Half a Pound.....

[Tony Augustinack]

WOW!!! Thank you for being so awesome RED!

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

saving 1/2 a pound on the weight of the EPIC brain.

Love it.

That is saving 1 pound on a 3D rig - and every pound we can shave for steadicam in 3D is significant.

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

My physiotherapist (aka the wife) thanks you! Awesome news

 

[Tom Greenberg]

That is absolutely incredible...I am in awe of your research, design and engineering teams! You guys are really pushing your own envelope...

 

[Antonio Forjaz]

You guys just keep on amazing us....don't stop

Thanks you

 

[Justin R Goff]

Holy crap I want it!!! Knocking half a pound off of a five pound camera is incredible.

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[Joseph Q. Simpkins]

Oh Yeah!!

 

[Ivan G]

Haha! I think it will be 2lbs before I get mine, come on X!!

 

[Billy Summers]

you guys effing Rock!

-Sometimes I wonder if I should have dropped in on purchasing an Alexa?
answer: NOPE!!!

 

[Carlos Florez]

We are known for giving you guys more for nothing.. this time we are taking away.

New technology has afforded us the ability to move to a new heatsink that has the same thermal characteristics in a much lighter package.. saving 1/2 a pound on the weight of the EPIC brain.

These new heatsinks will go into all EPIC-X cameras... and EPIC-M customers will have theirs upgraded, for no charge, when they send the cameras in for the mechanical modifications after the EPIC-X program begins.

old vs. new:

AWESOME AWESOME, RED IS SUCH A GREAT COMPANY!

 

[Adam C Lubkin]

I'm guessing that the aforementioned additional mounting points are on the top of the camera, which would explain why the top is facing away in this pic, and would go hand-in-hand with a redesigned heatsink. Hopefully the new mounting points eliminate the need for a top plate... That would be awesome.

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

Colin Chapman would be proud.

Quite. I think the phrase you're looking for is 'spot bollock'

Mike

 

[ericyoung]

Sweeet! :biggrin:

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

you're breathing new life into all my crappy old manfrotto gear -

fantastic development, truly - thanks!

 

[Steven-Marc C.]

Never stop improving ! Love it. The most versatile camera ever.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

So you guys basically just shaved a REDvolt's worth in weight off an Epic right??

 

[Patrick Grossien]

this is just sick!
wow!

 

[SeanBrown]

No more using the camera as a free weight.

 

[Michael Jensen]

very cool!

 

[Peter Lyons Collister ASC]

Jim, Jarred, Deanan, Matt, nate, Brent et al...

Back in the day, Panavision invented the panaflex which allowed Vilmos Zsigmund to shoot in a confined space on the floor of the backseat in "Sugarland Express" for Spielberg.

This changed the way Hollywood films were made... Simple fact...

Now with the Epic I feel you have achieved a similar transformation. Quality of 35mm (even 65mm) in a Hasselblad size package. Arnold & Richter, Bob Gottchalk and now you guys.....

Thanks for helping us begin the next "nouveau vague"....

Collister