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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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Hahaha, nice visual



Thom said:
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
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Doc Holliday said:
From what I've seen on the internet, Russian women are pretty damn hot.
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I agree, fo' sure. But if i paint the picture with a six foot lithe Russian babes; it doesn't help the cause much:tongue: ...



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IMGentertainment said:
But what about us poor bastards that don't have an R and our reservation holders.. Maybe a code word or secret nock
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I asked that on the previous page... No word yet, perhaps they'll have to teach us a secret handshake. I could borrow an R and replicate it, but that's kinda slimy and time consuming. :) I'm probably not going to NAB. I should, but I'm not. Now that I need to buy a new tripod and good head by the end of the week <I'll save that for another thread>.
 
Jannard said:
We will anounce the full price list after our RED summit next week. We will also announce why it was a good idea to have put a reservation in...

Jim
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Jim, ya'll rock! End of Story.
 
Now, I will reserve my reservation to NAB. THANKS JIM AND CREW!

Sorry, if a few of us, have been wanting to hear this update for weeks, but now that this is said, I will be happy to goto NAB.

As I said before, just keep us in the loop! Good and Bad news - it will all come out in the end... giving us the inside loop - only makes us support you more! And please if you need ideas or solutions to problems ask us, I'm sure, we all have connections in Silicon Valley & LA that would solve REDs needs.

We are a huge resource, so please use us - that's why we are here. And why I waited to reserve #217... And I'm sure you know, it would be better for a slow but almost perfect rollout than a fast rollout and recall. So please, take your time, keep us up to date... God Speed..

YOU ALL ARE MAKING HISTORY - FOR GOD'S SAKE ENJOY IT! It's just the beginning! Wait till next NAB 08, RED will have the best Demo real from all of us! I can't wait to shoot!
 
Hi Jim & Red Team,
Love your 110% refund idea for unhappy reservation holders.
A great idea and well done for implementing it.
Best of luck with the camera at NAB.
___________________________________Mezmo
 
just chiming in to thank you, jim, for dealing with your base with such a high level of integrity. this all sounds wonderful. these are exciting times, for sure.
 
zakaree said:
110 percent refund... sweet.. so i made a 10 percent profit by just being a res holder.. to bad jims gunna be keeping that 10 percent profit i made.. STOKEEEEEEEDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I knew I should've reserved the max 5 cameras and lenses to go with all of them. :greedy: ...Even though I only need one. Hehe.

Seriously though, I'm still confused as to why I hesitated on the first round of reservations... Perhaps I was still jazzed over my HVX200 purchase. Anyway, Jim's participation with the community and attention to the individual user was reason enough to put in for a reservation.
 
Gbabymogul said:
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. :biggrin:

Well this Ultraprime deal was forced by the Red One reservation reopening.
I did have one camera reserved, the I asked for a second body and the zoom lens. The very next day I went shooting for a couple of days and by the time I came back there was an email from Red saying that it was impossible to pay this time with credit card and reservations were closed.

I saw the project walking strong and I figure out that by the time I´d get the camera I would not have a set of primes for it. Also I needed to get a set for a 435 and this 10 lenses deal appeared at a good price. but the truth is that I always though that a red prime set would be fantastic !.
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That's the best "bad news" I've ever heard! Huge kudos to Jim and his team! Thank you, Jim for always keeping us in the loop! Incredible achievement, guys! THANK YOU!
 
Reading those posts over at Cinemetography.com is nauseating. First of all, anyone who knows me, knows I get along with everyone, so don't take this as bashing, just observation.

Are there "fanboys/girls" on this site? Sure, I'm probably one of them. My cinematography credits are limited, however my post-production credts are not. What I don't understand is that some of the people who are taking shots at Jim and others here, don't seem to have the extensive DP credts their comments would seem to indicate. I looked a few of them up on IMDB.

So, just as I've seen in the post-production audio world, where seasoned veteran mixers look at the Mix-it-in-the-box folks as unable to make anything worth listening to, I'm seeing the same attitude towards the "independent" filmakers and cinematographers roaming this site.

I can understand the wait and see attitude some might have, that's understandable. Bashing people for being excited about a camera they put a nice chunk of money down for a deposit and a belief in the developers of the camera seems rather misguided to me. Many of them indicate Red users won't be able to make anything worth a damn, that the camera isn't going to make them film Gods, and although that is true that the camera is only a tool, why attack the creative merit of these people without seeing what they may be capable of doing with it. Why not wait until films made with a Red camera are available for viewing and then critique them?

I just don't understand the animosity I see so often in this industry. So many people walking on eggshells, defensive. This is supposed to be a collaborative field, one where you learn from those that came before you and then strive to evolve the art and craft into something of your own, using all the tools that are available to you. To me, there is no place for shooting down those who come after you, or anyone for that matter. What does it say about you and your career?

This industry is cutthroat at times, that is the reality. But if we want to see it have another golden age, it will require people to put their egos aside and work towards bettering it. Optimism, passion, a desire to work with others who have unique vision that they want to share with the world. These are what could bring the magic back to making movies, TV, etc.

Sorry, for the long soapbox speech here, but after reading the exciting news and then making the mistake of reading the response over at the other forum, I felt I had to say something.

Jim and team, congratulations on achieving what you have. I anxiously look forward to seeing this all unfold at NAB. Based on what I have seen from you guys, in the business sense, I am very comfortable having made the leap when I did. Seeing footage should seal the deal.

Regards,
Steve
 
Ralph Oshiro said:
It's as if RED magically enhanced penis size or something.
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DAMN. I knew I should've reserved more than one!

Er... Anyway, about those guys on that other site. I'm not sure what their deal is. FWIW, they're like this about all things new. It took them FOREVER to accept 24p from a DV camcorder (the DVX100) and there were many of them there who would claim "oh it's not true 24p" or whatever. I don't understand the attitude and mentality over there. It's not unusual and I see it in other industry specific forums, but I still don't get it.
 
This discussion on cinematography.com reminds me in inquisition in the Middle Ages. Why this hatred for human beings who can still dream? Jim is in this branch a phenomenon, an unconventional thinker, a man who think and move instinctly fast. Of course the sluggish dinosaurs are afraid, that somebody could steal there food.
 
I finally had to take myself of the e mail list because it was just too annoying.
they are the most self important e group I have run accross. The funny thing is that a year from now they will all be red believers but the arrogance will still be there, oh well.
Aloha
-A
 
That's what's strange about it. Why shoot something down before you get your hands on one. It's reasonable to wait until you can do that and then make a judgement. It prevents you from having to go back on your words. Say nothing, face is clean. Say wrong thing, wipe egg from face.

I'll now refrain from any further comments because I really don't think it's productive, but I had to respond earlier because it caught me so off guard.

Steve
 
Poi Boy said:
The funny thing is that a year from now they will all be red believers but the arrogance will still be there, oh well.
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Another funny thing is that there's probably a handful of closet REDservation holders on that site right now. Possibly even some who publicly deny the validity of RED. :wacko:
 
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