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RED ONE collectors...

Joseph Hutson said:
What was your first camera you owned, and what sparked your passion for imagery?
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While I shot an 8mm film camera as a kid (Keystone), my 1st SLR was a black Minolta SRT 101 in 1974. It was magic. I also bought a Minolta Super 8 movie camera that year. It was just before Oakley (the English Setter I named the business after) arrived and a year before my 1st daughter was born.

Jim
 
Jannard said:
You would be hard pressed to point out a camera or lens that I don't have in my collection.

Jim
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A few years ago, I was searching for a unique christmas present for Jim, and I came across some stupidly expensive "official moon dust" that came out of one of the film canisters that was used to shoot on the moon. I was so impressed with myself that I finally found (or so I thought) something camera related literally out of this world that Jim couldn't possibly have...

So christmas day comes.. he opens it.. and low and behold.. He had some of that moon dust already.... because he owned the very camera.

heh heh heh.
 
Jannard said:
While I shot an 8mm film camera as a kid (Keystone), my 1st SLR was a black Minolta SRT 101 in 1974. It was magic. I also bought a Minolta Super 8 movie camera that year. It was just before Oakley (the English Setter I named the business after) arrived and a year before my 1st daughter was born.

Jim
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Hmm. I could buy one of each for just over $500 according to eBay, or just continue to save the $20K for a couple of DSMC's. Me thinks the latter would be the wise thing to do.

We are in for a treat... :party:
 
Jarred Land said:
A few years ago, I was searching for a unique christmas present for Jim, and I came across some stupidly expensive "official moon dust" that came out of one of the film canisters that was used to shoot on the moon. I was so impressed with myself that I finally found (or so I thought) something camera related literally out of this world that Jim couldn't possibly have...

So christmas day comes.. he opens it.. and low and behold.. He had some of that moon dust already.... because he owned the very camera.

heh heh heh.
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Great story. haha.
 
Love your passion, Jim.

I honestly wish you adding a shiny Oscar to your collection. It will fit there just right. What you have achieved with Red One is trully remarkable and, as you say, will go into history books.
 
Pawel Achtel said:
What you have achieved with Red One is trully remarkable and, as you say, will go into history books.
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Speaking of history books, someone ought to make a catalogue of all of the RECON threads that were begun. Complete it with full color images that were included...

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Well I'm bummed. This thread got me doing some classic camera research and I found out that my Hasselblad which I thought was pretty vintage was made in 1997. I'm gonna have to get on eBay or KEH and find myself an older one!
 
Not mine but typical of the two models used...

Jim

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Jannard said:
You would be hard pressed to point out a camera or lens that I don't have in my collection.

Jim
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How about an original Brownie?

Not that I am particularly trying to test you, but more the fact that I am very interested in the effect that the Brownie Camera had on increasing the consumer access to photography. Owning one would be quite a feat considering they were just $1 in 1900 and thus somewhat disposable and unlikely to be well preserved (equivalent Purchasing Power to $26 in 2008).

KO
 
I met a gentleman at IBC 2007 that introduced himself after the screening of "Crossing the Line", he was from Leica and said his employers would like to talk to Mr. Jannard about buying some of his Leica collection. I just said "good luck". So how did I get to that point?

I had been shooting for Oakley for about 8 years before NAB 2006 or at least since James Masters started there. I remember the first time I met Jim he was watching our monitor in the R&D lab at Oakley, looking at a UV oven baking a 3D SLA prototype, and he said, "Can you stop-it down and get closer so nobody can figure it out? Just make it a sculpture?" That was the total opposite of any client I have ever had, and I had a lot of corporate clients. After that I had been able to use Jim's SR3 and then his HDCAM shooting tech videos and drag race films, and when asked to help at the NAB booth I said sure!

My story with RED started at NAB 2006 just helping out with the new "thing". I was standing there about a half hour before the show opened and I realized I had tripods and matte boxes and HD monitors but I did not own a camera body, and I said what the heck I am down for a deposit. I told Chris, the guy running the purchase station to let me be the first test guy. I slapped down my plastic and next thing I know Jim is showing me a titanium "R" which he autographs on the bottom and tells me he will "be available and here is my card" and he puts this bad ass stainless steel business card on the foam "R" holder in the box and hands it to me.

I think #12 is the first camera sold at NAB 2006 with a deposit. I started working as a consultant with RED 6 months later but I never regretted being the first to jump in. I saw many acquaintances at that NAB and it was great for me to know that people I had known from back as far as 1980 saw me in the booth and I could say "this is the real deal" I knew Jim well enough to know he would not risk his name on something that would not succeed, failure was never an option.

It still isn't. I don't know a lot about everything, I just know Jim is a passionate person. Be it winning the NHRA championship (and me running to the pits to get extra batteries for the cameras) or whatever he sets his mind to. He has always been a straightforward guy. He is very smart and a very good listener.

I am still a huge fan, but now I am wondering if upgrading to MX lowers my collectible status. Because I mainly want to shoot, not too worried about collect-ability. Somewhat tongue in cheek but since it came up.... maybe I should be.

briferg
 
To some of us who are interested in collecting of cameras that made history

there is Daguerréotype from 1839 at WestLicht Photographica Auction on May 29th!

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Daguerréotype Giroux from 1839, the first commercially produced camera in the world!

"The sensational highlight of the coming sale is a Daguerréotype Giroux from 1839, the first commercially produced camera in the world!
The Daguerréotype offered at this auction was discovered very recently and is in beautiful original condition.
Worldwide only very few of these cameras are known to exist, all of them in public museums.
Never before one has been offered for sale in auction. It will be expected,
that WestLicht’s own 576.000 Euro world record price for a camera sale will be excided by far, the estimate is Euro 500.000 – 700.000."

LINK>>>

BTW, WestLicht Gallery and Auction is a famous place in Vienna where I shot one my test footage

with RED ONE and Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 Aspherical Demo lens in October 2008.


R1 with Leica Noctilux>>> a footage on Vimeo >>>

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RED ONE and Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 Demo lens.

Also after that event/test I consider that my R1 #694 is a very high-value(d)-collector-piece camera.
 
I love this thread!

Other than being the first Red One in Japan (in the land of Sony, Canon, Panasonic and others, shooting the first feature movie and a bunch of other "firsts" in Japan) I don't think #378 is worth all that much more than $17,500 right now, but who knows? No man is an island.... ;)

That said, I will never sell this little item:

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And one day I hope to meet you in person Jim, shake your hand and have you sign it :)

Cheers,

Paul
 
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