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Highest amount of money willing to give if your expectations were met?

Highest amount of money willing to give if your expectations were met?

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Hi All,
I was pretty close to making a decision on the Sony XD cam EX. I was very careful about what I was reading on all websites after I found incorrect information on the official sonystyle website. They claimed the FX series as a FULL HD, when in fact it is only 1080i. As a matter a fact, there are camcorders at FutureShop (A leading Canadian electronics retailer) with little stickers "FULL HD" on them, when they are infact only the lower 1080i.

It was on a SONY forum that someone mentioned RED and I thought I'd chase it down. So far I am hooked. I think the camera would be amazing when the people at RED figure out how to put Three 4k CCD's in the RED.
Call it Red-3 (or RED - cubed_)
My purchase critera before I heard about RED is:
1) changable lens
2) Three 2k ccds' (as big as I could afford) or 1 big one.
3) solid state or hdd memory
4) ext. mic jacks
5) something not totaly locked into proprietorship. ie: software, lenses etc..

I'm only a hobbiest, but I may consider BIG RED if I can figure out a way
to make some extra money with it. RED is easily $30,000 just to get started.
The camera itself is useless without the power bricks, storage and lens.
I will wait till the Scarlett comes out first.
The people at RED did something pretty impresive with THE RED ONE. I don't know what to expect, but I'm not that sure I'd want anything less that what RED offers.
 
peter_kelowna said:
Hi All,
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Congratulations on your first post, and I am honored that two people's first post on the forum was on the thread I started.

To all who have voted in the poll, thanks. To all who posted on this thread, another thanks.

I am surprised at how many have made a response.

Thanks again to the 163 so far.
 
A 2K camera for $2K (or in that neighborhood) that has the same workflow as a RED would be so overwhelmingly popular, it would protect RED ONE's flank in the market. Establishing the Red Code / Red Cine / FCP workflow with a solid beach-head that is fortified against counter-attack and bringing us all the more closer to the fabled RED ONE WORLD. I'm just sayin'... think about the bigger picture when you guys fantasize about paying $7,000 for this thing.
 
peter_kelowna said:
Hi All,
I was pretty close to making a decision on the Sony XD cam EX. . . .

My purchase critera before I heard about RED is:
1) changable lens
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I'm confused. You considered buying an EX, which has a noninterchangeable lens, yet you require a removable lens on the Red Scarlet?

I think the camera would be amazing when the people at RED figure out how to put Three 4k CCD's in the RED.
Call it Red-3 (or RED - cubed_)
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That will never happen, on at least two counts: the Mysterium is a CMOS chip (this is an important distinction, as CMOS chips tend to display rolling-shutter artifacts, although the Mysterium has been reported to suffer from them much less than other chips), and Red touts the benefits of a single chip, so it will almost certainly never use three.

2) Three 2k ccds' (as big as I could afford) or 1 big one.
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Never CCDs and never three (see above).

3) solid state or hdd memory
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I am not going out on a limb by saying that is certain. I can't imagine a tape drive.
 
Joseph Hutson said:
Is it RAW? 2K? I am sorry, I guess I better wait 'til NAB, but the Scarlet will not be ANYTHING like the HV20!
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I'm not comparing Scarlet to the HV 20. I can't, because none of us know what Scarlet will be at this point. Yes, the HV 20 is a consumer camera but it has a killer price point for the features it offers. For what I want the Scarlet to do, I'm willing to pay $2,500 - $3,000. Other people have different needs and think that Scarlet should cost $7,000. Price alone doesn't determine whether something is professional or not, you have to look at the features and the form factor. I merely point out that RED has a history (albeit brief) of defying conventional wisdom with their pricing. That fact has enabled them to sell a lot of cameras. I believe that Scarlet will be equally as aggressively priced when it is introduced. I believe it to be in the range I've indicated. If it is, I will buy two. If it is more, I will buy none and I will rent yours when I need it.
 
$39,856
 
I'd like it to be a camera that would blow me away with it's features so much that I would be rushing to pay the $7000.

If it was $2000 but I was thinking, "well, not bad, pretty sweet for a $2000" camera..... not so good.

If the $2000 camera can blow me away..... win:win situation ;)
 
I suspect it won't even be a camera but rather a pro assist tool for the red1.
 
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