - I get an friend of mine who's been in the television and film for 30 years to take look - as far as we can tell - it's all legitimate.

Then comes the crunch - the belief if you like - a time bound reservation system is opened up for 3 days for anyone who believes that these guys can make a go of it. The price for holding this belief is $1000 - refundable if you get cold feet at any stage.

Well - that was a no brainer really - I signed up (#1319) on the basis that if they do make a go of it, I get an absolutely incredible camera for the price of a second hand car (in the UK anyways) not the price of a small house. If they don't make a go of it by NAB - it'll most likely show up later in the year. I'm fine with that.

My advice Mezmo is to accept the fact that you are not - by nature a risk taker - unlike the guys at RED and most of the guys and gals on this forum.

With that in mind you should go along to NAB - seeing is believing - if you like what you see put down a deposit. If you are still not sure - rent one from any of the people who had the balls (can I say that?) to front up $1000 in the first place.

Personaly I think everyone on this forum who has reserved deserves more in their goodie bags than the laggards that follow, because they've effectively backed the company in it's hour of need by giving them a predictable revenue stream. I think that's what Jim is responding to when he says 'believers will get a better package'.

And I say "Hear hear - What a bloke!!"
 
RED is not only making D-Cinema Camera but building up the affordable 4K Content Creation market as well.

" Rome was not bulit in a Day " and China ?

I just tell the Thomson guys from Shanghai - CHINA that I am happy to wait for my future only with the right tool than just buying the " Total Solution " from S,T or P ( even for them 1+1+1 just 3 not equal to 5 or 6 ...., it's simply becasue they are only pass the examination of the HD1080 and not even to
2K !!!

Check this out the " Grass Valley " recent suvey http://enquetes.panelontheweb.com/Prod/enquetes/V9216200U/UK/Form5.asp#B_Q01

Stewart
 
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