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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 :)

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geoffboyle said:
Until we know what any of the new cameras actually produce it's nonsense to talk about dramatic changes.

Lets test the shit out of all the new cameras, look at the results and then get excited.

It's also part of the reality that the cost of the camera body is a tiny part of the total cost of ownership.

How's the backup? will you need to own multiple cameras to allow for slow repairs?
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fantastix said:
Reading this thread I see this :

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Kemalettin Sert said:
WTF you waited 6 years to post this?
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Peter Lyons Collister said:
In reading all about NAB today and how 4K is NOW the defacto standard I am curious if 30 years down the road the industry will remember WHO brought us here.
I don't believe Jim's ego needs the credit but I am going on record for the rest of my career stating that he fought the battle and gets the credit...... Like Bob Gottchalk and the Panaflex.....
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Christopher Probst said:
Nice how you conveniently ignore my posts, Steve. The reasons and logic to upgrade or not have been all laid out before you. And if you have no defense against them, you just ignore it and keep whining about your individual perspective.

Why the fuck are we bothering explaining this to you? Please sell your camera and buy a 5D.
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Pure. Truth.

Christopher Probst said:
The point of all of my ranting is this... if you are not working enough as a cinematographer (and are not paying off your camera because of it) stop being a disgruntled keyboard warrior and get out there and start shooting ANYTHING you can. Specs, free-bes, whatever and develop your skills. Build a reel that WILL get you paid jobs and rental of your equipment. The fault lies only in yourself.

There are way too many who are content in blaming others for their lot in life. Take the bull by the horns and responsibility in your own hands. If you are AMAZING and have a reel that makes jaws drop, AND are super easy to work with, then all of this bickering should be a moot point because you're too damn busy to notice. Go make THAT happen and shut the fuck up.
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Jannard said:
... When you Google "you have to kill us to beat us"... RED should be the 1st thing you see. If not, Google sucks.
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Robert Hart said:
It is the sweet nature of fated things that I hold in the emotive response in the hope that the happy ending will come, I'll find the lost object, I will discover and fix the problem, the traffic gridlock will thin out and let me get home wild and free.

Eventually I find frustration too much to bear and let fly. The little spots on the inside of the windsceen bear mute testimony to my moments of lesser vocal control.

Only AFTER I have got the red mist and made a fool of myself and feel all chagrined and regretful, even if no one else heard my beserker rage and the foul language, that the lost object turns up, the solution to the problem presents itself. I feel selfish and crass when I pass the road smash up ahead, fresh cleaned off the road, someone's real misfortune, not my own imagined one.


You are not the first who has thrown stones at the fence or booted the catfood can down the backyard when the chain came off the bike. Nor will you be the last. You have plenty of company.

All we can do is commit to try not to let things get the better of us. I find myself very envious of those rare souls who just carry on and get things done all calm and sedate like when the manure heap begins to slide towards the snowblower. ( Plagiarised shamelessly from an old post I read somewhere ).
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BRANDON JAMESON said:
We were on-set on a celebrity-driven commercial and an assistant took off the entire PL mount, leaving the area around the sensor of our camera covered in oil and its fragile wires exposed.

As you can imagine, first there was silence, then all hell broke loose and then the realization that we were standing in the middle of a very expensive disaster.

I called my bomb squad rep and they said to bring it to RED and they would see what they could do to relieve the pain.

After a quick ride from Carlsbad to Anaheim, I was greeted by a most extraordinary team of caring and brilliant techs, who took the camera from my hands and returned it in less than 30 minutes...fixed...perfect.

To say that they saved my life would be overly dramatic, but the fact remains that RED provided unmatched service and support when my team and I needed them most and THAT is priceless.

If you are working in production with ANYONE'S cameras, there's bound to a horror story or two....but, this is one that has a very happy ending,thanks to the commitment of RED to our community.

Thank you!
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Paul Toth said:
A young man working at a high end restaurant dropped a very expensive bottle of wine ($10,000!) and the kid thought his life was over, and was for sure losing his job. The restaurant owner however said he would not fire the kid. He figured that kid will never drop another bottle and will take even greater care with everything going forward.
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