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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 :)

Early Adopters...

I might not be an Earrrrrly adopter, but I remember getting all excited after placing my deposit for a Red One back then. My official serial number was #003412. Eight months later I was laid off as a contractor the last day of the year and never did take delivery of it. :( Here I am 4 years later and finally an owner of a BT Red One! I was a believer then and I'm still a believer now! If I could lease an Epic I would. Big dreamers need big toys!
 
I don't think we quite made it into that group. Those guys are special. I wouldn't be surprised if Jim did something UNHEARD of.

1) Free Dragon Epic Camera.
2) Free Dragon Upgrade.
3) All you can eat buffet at NAB. :)

How many "early adopters" are there in this group? Is there an exact number?


Jarred Land said:
We remember the early adopters well... Those that believed in Jim's vision when it was still an impossible dream, those that stood in line and paid deposits when everyone told them that RED was a scam...vaporware..snake oil....those that believed that everyone else's good was not good enough.

To some.. when they hear early adopter they think the first 50. or the first 100. or the first 1000.

To us.. it is everyone who took a chance and dropped down that deposit for a place in line before we started shipping the RED ONE on August 31, 2007.

So there it is.. our definition of an early adopter.

If you are in that group, thank you again. If you are not sure if you are in that group, make sure you figure it out before NAB.. it will be important.
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#72 was the first one I got my hands on. It was bought by Adam Lubkin, but was on a long term rental with me for quite some time. Lot's of growing pains with that first camera, but loved every minute of it. We put the REDONE on the first feature film to be shot in Canada! Do I count as an early adopter?
 
A long time ago, a man who made sunglasses told a tale of resolution and revolution.
He said he would produce a digital motion camera capable of 4K.
He asked us “do you want to own a little bit of the future?”
I said yes, and yes, I’m still saying yes.
But guess what, in no time, that crazy dream was turned into a working 4K camera. It was real, it worked and it was in my hands.
My Red One 582 captured pictures that could compete with anything I shot on film but it was mine, all mine.
More importantly though, 6 years on and I still can’t see an end to it all…
Jim delivered what he promised.
I really do own a little bit of the future.

4K changed everything, 4.5K changed that, 5K took it to eleven, can’t wait for 6K….
 
So I just looked it up. We put our first deposit down October 26, 2007 and we ended up buying two Red One's and then two Epic X's on trade in. So it looks like we were a near miss on the August date. Can we get a break on volume?
 
If memory serves, I think I remember Jim giving us fair warning that we should put down our deposit for a camera or we might live to regret it at some future date. Although I already had deposits down on two cameras I considered placing another deposit even though it would take some sort of miracle to pay for that many cameras. But Jim's cryptic warning carried a lot of weight in my mind and if I had seen a way to get it done (he even said we could get our deposit back before delivery if that was our choice!... he was bending over backwards to make owning a RED possible) I would have invested (yes, bought one for investment purposes) in a third camera.
 
1/27/2008 For RED One #3033. Close but 4 months off.

I started saving for the R1 late in the summer of 2005 when I heard about a cinema camera from a company named RED at a ridiculous price of 17.5k. I knew nothing.

This seems a bit early and I wonder if my recolection is off. I remember as soon as the website was live, www.red.com, I was a believer.

When did www.red.com go live?
 
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My guess is the early adopters will get Dragon updates in 2013.
 
Put my deposit down april 2007.
 
Brent@RED said:
If you placed a deposit down on a Red One before Aug 31, 2007 and took delivery of that Red One, you are in that leap of faith group.

