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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 :)

RED MINI MAG , MINI MAG SIDE MODULE and MINI MAG STATION now shipping.

Sweet!

Thank you - Much Appreciated!
 
Marc...I was wondering about the same thing. From comparing the Free Hill data sheet with the 512 1.8" mag at 6K to the new Mini Mag compression rates at 6K, it appears that across the board the Mini Mag is only 1 Redcode compression stop lower. Which isn't bad for those of us that grabbed the 512GB cards early on.
 
My gut is saying the same... Figure the 512 1.8's will do the job. I think lower compressions from the mini might only be useful for feature work - since it is marginal. The 512 1.8's are incredibly fast. Additionally, we have to consider the speed of the workflow of the computer system, I do not think we can get much faster then the existing 512gb 1.8 workflow.

That said the Mini's are still cheaper so there is a value - for people who have the 256 and below 1.8's

I do not think we are seeing the big change from the Drive to the CF or the CF to the SSD - not enough to justify the expense if someone has the 512 1.8's
 
Charles Bergquist said:
Marc...I was wondering about the same thing. From comparing the Free Hill data sheet with the 512 1.8" mag at 6K to the new Mini Mag compression rates at 6K, it appears that across the board the Mini Mag is only 1 Redcode compression stop lower. Which isn't bad for those of us that grabbed the 512GB cards early on.
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Yeah speed improvement seems marginal, but I'd think the new ones being half the price might be more significant. Then again maybe it'll keep the value of your 512's up since their price never dropped.
 
I guess it will be hu-u-u-u-ge price drops on used 1.8 SSD's.
I wish to buy a couple 128GB for 100$ (each).
Hurry up guys - sell it to me now, tomorrow you probably won't be able to get $50 for both :)
RED MAGS are gone forever - MINI MAGS is our new media forever (until 2TB NANO-mags in July :)))
 
Samir Patel said:
Maybe think about if you need in the future to hire a second camera for second angle. I have a Scarlet but a R1MX incase I need a second angle. That is only with a 1.8" SSD so that solves my question right there. I imagine that a lot of rental houses may be stuck with 1.8" SSD's for a while.
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Rental houses here do not do a lot of Red buying because it's not a great rental market for any cameras, but Epic has been particularly bad, and where there is little revenue there is no investment - I see a lot of houses here not replacing DOA cams, not buying more media, simply disinvesting and sticking with Alexa and lenses, because the Epics mostly sit on a shelf. I'm hoping Dragon will help the Red rental market, but I'm not sure yet. Until then owner-ops are pretty much the big investors in new Red gear, at least around here.
 
So we know that there are plans for a 1TB mini mag, but are there any signs of smaller storage size with the mini mags? At that price point (if we're using the 512's as a starting point), it makes financial sense to invest in the mini mag system. I've got a massive shoot in March and I need to make a decision pretty soon about which format to invest in
 
Josef Gatti said:
So we know that there are plans for a 1TB mini mag, but are there any signs of smaller storage size with the mini mags? At that price point (if we're using the 512's as a starting point), it makes financial sense to invest in the mini mag system. I've got a massive shoot in March and I need to make a decision pretty soon about which format to invest in
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I'm pretty sure smaller red minimags aren't coming out. I believe this is in large part due to the new workflow which red will be announcing in 2014 which will eliminate the need to swap redmags all day.
 
Alex Kiritz said:
I'm pretty sure smaller red minimags aren't coming out. I believe this is in large part due to the new workflow which red will be announcing in 2014 which will eliminate the need to swap redmags all day.
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How do you avoid swapping with only one slot?!
 
David Ellison said:
Buying an epic in the new year, you've just saved by $4000. Bless.
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Nice!

I'm getting Dragon eventually, and at some point switching over to mini-mags. I feel like i'm buying a whole new camera. Can't wait to not have to worry about backing up footage during the shoot though.
 
Alex Kiritz said:
You have your footage automatically synced to a local server.
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Are you just dreaming about this happening, or can you point or link to some post by Jarred etc. that confirms this? :)
 
Martin Stevens said:
Are you just dreaming about this happening, or can you point or link to some post by Jarred etc. that confirms this? :)
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Jarred already confirmed a "Live Module" of some sorts. I had my suspicions, since live streaming of R3Ds to a computer would alleviate the need to create proxies in camera and probably allow for a smaller/ cheaper module. Now with the confirmation of a live module I can't imagine it not having the ability to stream R3Ds to a remote computer.
 
But the data would be huge to transmit wirelessly
 
Alex Kiritz said:
Jarred already confirmed a "Live Module" of some sorts. I had my suspicions, since live streaming of R3Ds to a computer would alleviate the need to create proxies in camera and probably allow for a smaller/ cheaper module. Now with the confirmation of a live module I can't imagine it not having the ability to stream R3Ds to a remote computer.
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Thanks for the link Alex.

Actually I do recall that post by Jarred, however, if Red does offer a Broadcast Module I would guess that it will not allow
users to simply bypass their RedMags and transfer R3Ds directly to a computer with a tether etc. But I do see your
optimistic point.
 
Phil Holland said:
Wireless 4K is not only possible, but has been demonstrated. Just putting that out there.
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R3D files though? Low compression ratios and high frame rates? I have no doubt highly compressed 4k can be transmitted effectively...
 
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