Sensor swap....

[redman]

Do you think that Jim and his team built the red one with the intentions of someday, when competition catches up, to swap out mysterium for a new sensor? The firmware updates seem great and continue to unlock the potential of the system, but there is going to be a roof somewhere.The sensor would have to be the same physical size to fit (I think... S35), but would other components need to be upgraded along with it? BTW, what do you think the price of the mysterium sensor is(percentage of the $17,500 someone would pay)?

 

[ChrisLyon]

Well it's inevitable that one day they will. But it would seem more likely to be on a new camera rather than swapping out the red one mysterium. I could be wrong. What do I know?

 

[Paris Remillard]

They said in the beginning that it would be possible. Part of the whole "rendering obsolescence obsolete" motto. That's one of the main ideals of the "Red Revolution" that I bought into. So, I'll feel pretty cheated if it turns out not to be the case.

I can't imagine that the sensor itself costs that much, at least wholesale. I mean, you can buy a dSLR for less than $500 these days, so... But I really have no idea.

 

[Dj Joofa]

BTW, what do you think the price of the mysterium sensor is(percentage of the $17,500 someone would pay)?

There is no fixed answer to this. Design costs are in addition to production costs. Production costs for this type of technology is driven by the numbers manufactured. For a moderately complicated CMOS, it takes a few million dollars to get the masks made. The whole sale production shall drive the costs down.

However, if you do the math assuming an average price of $30,000 for a Red package and about 1000 cameras shipped, it is apparent that they might have recouped the cost of manufacturing of the CMOS easily.

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

Well it's inevitable that one day they will. But it would seem more likely to be on a new camera rather than swapping out the red one mysterium. I could be wrong. What do I know?

Keeping in line with the modular motto, I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to do a sensor and board swap, just as you would with a computer tower.

Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if the RED 2 had a mechanical shutter system with an optical viewfinder and so on so forth.

Honestly, who know, who cares, RED One is still in its infancy and there are many surprises and quality improvements to be had.

 

[Dj Joofa]

Keeping in line with the modular motto, I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to do a sensor and board swap, just as you would with a computer tower.

Yes, a full board swap make more sense than just a sensor swap. Clocks, calibration data, and signal pipelines may be needed to overhauled with a new sensor.