EDIT: While I can post a truer number on Monday when I can have the report run - if I remember correctly, when we first started shipping RED ONE, there were about 2250 or so reservations for RED ONE. So, if you are a serial number before that and have been riding the RED crazy train since then....well, thank you.
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No, thank YOU, all at Red!
It HAS been a crazy train ride, but definitly happy to be on board. I remember IBC 2006, I had a good talk with Fred Haubrich, and decided to put down my deposit for spot #500 in line, not knowing how I would pay the rest when the camera would arrive. Back home everyone I told about this camera laughed and told me I was a fool, and would never get either a camera or my money back... Well, it took 1.5 years, but my camera, "Stalker", arrived and she's been faithful and sturdy, she was shooting a short this Easter weekend. The family has grown and now includes an Epic and a Scarlet.
So thank you again, and I'm looking forward to what's next.
Cheers,
Damien
 
Can't believe how quickly time has gone by. Reserved a Red One on 1/24/07 at 5:11PM. Couldn't bring myself to buy an HD camera as the industry was up in the air at the time... 720, 1080, XDCam, P2, lots of indicision by clients. So I dropped $1K on Red. A roll of the dice. My friends in the industry thought I was crazy. But I've met some great people because of it, had my career move in different directions and am having a great time now with Epic. The future looks great!
 
Although I am curious to see what's ahead and what thing RED have in mind for the early adopters, the fact alone that RED simply says thanks is a pretty ok and cool thing to do. I think we took a bit of a chance indeed.
Our company was only one year up and running, and we were looking to upgrade our camera. This was the big investment we were going to do, and we were going for quality. I was looking at XDcam, HDX900, and then I found out about RED's plans.

After a few months of hesitation we finally put down the 1000 dollars. All we had seen were a few pictures that didn't even move yet. Friends asked questions I didn't have an answer to. After putting down the deposit, I remember going to IBC. RED was already breaking down the booth, but I was just in time to get a glimpse of the RED One, and talk to Graeme for a minute. Still a tad insecure about our purchase afterwards, but I thought this had to be the way to go. We waited and took delivery. Our RED has and still does serve us well. By working with the camera and thanks to RED and this community we have learned a lot. Some things that would have otherwise taken us many more years.
 
Rather than being jealous of the early adopters, I'd like to thank you guys for paving the way for people like me to eventually have gotten the opportunity to join the RED Family.

Without your support, RED wouldn't have been successful enough to provide me not only a tool, but in a way a great career head start. Not just the tool, but the community has added so much to me.

Thank you! :)
 
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Wish I was such an early adopter, but thanks to all the guys who paved the way for me to follow my dreams with my EPIC.

Bring on the Dragon!!!

:))
 
Thanks to Red for pushing the boundary so much further than the rest and to the early adopters to believe in them!
I hadn't entered my film career back then but I feel like I have the spirit of an early adopter. :)
I still can't believe how fantastic the picture is from the Epic. Just opening stills from it in full 16bit glory is a dream come true.
/Andreas
 
My friend and I had RED 505. It was the best money I've ever spent on anything in my life.
Now with my Epic X 183 I can't wait for the Dragon update.
It has been a hell of a ride since we got our 505. It still is. Including the good and the bad. If you are an early bird you know exactly what I mean by that.

Back then I just trusted Jim. It's that simple. My instinct just told me to do it because it was Jim behind the whole project so I wasn't afraid at all. I knew his Oakly past so it was clear to me, that this was no fake. I was one of the first Snowboarders in Switzerland and Oakley was there for us from the start, so this was very familiar to me.
So my instinct was right and I still trust Jim and his team. I always will...

Semper Fi

Tim
 
Joseph Hutson said:
Rather than being jealous of the early adopters, I'd like to thank you guys for paving the way for people like me to eventually have gotten the opportunity to join the RED Family.

Without your support, RED wouldn't have been successful enough to provide me not only a tool, but in a way a great career head start. Not just the tool, but the community has added so much to me.

Thank you! :)
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I think this is the best way to look at this! If the first hundred or so believers did not step up, life would be much different right now for all of us. And those of us who came after only added to that. I'm not sure how big the actual group of "early adopters" is, probably 2200 RED One #'s or so... All I know, is that RED has been, and continues to be, the most lucrative scam I've ever invested in. :)
 
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