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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 :)

More HDRx...

WOW
Jim, You must be laughing in your sleep:)

The HDR will find a lot of use in my productions, but I am really curious what is the max fps while recording HDRx?
I shoot 80% of my stuff in slow motion.
Would it be possible to see separate frames form the original "dual stream RAW"

thanks

Albert
 
Money is ready when you are...

Money is ready when you are...

Ready to give you money....it's all good...it's all worth waiting for. Just keeps getting better...

Have RED One, can wait till you're ready...

Best,
Frazier Nivens, Ocean Imaging
 
Still alive and well

Still alive and well

I have not posted for a long time. My days and nights having been monopolized with bringing EPIC and Scarlet to market, combined with the uncountable tasks that each and every team member fills their waking hours with. The journey has been a long one, challenges and setbacks at every turn; developing revolutionary cameras is not a simple task. I am surrounded by genius, from the man whose vision began this adventure to the engineers that don't sleep to the countless individuals that have dedicated their talents and resources to achieving the unachievable. I come from a humble background and am amazed, on a daily basis, by the contributions made at every level in this extraordinary company. But I am moved today to take a break from my normal routine and speak from the heart.

What RED is seeing this day, what the customers are being given a glimpse of, is arguably one of the most exciting and remarkable achievements in the history of photography and cinema. Jim's heartfelt reactions are being driven by sheer exuberance in the realization that this is a milestone, the combined result of passion in creating imaging technology the world has never seen with the pride in his team for pushing the boundaries beyond what was thought possible. His quest in creating a professional world standard in camera design is coming to fruition, a no compromise approach that has put the company behind schedule more than once in an effort to continually improve, continually move forward, while becoming more than just a competitive product in a competitive landscape, but instead, a revolution that advances the art.

The individuals responsible for this achievement are numerous, the stars having been named often on these threads, but there are many in the background whose efforts are to be applauded and I am in constant awe of all of them. We have leaders whose skills and talents rise beyond any I've ever seen in my 40 years in this industry, not the least of which is Jim himself. More than an entrepreneur and businessman, Jim is a color scientist, photographer and cinematographer in his own right. But the brilliance doesn't end there. He has surrounded himself with the best of the best; Jarred, Graeme, Deanan, Stuart, Ted and many, many more unnamed people come to mind. Our CEO is the smartest man I've ever known (and a good dancer) and the list continues through our operations management, customer service, accounting and down the line. This is a most remarkable company and today I want to celebrate the total contribution of hundreds of people in making it the greatest camera company in the world. Every person, every team member, at every level, shares a love for this company and shares in what it has accomplished in the last four years.

We have taken on film, in an effort to provide a future of progress for the captured image. We tackled resolution first by not being satisfied with what the industry felt was "good enough". We next strove for the organic "feel" of film, advancing color science and sensor technology to new ground. And today we took our first swing at the Holy Grail, dynamic range that not only betters film but challenges the naked eye. Flesh and blood mortals accomplished these things, brilliant ones to be sure, but fueled by remarkable leadership and passion for the art. I tip my hat to all of them and I have to say that I am proud to be associated with this awesome company.
 
Wow, that changes a lot or maybe anything.
That will change the way I light big time.
Working with available light in bright sunlight will be much easier and more fun.
Less big guns to carry.
The results will probably be mindblowing.

Congrats RED team and thanks Jon for that very nice post.
This stuff is killer.

Tim
 
Congratulations to each and every one of you. Also to whomever makes the sensors etcetera. I am not sentimental, but I do feel that I am witnessing the same kind of revolution that I have experienced in music production. And as a user of both imaging and sound creation technologies I am so thrilled that this will allow all of us to create our stories in a stronger way, for less money. Maybe we do not get more individual geniuses from these developments. But we do get the chance to touch the viewers hearts and minds in a stronger way. And that is what all this is really about. Thank you. Now get me that camera ;-)
 
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Gets more amazing the more I think about it. I was looking at one of my HDR stills shot with a D700 in similar extreme conditions (dark hangar, brightly lit view of the Golden Gate bridge through windows, 4 stops between lowest and highest exposures). Then I remembered how many artifacts I had to clean up around the high contrast areas like the window frames. Part of it is a tribute to the low CA's of the lens RED used, but part has to be the sophistication of the HDR blending. This is incredibly clean. And it's motion, in-camera!!!
 
Most important, as filmmakers, it will change how we interpret. In the hands of genius, it will broaden the art.
 
Oh well, I`m gonna say it, my dream of film is now officially dead.
 
Philipe Ratton said:
Oh well, I`m gonna say it, my dream of film is now officially dead.
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Whatever but still not and it will or can continue on its own way pretty long.

How long it depends on many factors around...
 
I'd love to see a motion shot of a person walking from a BRIGHT, WINDY location outside, into a dark non-windy location inside. I believe that may strong test this new technology.
 
I may be shooting with my EPIC HDRx for 100 years.

