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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

DSLR-killer...

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This camera is going to be amazing from the sound of it and I know that Jim doesn't know how to disapoint. This years NAB I'm sure is going to be crazy, again, at the Red booth. Red should get Sony's space because they got way cooler things going on.
 
I'm officially psyched. I was going to get Scarlet (still will), but for me this is the big enchilada. I just hope it won't make my investments in L-glass obsolete. Where do I sign up for this thing? :)
 
Ok, highly interesting news. Let's make some wild guessing to keep up the fun.

First of all RED must have thought about a temporal wavelet compression. In Red One the wavelet compression is spatial. But temporal compression should be possible, and can't see immediately any reasons why it wasn't succesfull as well. I'll not be surprised if Red Ray and the new still-motion camear combo will have this sort of temporal compression.

Second, if this new camera making DSLRs old-fashion has a sensor with very high resolution, that will make it possible to replace long teles with cropping. Say, if you can make a 12Mpixel crop out of a larger frame, perhaps cropping is no longer a poor idea. Then, if the sensor design and cropping is combined with the nice scaling features of wavelets (one may quickly generate 1/2x, 1/4x etc images) a combination of REDCODE, the sensor program and hardware design with dedicated processors may well result in some completely new kind of concepts. Such as one camera storing X Mpixels images with the nice feature of dialing in the "lens lenght" with one and the same lens on the nose of the camera.
 
Jim,

I've been following your company since your very first press release and was one of those people excited by your industry changing products. I just wanted to toss out there that Full Frame means different things for different people. Let's say if Red were to put out a 41.5 x 56mm sensor... I'd be rubbing my hands in glee as several industries would become as relevant as the telegram.
 
Jim,

thats one hell of a way to amortize your sensor designs and bring the cost of great glass down. you've already got most of the nuts and bolts from working on red one. this is what happens when a company doesn't care about disrupting the market. there is enough knowledge built up now that it can be applied 7 ways to sunday.

I can't wait to see the full specs for scarlet and see how mysterium x performs and if monstro will beat film. I'm sure you wont let it out of the starting gate until it does. you must have a giant set of brass cohones.
 
Great stuff Jim!

Do Red One owners get 1st crack at this ..or any new product?

If so I'll take two!

Best !
Dave
 
Jim thanks v. much for the post and spectral time frame.

As R&D is our core activity, we always try think ahead and pass the ball to where someone is going to be. You guys pass the ball to where someone is going to be so that they can really run and leap forward with the technology. We are constantly frustrated by lack of vision in the engineering community that are more interested in teasing out increasingly introspective markets as opposed to really looking forward. In engineering CAD/CAM/PLM environments you feel almost an industry wide inertia. Similarly when we talk to folks that supply high end industrial cameras, we always make them go to the RED ONE website before we really start talking. Usually the response is red "what?" as they are very blinkered form selling lack luster products that are overpriced and underperform. The point of making them go to the RED ONE website, is to make it very clear that unless they really pull their finger out their days are numbered and we are tired of being fleeced.

We love the fact that the DSLR will have a complete rethink in terms of form factor. We design some beautiful precision stereoscopic camera systems around medium format backs and soon to be RED ONE. Sleek looks, yet highly functional, wouldn't look out of place on the set of 2001, our more "evil" looking instruments, on the set of the new BSG. However when we have to contend with the form factor of conventional SLRs they are so awkward to engineer around that it looks like someone had a dreadful accident with OEM parts in their garage. The form factor of the conventional DSLR really hampers integration into clean and slick product design.

Will post wish (engineering and SW specs) at the appropriate place.

Perhaps we send our development team to the beach for eight months rather than tear our hair out about how to engineer products around antiquated and inappropriate image capture systems.

RED ONE (vapor-ware you can trust and believe in!)

cheers all.
 
Jannard said:
Interestingly enough, DSMC does not compete with, or interfere with, Scarlet or Epic. It just makes DSLRs look like the past.

Jim
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Well, as a photographer, i have to say that sometime the past gives a quality you may prefer that the present... Looks how the lens were build, the beauty of film...

Don't misunderstanding me, in the same time i do love the possibility of today technology. After all, i have been doing digital pictures for films for more than 10 years now, actually supervising the opening sequence of this new Terry Gilliam's movie .. But but.. i can only be carefull with your words Jim.. :)

Now i hope you will do, and i can't wait for.. :)

vincent*
PS: oh... Is there hope not to have a rolling shutter?
 
Subscribing.

I'm a stills photographer who wants to see how this idea plays out. Especially those bold, bold statements :)
 
I am a still photographer DoP too. Here is my website:
www.esteban-sosnitsky.com
Feedback appreciated!

I am really interested in seeing how this comes out, I just bought a Mamiya AFD III with a Phase One P65+ Digital Back. Although I think that piece of equipment is great, I though I could have bought a couple more reds instead :) Or even save a little for Epic. :wink: My dream camera would be an affordable medium format DSLR with HDR and open platform to use any kind of lenses plus a serious Auto Focus tool that doesnt suck. Am I pointed in the right direction? :P
 
Jannard said:
If people are not stunned by the specs and design, I will retire... truly.

Jim
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Was up at three in the morning, packed my two REDs (one is never enough) heading for a beautiful sunrise shot around six and said to myself: There is no way to retire the next 30 years, to much fun with RED and new stuff. Love your announcements, hehehe, what a crazy guy...
 
Big T said:
WHOA WHOA just settle down mate, take a breath, there are always going to be that cynical bunch of people out there, you should know this by now.

Please retract your "retire" statement....
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasssseeeeee.......:sad:
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You WILL be stunned. My money is on Jim not retiring :) Everyone at RED is SO excited about the upcoming product that there are eventually going to be fistfights over who gets to do test shoots with what and when....

BC
 
Jannard said:
How about some custom RED stuff? We are working on a lot of accessories for RED.

Jim
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Jim, any chance you could put together an Epic 5K logo/sticker/t-shirt? My SUV needs a new sticker.
 
Jannard said:
As far as glass is concerned... glass is easier than sensors. Just takes longer...

Jim
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I'm having the same reaction I had when I walked into the Red booth in 2007. - "This is how it should be done"

Creating a film/video camera that took advantage of existing DSLR technology was brilliant. Now having a DSLR take advantage of the resulting innovations is a stunning idea.
 
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