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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 :)

Major Update...

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How long of a day does Monday last ? I know it opens at 10AM right?

I'm thinking of being crazy and driving up from LA in the early morning and leaving in the late afternoon

I can only take a day off work
 
rgdfilmsRED said:
How long of a day does Monday last ? I know it opens at 10AM right?

I'm thinking of being crazy and driving up from LA in the early morning and leaving in the late afternoon

I can only take a day off work
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I think until about 6 or 6:30 at night for the exhibits.

EDIT: Yep, 6:00. http://nabshow.com/exhibitfloor.php
 
Great news and congrads to the RED team! Bad news for me is I'm still trying to come up with the $$ so you guys can take your time...I won't be disappointed :).
 
Good luck Red team!

We are rooting for you guys, even those of us who only plan to rent your camera. Knock 'em dead at NAB...

As for discounts given to the early reservation holders - just because we didn't reserve doesn't mean that...
a) we don't believe in your camera
or
b) we were not aware that you are giving a bonus to reservation holders
...it just means we didn't have the money!

Although, I sincerely hope the reservation holders get something cool!

Bruce
www.boacinema.com
 
Jim,

You have an incredible team, with an incredible positive energy.

Cheers to all of you at RED.
 
Thanks for the update Jim. I think we all appreciate your honesty and respect for our input.

I was worried about one thing though, is the inability to record RGB in the beginning going to affect monitoring? Will the HDSDI ports still be hot? I have to admit that I'm not too concerned considering that I'm not in any danger of being near 1-100 on the reservation list.

I was also wondering about what someone posted earlier about how software often takes longer to develop than hardware. Is that true in this case? I have to say that this is all very interesting. Just the idea of being able to update or upgrade your camera with downloads from the internet amazes me.
 
rgdfilmsRED said:
Nobody answered me yet,...Should I bring my precious key?...
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There should be a big red door at the back of the booth which can only be opened by a Red Key. Inside the room is the 4K projector, and Kelly in her Sticker outfit serving Red Koolaide to us faithfuls (Spiked of course).

And in this room, is the only place anyone will be able to see the test footage shot at the race track.

Oh, and of course, it should be what you show to the 6'4" bouncer to get into the RED party that evening. :)

As for the summit. Didn't you all get your invitations? Maybe I was supposed to pass the info along: My invite says to just go out to an open field on the Evening of Mar 4th (as in 4K) at 720pm and 10:80pm (do the math) and hold your Red key to the sky--it will glow. Satellites will be scanning the globe for the Red Key beacon and Oakley Helecopters will be dispatched to pick you up. Be careful, though, the beacon is pretty strong so you better make a hat and briefs out of tin foil so as not to mess up your brain and make you sterile. See you there!

Thom
 
I'm probably not going to be at NAB, but what about us reservation holders who don't have an R???
 
Jannard said:
OK. So here we are, right in the middle of putting together the impossible. We started from scratch 14 months ago on the quest to produce a mind-blowing revolution in digital cinema in an incredibly short period of time. We also committed to an "open development" format. Here is where we are today:

This is a tremendously difficult project with a ton of problems to solve everyday. We are not finished, but we are getting there. There is good news and bad news. Let's start with some good news.

We are on track to begin delivering the 1st RED ONE (Spike) cameras somewhere around NAB as promised. We will show working cameras at NAB. The Mysterium® sensor is all world. Images are incredible. The complete system has come a LONG way since NAB last year, thanks to many of you. The specs should hold or improve from expectations.

Some bad news. The 1st cameras that ship will not be full feature enabled. I expect about 85% of all features to come with Serial #1-100.
Some more good news. All the important features (including 4k REDCODE RAW) will be enabled from the beginning. The camera will be useable from day one.
Some bad news. Users will have to upgrade software and firmware to enable remaining feature sets for the 1st couple of months. 100% of features enabled by June or July.
Good news. It will be easy to upgrade feature sets.
Bad news. Production will be a bit slower ramping up than originally thought.
Good news. We still believe that we can fill all reservations safely by September or October.
More good news. REDCINE will be available from day one. It is a Pro application that will do more than you would expect. And all of the hardware, including EVF, LCD, drives and rail system will be ready when the cameras are shipping.

Remember, specs and delivery dates can change at any moment. But we feel pretty good about what our customers will get. Experts (under NDA) are pretty fired up at where we are and what we are doing.
Bad news. We can't tell you their names.
Good news. We will be able to tell you at NAB.

Overall, I am confident that all reservation holders will be extremely happy. If not, we will offer a 110% refund to any reservation holder that does not agree after we present at NAB.

More info. 4K images will be projected on a Sony 4k projector in our booth. We will show working cameras, live capture and a complete working REDCINE workflow in the booth. There will be significant announcements and industry partnerships made at NAB along with new pieces added to the system, including lenses, on display at NAB.

We will always tell you the truth about our development. As soon as we know for sure. That's where we are today.

Jim
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Technically that's all good news.

This is the Real World and basically what you have said is that you are working your collective rears off and are pretty damn close to your targets.

Amazing considering how high you've set the bar.

Keep on keeping on and it will all materialize in due time.

Thanks for being visible and responsive!

A+++
 
Rodrigo Lizana said:
Hope not very soon. Just got 10 Ultraprimes !. Speaking of $$...when are we supposed to pay the other U$ 16.500. At delivery time ?...
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Great Mcguillicutty:huh:, that's what we've all been waiting for !!! If you can afford an Ultraprime set, surely a RED set of primes would be easy peasy...if you ask me, a RED set of primes or even a couple focal lengths (at reasonable prices) is as revolutionary as the camera itself. The camera is a cracker; we just need some lenses to make it perfect.

Lenses are new panties on Britney Spears, the Coca to the Cola, an 8 year old rum with a fine cigar.

Jim, please don't make me fly to St.Petersburgh and meet some dude named Pavel in a shady alley to buy some oddly named lenses from a defunct military company with all Russian instructions. I really don't like potato vodka and hairy women (apologies to my Russian compatriots).

To sum up -> RED lenses would make RED a premiere full service digital cinema corporation. I'd settle for the zoom to be ready sooner rather than later, though. :biggrin:

:guinness:
 
Yeah ! are you listening Jim ? everything except maybe the potatoe vodka and the hairy women.
Aloha
-A
 
Gbabymogul said:
To sum up -> RED lenses would make RED a premiere full service digital cinema corporation. I'd settle for the zoom to be ready sooner rather than later, though. :biggrin:

:guinness:
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I'd also LOVE to see the option of a servo-controlled zoom lens for RED that doesn't require stepping down to a 2/3" B4 HD broadcast lens (plus $4000+ optical adapter) and the resultant loss of resolution that produces.

Documentary shooters want the option of getting the full blast of the Mysterium Sensor too... but they can't have somebody running alongside to pull focus as they manually zoom a 35mm lens while trying point in the right direction as they chase after the unscripted chaos of the real world!
 
Gbabymogul said:
Great Mcguillicutty:Jim, please don't make me fly to St.Petersburgh and meet some dude named Pavel in a shady alley to buy some oddly named lenses from a defunct military company with all Russian instructions. I really don't like potato vodka and hairy women (apologies to my Russian compatriots).
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From what I've seen on the internet, Russian women are pretty damn hot.
 
don't forget to erase your history.
-A
 
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