Why, again, would I ever need another camera? :)

Now if I can just configure it light enough to fly on a Tango!

-michael zaletel
 
Jannard said:
This was shot with Peter Lik and Mick Plumridge in a ghost town near Las Vegas over the weekend. Both said "impossible" when we went into the barn. It was wicked dark in there and blistering noon desert-sun outside. They both fell over dead when they saw this. I called 911. They are OK now... :-)

Jim

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Dear Jim,

whoever knew me knows that I am a big fan of HDR imaging from the moment it was invented. You may remember me begging for higher frame rates in favor of resolutions, to gain fps and basically implement kind of HDR. IMHO it would be thinkable to have HDRx working in 120 Hz 2K RED ONE with the new sensor?

Anyhow, what my post here today is all about is two things:

1. Congratulations on a big achievement of getting this done.

I know what I am saying as I have seen 20+ f-stops images from automotive cameras from industrial side. They look amazing too, but ways away in terms of resolution and brilliance.

2. I have a dear wish: A full range DPX or even better TIFF still image (not begging for the sequence) of this particular scene. Preferably in full resolutions. Just a single image, so we can start playing with this in our grading suite.

I do understand that an R3D will unlikely mean anything, as the tools required are not yet released. So IMHO a simple still image will give many of use an even better impression of the possibilities "under the hood".

Best wishes for the future,

Axel
 
michael zaletel said:
I may be shooting with my EPIC HDRx™™™™ for 100 years.

Why, again, would I ever need another camera? :)

Now if I can just configure it light enough to fly on a Tango!

-michael zaletel
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Michael,

Let's make it clear:

EPIC is already with a lens (PL) more than 6 lbs

that is Tango Stedicam payload!!

That means RED has to taylor Scarlet that not became Epic killer just because is lighter!!!
 
I made patience mine over the years............... but NOW we really need some kind of updated schedule, guys... Dyiiiing..... hahaha...
 
Jon Sagud said:
I have not posted for a long time. My days and nights having been monopolized with bringing EPIC and Scarlet to market, combined with the uncountable tasks that each and every team member fills their waking hours with. The journey has been a long one, challenges and setbacks at every turn; developing revolutionary cameras is not a simple task. I am surrounded by genius, from the man whose vision began this adventure to the engineers that don't sleep to the countless individuals that have dedicated their talents and resources to achieving the unachievable. I come from a humble background and am amazed, on a daily basis, by the contributions made at every level in this extraordinary company. But I am moved today to take a break from my normal routine and speak from the heart.

What RED is seeing this day, what the customers are being given a glimpse of, is arguably one of the most exciting and remarkable achievements in the history of photography and cinema. Jim's heartfelt reactions are being driven by sheer exuberance in the realization that this is a milestone, the combined result of passion in creating imaging technology the world has never seen with the pride in his team for pushing the boundaries beyond what was thought possible. His quest in creating a professional world standard in camera design is coming to fruition, a no compromise approach that has put the company behind schedule more than once in an effort to continually improve, continually move forward, while becoming more than just a competitive product in a competitive landscape, but instead, a revolution that advances the art.

The individuals responsible for this achievement are numerous, the stars having been named often on these threads, but there are many in the background whose efforts are to be applauded and I am in constant awe of all of them. We have leaders whose skills and talents rise beyond any I've ever seen in my 40 years in this industry, not the least of which is Jim himself. More than an entrepreneur and businessman, Jim is a color scientist, photographer and cinematographer in his own right. But the brilliance doesn't end there. He has surrounded himself with the best of the best; Jarred, Graeme, Deanan, Stuart, Ted and many, many more unnamed people come to mind. Our CEO is the smartest man I've ever known (and a good dancer) and the list continues through our operations management, customer service, accounting and down the line. This is a most remarkable company and today I want to celebrate the total contribution of hundreds of people in making it the greatest camera company in the world. Every person, every team member, at every level, shares a love for this company and shares in what it has accomplished in the last four years.

We have taken on film, in an effort to provide a future of progress for the captured image. We tackled resolution first by not being satisfied with what the industry felt was "good enough". We next strove for the organic "feel" of film, advancing color science and sensor technology to new ground. And today we took our first swing at the Holy Grail, dynamic range that not only betters film but challenges the naked eye. Flesh and blood mortals accomplished these things, brilliant ones to be sure, but fueled by remarkable leadership and passion for the art. I tip my hat to all of them and I have to say that I am proud to be associated with this awesome company.
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Very moving Jon...

Thanks to Jim, Jarred, Graeme, Deanan and the hole Red Team for this amazing journey.
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Michael,

Let's make it clear:

EPPIC is already with a lens (PL) more than 6 lbs

that is Tango payload!!

That means RED has to taylor Scarlet that not became Epic killer just because is lighter!!!
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Yeah, but I'm betting they underrated Tango max load and with nikon mount and light lens, it may be doable.

-michael zaletel
 
Nice where do I sign? I'm ready to plop down some cash on this right now...I don't care when it will be released.
 
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