Historical cost of ownership

[Michael J Brennan]

Anyone care to detail the cost after initial purchase of a Red One, of keeping the camera up to date?
Then divide by number of years for a typical annual cost?
I know it's tricky as base level accessories and recording media have to be included.
Such a figure would be helpful to those swamped by all the upgrade offers.

The question is, how much does a Red cost to own?


Mike Brennan

 

[Anton Shavlik]

I like questions like this. If you took this path you'd always be up to date and able to shoot your camera,

Red one - $17500 - comes with accessories
Red one MX - $4500
Red Epic - $10500 - comes with accessories
Epic Dragon - $9500
Weapon Mg- $14000 - comes with accessories and $5000 credit
+ Minimag and reader ~$1000
Helium Sensor - $15000

Total is $72000 since August 2007. Lets say that lasts until January 2020 before you'd need to upgrade again, you'd have spent that $72,000 over about 149 months, or $483 / month.

edit: updated to keep with the top-of-the-line offerings

 

[Elsie N]

I like questions like this. If you took this path you'd always be up to date and able to shoot your camera,

Red one - $17500 - comes with accessories
Red one MX - $4500
Red Epic - $10500 - comes with accessories
Epic Dragon - $9500
Weapon Mg- $14000 - comes with accessories
+ Minimag and reader ~$1000

Total is $57,000 since August 2007. Lets say that lasts until January 2020 before you'd need to upgrade again, you'd have spent that $57,000 over about 149 months, or $385 / month.

Accs... dan't forget the essential accs, as personal taste in accs vary.

 

[Anton Shavlik]

Sure, but to be shootable you need a screen, power, lens mount, working media. I think that list covers that much except maybe the red one, I wasn't shooting red in 2007 so I don't know what exactly that price included. Maybe add some CF cards in there? And add your own estimate for whatever other accessories you'd need, almost all of them are still in the store pages.

 

[jordan levy]

and you could of not been in the game at all and just bought the 8k helium for 59k, so kind of about the same give or take a few bucks and accessories.

 

[Elsie N]

Sure, but to be shootable you need a screen, power, lens mount, working media. I think that list covers that much except maybe the red one, I wasn't shooting red in 2007 so I don't know what exactly that price included. Maybe add some CF cards in there? And add your own estimate for whatever other accessories you'd need, almost all of them are still in the store pages.

I don't really want to know... I just know that personally your list hasn't covered my expenditures.

 

[Anton Shavlik]

Having and upgrading a red one since 2007 means earning money and likely having better looking footage over a hypothetical 12 year period. If you can rent more than one $500 day per month you're making a return on your camera investment, which shouldn't be difficult since you always own the top-of-the-line red camera.

Jumping in now and blowing $72k might mean you have the same camera in your hand as someone who started with red one, but it doesn't really leave you in the same position.

 

[Michael J Brennan]

Having and upgrading a red one since 2007 means earning money and likely having better looking footage over a hypothetical 12 year period. If you can rent more than one $500 day per month you're making a return on your camera investment, which shouldn't be difficult since you always ow

Be that as it may, the question is about the cost of keeping the camera current.

Mike Brennan