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DJI RONIN Group Buy

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Zeb B said:
Working on that. Personally I like to seeing non-factory supplied footage. Raw and amateur shot . . .
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True..but this footage is just grabbed so quickly...it's hard to judge..seems rushed. Can imagine they had hard time filming around hotels with that gimbal cause
they know you're not a tourist sightseeing.

Wondering if AMP Aerial Media Pros can perphaps offer a % off coupon on a future copter purchase for people who are in Ronin group buy ?
 
Scott Pultz said:
ha I can't get one frame of gopro footage to look as good as any frame of their gopro footage!
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Rub $1M on a production using a $400 camera and it might get better ;-)
 
It looks like there are four gimbals that are going too lead this space in 2014: the MōVI, The BeSteady Four, the H14 and the Ronin. I'm speculating that any one of these gimbals will be capable of getting identical results in the right hands, and amateurish results in the wrong hands. So now it's all about which gimbal we want to get our hands on, and when we can get our hands on them.
 
Carey Lee Coffey said:
It looks like there are four gimbals that are going too lead this space in 2014: the MōVI, The BeSteady Four, the H14 and the Ronin. I'm speculating that any one of these gimbals will be capable of getting identical results in the right hands, and amateurish results in the wrong hands. So now it's all about which gimbal we want to get our hands on, and when we can get our hands on them.
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Tru that!

Would be interesting to do a spreadsheet analysis of all four. Metrics (not in priority order):
1. Company market / actual field experience with DSLR+ class gimbals measured in years
2. Weight limit and performance with RED Epic class payload
3. Company strength measured in capitalization, engineering and support workforce
4. Price
5. Availability
6. Distribution channel / Support model / Training
7. Warranty and Technical support
8. Ease of use / speed on set
9. Reliability, durability and tolerance of interference from power cables, moron operators etc
10. Related and integrated peripheral products such as video downlink
11. Gimbal weight
12. Battery run-time
13. Ergonomics / cool features
14. Ease of modification and customization
15. 3rd party support
16. You get the drift . . .

Betchu a buck the Ronin comes out on top ;-)
 
Footage looks pretty good... can't wait to get this and throw the redrock wireless follow focus on it. No more blurry glidecam shots in lowlight!
 
how much?
 
Decided to take several minutes and make a list of everyone who stated their interest so everyone can see where they are in line and how many of us are in it. People are listed in order they stated their interest in this thread.

1) Nick Fury
2) Daniel Murphy
3) orlando schirch
4) Mike Hechanova
5) Tom Greenberg
6) Mark L. Pederson
7) Justin McAleece
8) Joseph Seuferling
9) Jay Kim
10) Peter Majtan (may not participate)
11) Rick Augustus
12) Maz Mawlawi
13) Peter.G
14) Joachim Hoge
15) Alexander Christ
16) Scott Pultz
17) Jeetu Chawla
18) luigivaltulini
19) David Carstens
20) Erwin van Dijck
21) vincent kardasik
22) Mike McEntire
23) Uros Zuraj
24) Kirk.Attard
25) Wil Wong
26) Sebastian Moretto
27) Dominik Novotny
28) Dan McCain
29) Udistir Singh
30) Thommes Ulfeng
31) Frederik Lindstrøm
32) Joe Shemesh
33) John Brennick
34) Max M.
35) Mark Mannschreck
36) Arnaud Paris
37) IASON MELIS
38) Kemalettin Sert
39) scott devitte
40) Mark Deeble
41) Elijah Kelley (2 units)
42) Caleb Heymann
43) Lance Kaplan
44) Marc Dunham
45) Michael Jensen
46) Kevin Kwok
47) Randall Brown
48) Josh Tyron
49) Brian Pascale
50) Keith Brust
51) Patrick Grossien
52) Dawson L. Dunning
53) Luis Ortiz
54) Erfort Kuke
55) Marko Hocevar
56) Scott Brown
57) Michael Kern
58) Philip Lanyon
59) tomspark
60) Dave Dessel
61) Greg Myracle
62) Jack Allred
63) Kwan Khan
64) Oje Unuigboje
65) Jeff Vogeding
66) Nikhil Kamkolkar
67) Nicholaus James
68) Bobby Dalsey
69) Uros Zuraj
70) Steve Das
71) Meryem Ersoz
72) keith morton
73) Burke Doeren
74) Zhibo Lai
75) Zakaree Sandberg
76) Gordon Teigelkaemper
77) Steinar Andersen
78) Matt Gottshalk
79) FrankMcPartland (depending on the price)
80) Steve Murray
81) Luis de la Cerda
82) Raphael Varandas
83) Daniel Kelly Brown
84) Daniel Stilling
85) PC Greene
86) Matt Fleming
87) Patrik Raski
88) Leo Burton
89) Adam Eden
90) Adam Johnson
91) Rizky_G
92) Joe Minuni (depending on the discount %)
93) Andrew Usher
94) Nick Morrison
95) shawn greene
96) Mike 'Fireman' Ross
97) Paul Kalbach
98) Note Suwanchote (depending on when its expected to ship)
99) luis carlos moreno
100) Joshua Binder
101) Jeremy Hildebrant
102) Steve Tammi
103) Joshua Binder
104) joshua gitersonke
105) Nook Kim
106) Umar Agha
107) Greg M
108) Tim Milgram
109) DL Fitch
110) Peter Lan
111) Mark Andersen
112) Dimitri Luedemann
113) Michael Ou
114) Demetri Zuev
115) Dario Stegmayer
116) Ces Peynetti
117) Kaspar Hornikel
118) Alexander Nikishin
119) David Nardini
120) Matt White
121) Scott C
122) Ned Wilson
123) Tom Van
124) Kenny Mosher
125) sergio arguello
126) Tyler Dreher
127) Fabian J T
128) Michael Kromschroeder
129) Patrick J Nissim
130) Jack Shanahan
131) Sevi Fruh
131) Eric Haase

