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Dear Mr Jannard,One of the issues is that people here have good ideas, but they may not be possible for some reason that we don't have time to explain. These cameras are dependent on a thousand things coming together in a small box. It is easy to say "hey... how about this?". It could be a great idea, but there is either no room, we are over the heat threshold, it would compromise something else, it is cost prohibitive, or any number of other implications. And we just don't have time to tell why this can or can't work. Additionally, changes take time. We could get into a never ending evolution of undelivered products. Every time a new idea is implemented, ten other possibilities spring from it.
I think that our recent release shows that we do listen. And we have taken what we have heard to levels that no one thought of. But we can only do so much in such a short period of time to hit all the wishes in a price and size arena that everyone thinks is ideal.
Jim
We all know very well who you are.
Most of us are poor filmmakers.
Some of us (majority?) want the best technology for the buck. But not rocket science.
A grand above-the-line can mean not to buy. Same as any budget where we have expenses above and under the line. Some we can cut, others don't.
You run a big company now with thousands of consumers.
Yes, we said, consumers. But a few, the elitist pro here can change for professionals if you feel more comfortable.
We are artists anyway. It's always better than to be ONLY professionals. Sorry.
Because we're talking about our own lifes. We don't work 8 but 16 hours per day. We know very well what this does mean.
You need profit. We need margin for our budget. It's perhaps to buy or not to buy.
We don't need things we will not use. Higher than a full frame sensor, for example.
We don't want the market rate as any major company out there ala Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Arri or rental prices ala Panavision :cold: or Dalsa (who?);
that's why our bet has been your company.
We need useful features. Money is one of them. The more affordable the more we can buy. Please, do not forget this has made the Red One success.
Thanks for listening,
filmmaker's gang
(we are several authors here
from directing department to makeup,
among directors, cinemaphotographers, operators, assistants,
scriptwriters, producers, actresses and actors, etc,
professionals most part
but above all, also all amateurs including the pro here,
surely more than a professional soccer team!)