Size matters...

[PaulClements]

Great stuff, looks amazing... Any shots of people holding it available? How's about a big cheesy grinning Jim for people to photoshop

 

[Jared VanLeuven]

I thought RedFlash was a bolt-on thingummyjig?

Anyways, I reckon with a Zoom lens, battery, EVF & recording mag of some sort (basic set-up) it'll be a bit smaller than that Sony Cam - which'll give the ENG crowd a very interesting comparison.

I think the flash unit takes the place of the high-speed port on the left side of the body, not sure if it is more bulky though.

 

[Jeremy Hughes]

You've also got to remember the amount of horse-power needed to process 4k, which is significantly greater than the processing for HD. There's literally a super-computer in there. I think it's amazing that RED is as small as it is. There's a lot of really good stuff going on inside!

Graeme

Graeme, When it releases, will you tell us the clockrate?

Jim, the RED ONE makes the big ugly ~F900~ look even more big and ugly.

Great comparison Jim!

Wow, I've never seen you (or anyone else on the RED team) talk to anyone on the RED team on these or DVXuser's fourms before!

 

[gcaussade]

I'm stunned - temperature management

I'm stunned - temperature management

Wow! Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so small. Of course, there's plenty to add that will make it bigger, but I always imagined it would be quite big.

But, a new thought crossed my mind, being an IT person: Heat dissipation.

I'm amazed how something so small can process such huge images! Have you really had one on for a period of time!

Are we going to need to buy 30 pound fans to cool the processing components! I'm joking, of course, the 4K chip is amazing to me, but the fact that it takes all that data and manages to save and manipulate it with so little hardware (space) is doubly stunning!

-Jerry

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Now for a real size comparison set the RED down next to a Genesis with its HDCAM recorder and watch the RED disappear into the shadows.

 

[Alex Boothby]

Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so small.

Now where have I heard that before?....

 

[Roberto B]

you made my day jim!.. i mean, our day..

Great comparison Jim! I like it how the RED is instantly recognisable (or is that redcognisable) and I can't immediately tell what the lead parrot camera is - Sony or Panasonic - it just looks generic.

Graeme

terrific.. me seconds this too but the size is all.. thx

 

[Roberto B]

as small as we could dream.. thx again..

 

[Obin Olson]

why talk you guys have said it all. I sure am glad i bought into the deal!

 

[Alex Boothby]

OK, looking at the pics more closely I'm guessing RED body at 10.5 to 11" long. Sony body is listed as 340mm (13.38"). HVX200 listed as 15 3/8" (excluding prominent parts). Anyone care to confirm???

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

I just can't wait to hold that cold piece of aluminum in my hands. I think I'll actually sleep with it in bed the first few nights.

 

[Roberto B]

hey blonde, are you russian?!!

but she is brunette and not tall at all

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

hey blonde, are you russian?!!

but she is brunette and not tall at all

Yes sir I am a Ruski.

Actually she's raven haired and I like 'em short but plump in the back!

 

[Brook Willard]

Great photos, thanks everybody. I'd love higher-res ones for my desktop if at all possible...

Jim, what did you use for the lighting in these shots?

 

[Isa Totah]

I'm actually astonished by the size of the camera. I think mobility is extremely important and I was a little concerned about size at first. Wow! One question. The other cameras, I believe, are configured to shoot. Is the picture of the Red a configuration that one can shoot with? If not, what would the minimum configuration look like?

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Wow, amazing! Jim it's true now for everybody that really size matters...

 

[Ace]

The little camera that could.

The little camera that could.

The surprises just keep getting better and better. I would never have thought the body to be this compact, its nothing short of amazing really.

The black color also visually reduces the size of the camera in an perceptive sense.

Bravo!

 

[Don Woods]

Love it.. I love the size I can already think of some pretty interesting things to strap that camera to.

 

[Ace]

For handheld use without the cage, The most compact configuration would lead me thinking about mounting the battery to to the bottom of the camera for optimum compactabilitationess. Kinda like how DSLRs mount the battery on the bottom.

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

For handheld use without the cage, The most compact configuration would lead me thinking about mounting the battery to to the bottom of the camera for optimum compactabilitationess. Kinda like how DSLRs mount the battery on the bottom.

Even though it would be more compact with the battery mounted bottomside, the smartest mounting position would still be the back due to the front heavy oritentation Red would have with a PL or still lens mounted.