I think we should include this list in a first post and keep it updated.

P.S.: I sure hope that GB batch is going to be more than a 100 units :)
 
Interested and curious on the price effected by the shear number in the group buy for sure.
 
WOW!! . . . Thank you Demetri!! I felt we were around 100 but to be over 130 is freakin awesome!!

Bit of a qualifier on his list: I have received several RU PM's, emails and various messages from folks who wish to remain off the RU public list or who are not registered RU's yet but are very interested. Example: I'm not on the list ;-)

My video is in the Top 5 on search results for "DJI Ronin" in Google, YouTube and Vimeo so this is not just an internal RU affair. This is great since it has brought exposure / new blood to RU and buzz to RED in general while it increases our buying power with the fine gents @DJI.

The way this will work is: once I get the deal finalize (soon) I will PM each of you in the order you have listed interest (starting with registered RU's of course) with a store link. I will post here maybe 12 hours of warning before the PM goes out and the store opens up for business since this in a global event and I want to be fair to those down under and over. Those who have contacted me outside of RU will be notified after you guys.

My current thinking on time of day for the PM is 4:00AM Hollywood Standard Time (HST) since that gets 90% of you the PM before or during the business day. It will take over an hour to do the 130+ PM's assuming nothing crashes. Hopefully the AMP store is up for the task of this level of purchase traffic.

So . . . Demetri's list is roughly the list of initial notification. From there it's going to be about who pulls the trigger first etc. Doing a "Who took the Ronin GB" post will most most likely create an incomplete list since there are those that will want to remain anonymous or don't post on RU.

I hope to sell 5-10 Carbon Dragons and Epics as part of this promotion as well . . . potentially making this a $1M Group Buy.

The "Ultimate Who Gets It First List" will be determined by:
1. Time stamp on paid for order from AMP
2. Those who purchase the Carbon Dragon or Epic Bundle get to be first in line. We are in RED's house here so those who throw down for a CD get cutsies
3. We will then be at the mercy of DJI fulfillment . . . but having over $600K in paid for pre-orders from Industry Leading Market Makers should help focus their thoughts

Question becomes "How can we pay for something when DJI hasn't even determined a final price?". They have publicly stated "it's going to be less than $5K" so charging $5K then refunding the difference when it becomes official seems like the proactive way to approach this. I'm not the storekeeper here so will defer to Patrick on this logistical point.

I hope to have the final details worked out with Jarred and Patrick in the very near future.

Keep an eye on this thread over the next several days . . .

Good Times!!
 
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Dominik Novotny said:
Many thanks for your efforts, Zeb. As asked before, can there be a solution for European customers to get the gimbal shipped via DJI Europe for example? Many thanks for your help.
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You kidding?? . . . I LOVE EUROPE!! I'll try my best to make it work the best for you guys
 
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