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OFFHOLLYWOOD

Mark L. Pederson said:
You might enjoy following me on TWITTER over the next few weeks.

@OFFHOLLYWOOD
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As if it hadn't been enjoyable before ;)

Btw, after your little story at the beginning of this thread, I really want to see a social-network-style documentary on RED (I mean, not only shot on RED, but on the topic of RED… :001_cool: ) Or maybe on Mr. Jannard himself.

Wish you a lot of fun for the next weeks!
 
Did you choose already a name for #00006 ?

Maybe "THE PRISONER" could suit perfectly ?





"-I'm not a number ! I'm a free RED cam !"
 
What great news to wake up to. Congratulations Mark and the RED team...shoot some photos with the new baby...Sat. delivery by 10:30 am shoot some photos of the new arrival....

Excited and waiting for my EpicX...

What a great day....
 
Congratulations Mark and Jim and the Red team as well. HUGE moment.

Mark, your twitter is now right up there with Mickey Rourke's.
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
I'll actually be out of the country in the alps. With my family and OFFHOLLYWOOD's new baby. Yes - it will be an EPIC XMAS.
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hey the alps are close by... i could take my board and ride by ;)

Congrats mark. that really show's that you're one part of the RED family. I envy that - in a good way ;) - way to go Mark. If it hadn't been for you and the others that stepped up, RED could today still be a SCAM ;)

Thanx for making the revolution possible for us, too!

This is not going to be a white xmas! RED rules ! ;)
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
OMG. #6!

I'm having a flashback to 2006.

....
And now - the next chapter begins. EPIC.

Helmet on. Let's do this.
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Thanx a lot for sharing Mark, this is almost eye watering. Really great story... wish we could hear more of that. Maybe I could catch a flight from germany to come to nab. hmmmm.... lemme check my wallet.

Jim, what about that book! I'll still wanna know all the details about how you came from shades to "grades" - didn't find a better rhyme ;)
...maybe "from glasses 2 glasses" although that doesn't quite include the camera itself ;)
 
btw. it's saturday... waiting for Mark's twitter post ;)

holding the little one, yet?
 
Hey Jarred. With all this talk about the new features using RED, I was wondering how they, and anyone else shooting digital features, are archiving their films/files? The question only came up because I just read an article on GIZMODO about new footage from Kubrick's 2001 being found in a "salt-mine vault."
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
Here's where I'm going - http://www.meribel.net/
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ou lala, c'est mignon.... les trois vallées....

never been to méribel before. but it's a gorgeous region...! don't shout it out too loud... it might get crouded ;)

hey I wish you a gorgeous stay there and the most perfect weather to ski, board and ... shoot ;)
 
So true! Our R1 went to China instead of UK when we sent it for the audio upgrade. Fedex delivered a box of T-Shirts instead…
Thank god it went to a honest person in China!
 
Uli Plank said:
So true! Our R1 went to China instead of UK when we sent it for the audio upgrade. Fedex delivered a box of T-Shirts instead…
Thank god it went to a honest person in China!
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Wow! I would completely freak out if that happened to me. Glad it worked out in the end.
 
Holy @#$@!! ARRRR! I'd take that over Pamela Anderson!!! NO JOKE!!! Congrats I can't wait until I get mine. I guess you can post some images and hopefully some cool stuff before X-mas? Please :)
 
Jarred Land said:
Thanks Mark for being the first person to put up their hand 5 years ago.

Fedex just left.

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Mark L. Pederson said:
OMG. #6!

I'm having a flashback to 2006.

Ted Schilowitz told me at Sundance that we was going to leave AJA and work with Jim to build this crazy, revolutionary 4K camera. He was so excited. He pitched me the concept, which I loved, but when I asked if he had the sensor and he replied "we're gonna build it" - I got a little worried. But I could see how sincerely excited Ted was about the project and I just had a feeling there was something there. Sometime in March I got a phone call from Ted - he said he & Jim were going to have a booth at NAB and announce the camera to the world - and he wanted me to be a part of it and just be around and help in the booth. I asked if they had a working prototype - "nope". I asked if they had a sensor working - "nope". I said "Ted, sure I'll help you out - but what the hell am I going to do in the booth?" And Ted says "Don't worry. Just be yourself".

A week or so later I'm on a conference call with Jim, Ted and a bunch of folks - some who now work at RED, some were folks Ted picked to help in the booth. The purpose of the call was to discuss what was going to happen during the trade show. Ted & Jim explained that we would take $1000 deposits for a serial number, a place in line - that it would be fully refundable, etc. Everyone on the call was very quiet. It was really just Ted & Jim talking. I asked if we'd be starting with the number "1". And there was a quick side-bar between some of the folks on the call and then Ted announced that serial numbers 1-5 would be Jim's cameras. So then I asked, really without even thinking, "Can I have number 6?" and there was silence - some chatter between Ted & Jim and then Ted said "Sure". "And number 7"? And Ted said "Sure, Mark has number 6 & 7". And the thing I remember most about that call was that I expected everyone else on the call to ask for a serial number - and it was just silence.

Ted called me after and said "I can't believe you did that! One day … you will understand what a big deal that was."

That day is today.

I look back at the early days when we only had #006 (Elvis) and #007 (Bond) - no audio - no slow motion - no 16:9. A new firmware build every day. It was a blast. I called Stuart at his home so often his wife would just answer the phone "Hello Mark". I remember countless meetings trying to convince people to use these cameras. Countless demos.

Things are VERY different now. RED is everywhere. I'm proud to have been right inside that revolution.

And now - the next chapter begins. EPIC.

Helmet on. Let's do this.
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Wow ! This is history !

The future is now... :-)

Thanks for sharing your story Mark. Very Beautiful.

Please share some footage with HDRx and Magic Motion. :-)
 
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