November 13th...

[Paul Hazlett]

Everyone at RED is coming out of their skin waiting for Thursday...

Jim

yuck.... I who is going to clean up that mess.....

 

[Lawrence Bansbach]

So, that would mean Epic wouldn't matter to anyone shooting at 24 or 30fps, since they could get Scarlet/DSMC with a large sensor for probably 1/10th the price.

Even if David is right, no one said the sensor blocks were all the same price. But I have my doubts too. All this modularity and choice may be good, but it can only drive prices up and well-heeled point-and-shooters away.

 

[Travis Freeburg]

My birthday is the 17th ... so I think I deserve the Free Scarlet

mine's the 12th.... and it's my 21st.... but I'll settle for a spot in line

oops... this is my first post. Hi everyone

 

[David Rasberry]

Even if David is right, no one said the sensor blocks were all the same price. But I have my doubts too. All this modularity and choice may be good, but it can only drive prices up and well-heeled point-and-shooters away.

True, just because you may be able to build it your way doesn't necessarily mean you can afford it your way. I hope there are reasonable options within the $3-4k range. To be fair, Scarlet was never pegged as a sub $2k camera aimed at the consumer market. If a few hundred bucks extra at the low end of the range buys access to a world of future upgrades, I think the tradeoff is worth it.

 

[Mike Bozulich]

Any chance of an early info release if everything is in place and ready to go? I mean why wait for an arbitrary date if all your ducks are in a row? I doubt anyone here would complain.

 

[Lawrence Bansbach]

To be fair, Scarlet was never pegged as a sub $2k camera aimed at the consumer market.

I agree. I always thought that the whole soccer-mom thing was pretty silly and that Scarlet was targeted at professionals. But given the sub-$3,000 pricetag for the original Scarlet and moderate advertising (in photography, film/filmmaking, and maybe even computer and home video gear mags), there might be sufficient awareness and interest among the general public to sell a few thousand units to the more affluent, or at least those with more discretionary income. I may be wrong (I usually am), but the higher the cost and the more complex the purchase decision -- and therefore the more knowledgeable the buyer must be -- the greater the chance of losing this segment of potential buyers.

 

[Tarek S. Kandil]

Red One

Red One

Hi I'm new to the RED forum, have been following up and saving up for my very own RED here in Beirut. I'm looking forward to the 13th, but think its terrific that REDones are available at once.

I run a very small super8 facility, and the goal is to give ppl a small gauge image on film that they can blowup for hamstring prices. It seems to be working so far, I take off in January, am building a small telecine rig and am trying to figure out how to capture the aerial image on a RED sensor, if anyone has any idea on the adjustments that have to be made to condenser lenses and capture computers would be great to chat.

If I can get scarlet to work as a capture device, then students can shoot in Super8mm and have 3K files for hopefully under the price a full HD camera hires per day (over 600 dollars in Lebanon).

Apparently someone here owns a RED one and is renting it at exorbitantly high prices, dunno how ppl feel about that since RED is not about extra cash...

Mr. Jannard, hats off.

Question on ordering, is it still wire transfer to an account until i hit the price? ie can i make a deposit and keep adding to my credit?

T

 

[xzoto]

I don't feel like skimming through dozens of posts. If someone can answer my question, I appreciate it:

What time does Jim plan on releasing this info?

 

[Chuck Z]

i don't feel like skimming through dozens of posts. If someone can answer my question, i appreciate it:

What time does jim plan on releasing this info?

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